wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Chapter 11 section 3 The Renaissance beyond Italy

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which artist made prints that are famous for realistic detail?

a)

Albrecht Durer

b)

Johann Gutenberg

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Filippo Brunelleschi

2.

What was one difference between humanism in Italy and humanism in northern Europe?

a)

Northern Europe more interested in history of Christianity

b)

Northern Europe interested in history of Greece and Rome

c)

Northern Europe more interested in history of Middle Ages

d)

Northern Europe more interested in history of Italy

3.

Miguel de Cervantes is best known for

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

Don Quixote

c)

the Sistine Chapel

d)

the Mona Lisa

4.

The word vernacular means

a)

the belief that all planets and stars move around Earth

b)

a technique in art that gives paintings a sense of depth

c)

an angle created by a line intersecting another line

d)

the language used by people in everyday life

5.

Northern European artists were known for all of the following except

a)

lifelike detail in painting plants and animals

b)

scenes that show the everyday lives of workers and farmers

c)

the use of oil paint

d)

the use of classical Greek and Roman figures as models

6.

What was a major role in spreading Renaissance ideas from Italy to northern Europe?

a)

the banks

b)

the universities

c)

the manufacturing centers

d)

the Mongols

7.

The translation of the Bible from Latin to vernacular languages caused

a)

painters to fight strenuously against it

b)

more people learned to read

c)

more people to follow the ideas of church leaders

d)

church leaders to stop performing church rituals

8.

Women in noble families helped to spread Renaissance ideas in all the following ways except

a)

some educated women gained much political power

b)

women were educated at the universities

c)

girls learned art, philosophy & classical literature at home

d)

women married and spread the ideas in their husbands lands

9.

The printing press affected the spread of ideas during the Renaissance in the same way that

a)

the Internet affects the spread of ideas today

b)

the cellular phone affects the spread of ideas today

c)

digital photographs affect the spread of ideas today

d)

e-mail allows people to exchange ideas today

10.

What was the most important feature of humanism in northern Europe?

a)

The art of northern Europe showed people working in fields

b)

Objects were painted clearly

c)

Artists showed physical flaws

d)

Scholars combined humanist and religious ideas

11.

What did Dante and Desiderius Erasmus have in common?

a)

Both were members of the clergy

b)

Both had studies ancient classical writings

c)

Both wrote about problems they observed in their societies

d)

Both lived in northern Europe

12.

Which of the following helped spread Renaissance ideas throughout Europe?

a)

merchants, painters, the Silk Road

b)

travel, marriage, printing

c)

printers, farmers, scholars

d)

scholars, scientists, the Turks