WorksheetsEaster Quiz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 14mins
When did the Renaissance begin?
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
In which Italian city did the Renaissance begin?
Florence
Rome
Milan
Naples
A (a) was a wealthy person who supported the arts, e.g. by paying for the artist's training and materials.
_____________ is the study of the writings of Ancient Greece and Rome
Anatomy
Humanism
Astronomy
(a) is a technique in which the outline of objects in a painting are blended in with their background.
True or False: Da Vinci invented many objects, like a bicycle and a helicopter.
True
False
Who invented the Printing Press? (give his surname ONLY!)
(a)
Who discovered gravity? (surname only)
(a)
What was the Inquisition?
A theory
A church court
A type of meal
A religious holiday
True or False: Galileo stated that when a pendulum swung, a long swing would take longer than a short swing.
True
False
In the Law of Falling Bodies, what did Galileo prove?
That objects fall at same speed regardless of weight
That heavy objects hit the ground first
That light objects hit the ground first
When did the Celts first come to Ireland?
200bc
300bc
400bc
500bc
How many times a day did monks pray?
6
7
8
9
What occurred in the 'scriptorium' in Monasteries?
Eating
Praying
Copying manuscripts
Caring for the sick
Where did the Reformation begin?
France
Italy
Germany
Austria
The key figure in the Reformation was (a) Luther
The system of land ownership in the middle ages was known as the (a) system
The system of crop rotation in the middle ages was known as the _________ - ___________ system
(a)
In Knight training, at age 7, a boy became a...
squire
page
The name of the iron gate in a medieval castle was known as a
moat
drawbridge
portcullis
grill
Knights in the Middle Ages took vows of (a)
The group in which a craftsman was a member was called a guild - true or false
true
false
what form of punishment is this?
ducking stool
stock and pillory
The vows took by monks were poverty, chastity and ....
gluttony
obedience
loyalty
