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De Rerum Natura

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote the poem "De Rerum Natura" in 1 BC?

a)

Mr. Wright

b)

Martin Luther

c)

Lucretius

d)

Henry VIII

2.

What does De Rerum Natura mean?

a)

On the nature of things

b)

The weirdness of nature

c)

De Rerum Natura

d)

What the world is waiting for

3.

Who found a copy of "De Rerum Natura" and is credited for spreading the ideas to start what became known as the Renaissance?

a)

That monk

b)

Cubi Broccoli

c)

Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini

d)

Lucretius

4.
What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?
a)
wealthy patrons
b)
church officials
c)
government grants
d)
kings competing for prestige
5.

What was the theory that said that the Earth and all the planets revolve around the sun?

a)

Geocentric

b)

Heliocentric

c)

Geographic

d)

The Earth is flat

6.

Architect....

a)

Perspective

b)

Greece and Rome

c)

Building designer

d)

Printing Press

7.

During the Middle Ages, who were the only literate people? (The only ones who could read and write?)

a)

Merchants

b)

Farmers

c)

Monks

d)

Actresses

8.
What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?
a)
realism
b)
perspective
c)
idealism
d)
distancism
9.

What disease, spread by fleas on rats, killed up to 50% of the European population during the Dark Ages?

a)

COVID-19

b)

Bubonic Plague

c)

Scarlet Fever

d)

Measles

10.

The Plague spread along ______ to reach Europe.

a)

mountains

b)

Carts

c)

Trade Routes

d)

Planes

11.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Boticceli
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Donatello
12.
The Medici Family...
a)
Were the first mafia family to live in Italy
b)
Were the most famous painters in Florence
c)
Were the family of Mona Lisa
d)
Were patrons of the arts in Florence
13.

What was one of the ways the Renaissance spread from Italy to other places in Europe?

a)

The Black Death caused refugees who carried the ideas with them

b)

The Catholic Church required everyone in Europe to copy the ideas of the Italian city-states

c)

Several armies invaded Italy. The soldiers spread stories of what they saw when they returned home

d)

The Crusades carried ideas from Italy to the Middle East

14.

What sculpture is this?

a)

David by Donatello

b)

Danny by Raphael

c)

David by Leonardo

d)

David by Michelangelo

15.

What was an explosion of discoveries and ideas that started in Europe during the 1500s?

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Protestant Reformation

c)

Black Death

d)

Scientific Revolution

16.

Where do historians feel the Renaissance began in Italy?

a)

Twin Valley Middle School

b)

Venice

c)

Florence

d)

The Globe Theater

17.

One of the most important ideas from the Renaissance that allowed ideas to spread more quickly.

a)

Perspective

b)

Greece and Rome

c)

Building designer

d)

Printing Press

18.

Philosophers and painters of the Renaissance and wanted to return to the times of ...

a)

Perspective

b)

Greece and Rome

c)

The Middle Ages

d)

about 3 weeks ago

19.

Florence, Milan, Rome were all Italian ____________ during the Renaissance

a)

Frescos

b)

Humanisms

c)

City States

d)

Architects

20.

Which was a key intellectual movement or philosophy of the Renaissance?

a)

Humanism

b)

City State

c)

Cultural relativism

d)

Behavioralism

21.

A painting technique done on fresh wet plaster...

a)

Humanism

b)

Fresco

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Perspective

22.

Who was the painter of the Sistine Chapel?

a)

da Vinci

b)

Raphael

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Michelangelo

23.

What is a city-centered culture like Renaissance Italy referred to as?

a)

Urban Society

b)

Dowry

c)

Secular

d)

Middle Ages

24.

What does the word Renaissance translate to?

a)

Rebirth

b)

New Born

c)

Secular

d)

Dowry

25.

Book of Machiavelli which stated it was "okay to do bad if you do good for your people"....

a)

Dante's Inferno

b)

Dowry

c)

Secular

d)

The Prince

26.

Whose famous writings are the picture shown above?

a)

Da Vinci

b)

Donatello

c)

Fresco

d)

Michelangelo

27.

If the Dark Ages weren’t so dark, why are they known as such?

a)

People didn't know what was happening in other parts of the world.

b)

The sun did not shine as brightly during this time.

c)

People were often blinded as a punishment.

d)

It wasn't called the dark ages, this is a myth.

28.

Which part of Europe was under Muslim control at this time?

a)

France

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

Spain

29.

The Middle Ages (aka Dark Ages) came between the ____ Empire and the beginning of the ____ Era.

a)

Roman and Modern

b)

Roman and Eastern

c)

Middle and Western

d)

Samurai and Modern

30.

Choose the three words that will complete this sentence...

During the Medieval Period, “Europe had less ____, fewer ____, and less ____ output than the original Roman Empire.”

a)

trade

b)

children

c)

cities

d)

cultural

e)

people

31.

