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Renaissance Architecture

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
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1.

Check all the boxes with the famous Renaissance architectural buildings

a)

The Vatican Palace in Rome

b)

St Peter's Basilica in Rome

c)

St Paul's Cathedral in London

d)

St Mark's Cathedral in Florence

e)

The Duke's Ballroom in London

2.

During the Renaissance period, the were some main characteristics found on the buildings, they were also found in Rome and Greece, what were they?

a)

Domes, vaults, pillars and columns.

b)

Domes, arches, pillars and vaults.

c)

Arches, pillars, domes and vaults.

d)

Round arches, tunnel vaults, taller domes, columns.

3.

Name the Column

a)

Corinthian

b)

Doric

c)

Tuscan

d)

Ionic

4.

Name the Column

a)

Corinthian

b)

Doric

c)

Ionic

d)

Tuscan

5.

Name the Column

a)

Corinthian

b)

Doric

c)

Tuscan

d)

Ionic

6.

Why was the Renaissance architecture different from other architectures?

a)

It was because their structures were more symmetrical and graceful

b)

It was because they concentrated on humanism

c)

They got help ftom the Greeks

d)

They liked the Roman architecture

7.

Name the characteristics that you can see.

a)

Domes, pillars, and vaults

b)

Vaults, domes and arches

c)

Arches and columns

d)

Arches, domes and columns

8.

What was Nicolaus Copernicus famous for?

a)

He came up with the theory that the Earth is flat.

b)

He made the telescope.

c)

He invented time and that the Earth rotates on its own axis.

d)

He came up with the conclusion that the sun is in the centre of the universe and that the Earth rotates on its own axis.

e)

Nothing, he didn't invent anything.

9.

Who was Roger Bacon?

a)

He was a man who once this earth but contributed nothing to the aspect of Science.

b)

He foretold the future use of steam engines, motor engines and aircraft. He also said that Science should be based on mathematics.

c)

Made sure the Earth was round.

d)

Invented Bacon

10.

Johannes Kelper. Who was he?

a)

A German-Swedish man

b)

He stated that planets move in ellipses not in circles

c)

Discovered the Grandfather clock

d)

Invented pickles

11.

Who was Issac Newton?

a)

Some guy who got hit on the head with an apple and found that cool

b)

He discovered gravity

c)

He was a singer

d)

He was an actor

12.

What did Galileo Galilei do?

a)

All of them

b)

Invented the pendulum clock

c)

Showed that the Earth was round

d)

Invented the telescope