NEW
Font size
S
M
L
XL
WorksheetsU4. Renaissance Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the Historic period after the Middle Ages?
a)
Enlightenment
b)
Ancient Age
c)
Renaissance
2.
What allowed the success of the Italian cities of Venice and Florence during the Renaissance?
a)
The control of the Mediterranean trading
b)
The Crusades
c)
The Black Death
3.
Was a modern trade system such as banking and exchange markets a consequence of trading importance during Renaissance?
a)
True
b)
False
4.
What was the new social level that controlled especially the Italian kingdoms during the Renaissance?
a)
Merchants or Bourgeoisie
b)
Nobles
c)
Explorers
5.
Why did the Black Death allow Renaissance in Europe?
a)
It allowed peasants to claim for better living conditions
b)
It allowed kings to control their kingdoms
c)
It allowed scientists to try new medicine out.
6.
Why did the Crusades allow Renaissance in Europe?
a)
It brought the knowledge of the Islamic Empire to Europe
b)
It stopped the knowledge of the Islamic Empire in Europe
c)
It made many European kingdoms really wealthy.
7.
Why did the Bourgeoisie help the growth of Renaissance?
a)
It gave the money to some families to invest in people such as Leonardo da Vinci or Michaelangelo
b)
It gave the money to some families to control their cities
c)
It gave the money to some families to create big armies to spread the ideas of Renaissance.
8.
Did European cities grow during Renaissance?
a)
True
b)
False
9.
What changed in farming processes during Renaissance?
a)
They were modified to produce more with less effort
b)
They needed to produce more
c)
They didn't change
10.
What is the meaning "Renaissance"?
a)
Rebirth
b)
Reform
c)
Rediscover
11.
What was the goal of the "mecenas"?
a)
To support and help Renaissance artists, scientists and philosophers to create knowledge
b)
To support and help the Church to create beautiful places
c)
To support and help kings to spread the knowledge of Renaissance.
12.
In what areas of knowledge was Renaissance more evident?
a)
Painting and Architecture
b)
Florence and Venice
c)
Science and Philosophy
13.
Did Renaissance affect the whole society?
a)
True
b)
False
14.
What invention helped the spread of the knowledge of Renaissance?
a)
The printing press
b)
The sextant
c)
The Scientific Method
15.
What was a Renaissance man?
a)
A man learned in many arts such as painting, philosophy, science, anatomy, etc. like Leonardo da Vinci.
b)
A philosopher of the Humanism
c)
A mecenas during Renaissance
16.
Who is the center of Humanism?
a)
The human being
b)
God
c)
The Catholic Church
17.
Why did Humanism encourage people to think out of the box?
a)
Because humans have the intelligence that allows to observe, discover and create knowledge.
b)
Because humans can use boxes as tools
c)
Because the Church encouraged people to give different explanations to the knowledge of the Bible.
18.
What ancient knowledge was the example for Humanism?
a)
Greek and Roman Knowledge
b)
Renaissance Knowledge
c)
Middle Ages Knowledge
19.
Who is the father of Science?
a)
Galileo Galilei
b)
Issac Newton
c)
Rene Descartes
20.
What kind of research did Galileo encourage in the look for knowledge?
a)
One based on observation and experimentation
b)
One based on old beliefs.
c)
One based on the knowledge of the Church
21.
What is the Scientific Method?
a)
The research process based on observation and experimentation
b)
The research process that Rome and Greece gave to the Renaissance
c)
The research process that was long used during Renaissance.
22.
What kingdoms started the Age of Exploration?
a)
Portugal, Spain and England
b)
Portugal, England and France
c)
Spain, England and France
23.
What kingdom achieved the goal of reaching India?
a)
Portugal
b)
Spain
c)
England
24.
What region did Spain discover?
a)
America
b)
North America
c)
India
25.
What region did England discover?
a)
North America
b)
America
c)
India
26.
Who circumnavigated the world from 1519 to 1521?
a)
Magallanes
b)
Columbus
c)
Da Gama
27.
What tools allowed the explorers to sail to the unknown?
a)
Maps, caravels and sextant
b)
Caravels, compass and GPS
c)
Compass, sextant and luck
28.
What were the causes of the Age of Exploration?
a)
God, Glory and Gold
b)
God, Glory and Greatness
c)
Glory, Gold and Good Luck
29.
Why was God a cause for exploration?
a)
It was the duty of the conquerors in the new lands
b)
It was said in the Bible
c)
It was the right of the Catholic Church to be universal
30.
Why was Glory a cause for exploration?
a)
It meant for an explorer to be famous and wealthy.
b)
It meant for an explorere to be famous.
c)
It meant for a kingdom to be powerful
31.
Why was Gold a cause for exploration?
a)
It meant for a kingdom to control trading and the wealth of its colonies.
b)
It meant for a kingdom to control its colonies
c)
It meant for a kingdom to be powerful
32.
Who was Martin Luther?
a)
A German priest that started the Protestant Reformation in 1517
b)
A German priest that started the Counter Reformation in 1517
c)
A French priest that started the Protestant Reformation in 1517.
33.
Why did Martin Luther want to change the Catholic Church?
a)
The Catholic Church was corrupt
b)
The Catholic Church was persecuting Jewish people
c)
The Catholic Church was too wealthy
34.
How did Martin Luther try to change the Catholic Church?
a)
He published 95 theses to debate about what was wrong in the Church.
b)
He printed a book telling what was wrong in the Church
c)
He transleated the New Testament to French
35.
What was the purpose of an indulgence?
a)
To forgive the sins of a person in exchange for money
b)
To provide a document to go to heaven
c)
To forgive the sins of the good people
36.
What were the core beliefs for Luther's 95 theses?
a)
The only truth is in the Bible and that sins can only be forgiven with faith and good actions.
b)
The only truth is in the Church and sins can only be forgiven with money.
c)
The only truth is in the Bible and just Jesus can forgive sins
37.
What is the name of the historic process that Martin Luther started in 1517?
a)
The Protestant Reformation
b)
The Counter Reformation
c)
The Age of Exploration
38.
What is the name of the answer of the Catholic Church to the Protestant Reformation?
a)
The Protestant Reformation
b)
The Counter Reformation
c)
The Scientific Method
39.
What was a consequence of the Protestant Reformation?
a)
The Church got divided in two (Catholic and Protestant)
b)
The Church kept whole without any change
c)
The Pope agreed to change
40.
What did the Catholic Church change in the Counter Reformation?
a)
It stopped asking for money to forgive sins.
b)
It stopped the practice of giving the holy sacraments
c)
It kept asking for money to forgive sins.
Reset
