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Renaissance

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word renaissance mean?

a)

recreate

b)

reemerge

c)

rebirth

d)

reinvent

2.

When did the Renaissance occur?

a)

1300s–1600s

b)

1300s–1500s

c)

1200s–1600s

d)

none of these

3.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

Milan

b)

Italy

c)

Britain

d)

Florence

4.

During the Renaissance, people became interested in

a)

mathematics.

b)

the ancient Greeks and Romans.

c)

Petrarch.

d)

gold.

5.

Who is considered the father of humanism?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Kepler

c)

Galileo

d)

Gutenberg

6.

Why were the Medicis important to the Renaissance?

a)

The commissioned many expeditions.

b)

They started a university in Florence.

c)

They believed in the teachings of Luther.

d)

They were patrons of the arts.

7.

What invention helped to spread the ideas of the Renaissance?

a)

the printing press

b)

the caravel

c)

the telescope

d)

eyeglasses

8.

Who was Johann Gutenberg?

a)

the inventor of the telescope

b)

the inventor of the printing press

c)

the founder of the laws of planetary motion

d)

a religious reformer

9.

Why were Copernicus’ proposals about the solar system so unique?

a)

People believed that Earth was the center of the universe.

b)

People believed that the Moon was the center of the universe.

c)

People believed that the Sun was the center of the universe.

d)

People believed that Earth was flat.

10.

In what field is Vesalius famous?

a)

astronomy (space)

b)

anatomy (body)

c)

Latin literature

d)

sculpture (carved pictures)

11.

What did an indulgence grant a person?

a)

a pardon for sin

b)

money for food

c)

an interview with a priest

d)

a guarantee into heaven

12.

Why did Luther disapprove of indulgences?

a)

He felt the church was not charging enough.

b)

He felt that faith alone was the only path to salvation.

c)

He believed the Pope was corrupt.

d)

all of the these

13.

What was the church's response to Luther's ideas?

a)

Luther was excommunicated.

b)

Luther was sainted.

c)

Luther was stripped of his ministerial vestments.

d)

Luther was put to death.

14.

The movement to change the church during the Renaissance was called?

a)

Counter-Reformation

b)

Counter- Revolution

c)

Revolution

d)

Reformation

15.

People who wanted the Catholic Church reformed (changed) were called?

a)

Lutherans

b)

Calvinists

c)

protesters

d)

Protestants

16.

What was Bartolomeu Diaz the first to do?

a)

circumnavigate the world

b)

sail through the Strait of Magellan

c)

sail to the Cape of Good Hope

d)

sail to the Pacific Ocean

17.

Where is the Strait of Magellan?

a)

South America

b)

the West Indies

c)

Atlantic Coast of Africa

d)

India

18.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Columbus' first voyage

b)

the exchange of goods between Europe and North America

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Atlantic Slave Trade

19.

What was Triangular Trade connected to?

a)

Columbus

b)

Portugal

c)

gold

d)

enslaved Africans

20.

What was one of the legacies of the Atlantic Slave Trade?

a)

the American Revolution

b)

the American Civil War

c)

the Civil Rights Movement

d)

both B and C