This explorer was famous for failing. Tried to find North America via a Northern Route. He explored the Canadian Coastline

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Bartholomew Dias

c)

Vasco de Gama

d)

John Cabot

32.

This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

a)

Francisco Pizarro

b)

Hernan Cortez

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Christopher Columbus

33.

The New World was named after this explorer.

a)

John Cabot

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Hernan Cortez

d)

Christopher Columbus

34.

This explorer was the first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.

a)

Bartholomew Dias

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Vasco de Gama

35.

This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

a)

Francisco de Gama

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Franz Ferdinand

d)

Francisco Pizarro

36.

What is the name of the voyage West Coast African slaves took to the Americas?

a)

The Middle Passage

b)

The Long Journey

c)

The Long Passage

d)

The Middle Journey

37.

If you were to draw a line that connected Africa to America to Europe what shape would you make?

a)

A rhododendron

b)

An Oval

c)

A Square

d)

A Triangle

38.

A mercantile-based economy heavily focuses on imports and exports, this is called:

a)

Balance of Trade

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Exchange Economy

d)

The Emancipation of the Proletariate

39.

The middle passage was a long journey where over 20% died along the way due to inhumane travel conditions.

a)

False

b)

True

40.

The African Slave Trade devastated West African cities economically and politically.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?

a)

Gold, Silver, Treasure

b)

God, Glory, Gold

c)

God, Glory, Gallantry

d)

Honor, Justice, Reinhardt!

42.

Aztec capital city Tenochtitlan had man made rivers for transportation called.....

a)

Lockes

b)

Lagoons

c)

Canals.

d)

Lambaste

43.
Which of the following best helped Martin Luther's ideas reach other parts of Europe? 
a)
The Bible
b)
The printing press
c)
Church Hierarchy
d)
The Diet of Worms
44.
In his attempt to reform the Catholic Church, what did Martin Luther do?
a)
Bought a certificate of indulgence to be pardoned.
b)
Helped Pope Leo X rebuild St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
c)
Prepared a list of 95 arguments against indulgences.
d)
Decided to become a lawyer. 
45.
Bloody Mary got her name from the execution of...
a)
Henry VIII's wives
b)
Elizabeth
c)
Catholics
d)
Protestants
46.
Martin Luther's main complaint was against what?
a)
Inquisitions
b)
Indulgences
c)
The Bible
d)
Ice Cream
47.
Fill in the blank. Luther believed that ________________ was how people would end up in heaven.
a)
faith
b)
indulgences
c)
good deeds
d)
going to church
48.
Protestant or Catholic belief? Church leaders can marry and have children.
a)
Protestant
b)
Catholic
49.
T or F: Protestants and Catholics are both Christians.
a)
True
b)
False
50.
What is excommunication?
a)
You are kicked out of the church for life and won't go to heaven.
b)
You are put on trial, tortured, and given a choice to convert or die.
c)
You can pay money to have your sins forgiven: ticket to heaven.
d)
You are brought up on criminal charges, accusing you of going against approved teachings/beliefs.
51.
A devout Catholic who detested Martin Luther and specially titled as “Defender of the Faith” by the Pope, __________ created the Anglican Church so he could divorce his wife.
a)
Henry VIII
b)
Charles V
c)
Leo X
d)
Edward VI
52.
Who invented the printing press?
a)
Johannes Gutenburg
b)
Botticelli
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)
Michelangelo
53.
The wealth and patronage of what family supported great works of art produced in Florence?
a)
Marco Polo
b)
Medici
c)
Gutenberg
d)
Da Vinci
54.
Authors living during the Renaissance started writing in the everyday language of the people known as the
a)
perspective
b)
chiaroscuro
c)
contrapposto
d)
vernacular
55.

The New World Is the ______________(s)

a)

The Americas

b)

The world after WWII

c)

Europe, Asia, Africa.

d)

The best song in the movie Aladdin.

56.

This explorer, "discovered" America for Europe, and made 4 successful voyages to modern day Cuba. However, Vikings were there 1st.

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Bartholomew Dias

d)

Francisco Pizarro

57.

What is the Columbian Exhange?

a)

Exchange of ideas between America and Europe

b)

Exchange of different plants, animals, diseases between the New and Old World.

c)

Exchange of disease between colonists and Native Americans.

d)

Exchange of money between the Wergild and Ordeal

58.

This explorer was the 1st to circumnavigate the world, and later died in the Philippines on his voyage.

a)

Vasco De Gama

b)

John Cabot

c)

Ferdinand Magellan

d)

Black Beard

59.

This Explorer was the first to sail to India, brought back spices.

a)

Vasco de Gama

b)

Bartholomew Dias

c)

John Cabot

d)

Hernan Cortez

60.

The consequences of the events of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are still affecting the world today.

a)

Significantly

b)

A bit

c)

Not really

d)

Not at all

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