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WorksheetsRenaissance
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does the word renaissance mean?
recreate
reemerge
rebirth
reinvent
When did the Renaissance occur?
1300s–1600s
1300s–1500s
1200s–1600s
none of these
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Milan
Italy
Britain
Florence
During the Renaissance, people became interested in
mathematics.
the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Petrarch.
gold.
Who is considered the father of humanism?
Petrarch
Kepler
Galileo
Gutenberg
Why were the Medicis important to the Renaissance?
The commissioned many expeditions.
They started a university in Florence.
They believed in the teachings of Luther.
They were patrons of the arts.
What invention helped to spread the ideas of the Renaissance?
the printing press
the caravel
the telescope
eyeglasses
Who was Johann Gutenberg?
the inventor of the telescope
the inventor of the printing press
the founder of the laws of planetary motion
a religious reformer
Why were Copernicus’ proposals about the solar system so unique?
People believed that Earth was the center of the universe.
People believed that the Moon was the center of the universe.
People believed that the Sun was the center of the universe.
People believed that Earth was flat.
In what field is Vesalius famous?
astronomy (space)
anatomy (body)
Latin literature
sculpture (carved pictures)
What did an indulgence grant a person?
a pardon for sin
money for food
an interview with a priest
a guarantee into heaven
Why did Luther disapprove of indulgences?
He felt the church was not charging enough.
He felt that faith alone was the only path to salvation.
He believed the Pope was corrupt.
all of the these
What was the church's response to Luther's ideas?
Luther was excommunicated.
Luther was sainted.
Luther was stripped of his ministerial vestments.
Luther was put to death.
The movement to change the church during the Renaissance was called?
Counter-Reformation
Counter- Revolution
Revolution
Reformation
People who wanted the Catholic Church reformed (changed) were called?
Lutherans
Calvinists
protesters
Protestants
What was Bartolomeu Diaz the first to do?
circumnavigate the world
sail through the Strait of Magellan
sail to the Cape of Good Hope
sail to the Pacific Ocean
Where is the Strait of Magellan?
South America
the West Indies
Atlantic Coast of Africa
India
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Columbus' first voyage
the exchange of goods between Europe and North America
Triangular Trade
Atlantic Slave Trade
What was Triangular Trade connected to?
Columbus
Portugal
gold
enslaved Africans
What was one of the legacies of the Atlantic Slave Trade?
the American Revolution
the American Civil War
the Civil Rights Movement
both B and C
