WorksheetsThe Renaissance and The Scientific Revolution
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 21mins
What is one way European society changed thanks to the printing press?
People quit the feudal system to find work else where
People began reading books in their vernacular
Literacy declined during the Renaissance
People began writing scripts for movies
How did Renaissance art differ from Medieval art?
It was more godly
It was more realistic, and had three dimensions
it portrayed religious subjects
it was more biblical
What economic change occurred during the Renaissance that allowed for the flourishing of the art?
Introduction of paper money
People began to Barter again
The Governments of Europe paid to educate Artists
Growth of a wealthy Merchant Class that became patrons the Arts
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
Italians were better Catholics
Italy had better means of transportation
Italy sat in the middle of the Silk Road
Extreme wealth that Italians made from trade
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
Which of these famous structures did Michelangelo paint?
the Louvre
the Coliseum
the Sistine Chapel
the Eiffel Tower
Petrarch's work was an example of typical Renaissance characteristics because he
Studied poets and playwrights
valued education and classical learning
assembled manuscripts for churches
revived an interest in medieval scholarship
During Lorenzo's rule of Florence, in which years did he probably have more money to spend on the arts?
1434-1469
1469-1481
1421-1429
1397-1434
What central idea that Erasmus strived to achieve is implicit in this quotation? "Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and --I shall boldly add--- all can be theologians." -- Erasmus
to form a Protestant Church that is free from corrupt dictates of papal rule
to form theocratic societies based on a simpler version of Christianity
to promote the benefits of the printing revolution
to make religion more accessible by translating the Bible into the vernacular
Which term best defines the concept that the Earth is the center of the universe?
Heliocentric
Geocentric
Eurocentric
Egotistical
Which term best defines the concept that the sun is the center of the universe?
heliocentric
geocentric
ethnocentric
Eurocentric
He was a polish mathematician and astronomer who was first to determine that the sun was the center of the solar system.
Galilieo
Humes
Copernicus
Descartes
A German mathematician who was known for his laws of planetary motion in elliptical orbits around the sun.
Leviticus
Kepler
Columbus
Newton
Who was the Italian physicist and astronomer who proved that objects of different weights, if dropped from the same height, fell at the same rate of speec. He was also responsible discovering the law of the pendulum.
Galileo
Vesalius
Hooke
Boyle
Who was the English scientist who discovered the laws of gravitation?
Galileo
Newton
Kepler
Copernicus
Who proposed a system of experimentation to find new truths through this type of scientific method?
Newton
Bacon
Descartes
Frisius
How did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution?
By careful observation of nature and willingness to question old beliefs
By reading classic literature
By collecting samples of plant life
By forming new government ideas
