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Unit 6 Early Modern Europe

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Renaissance mean?

a)

Rebirth

b)

Recapture

c)

Birth

d)

Knowledge

2.

Philosophies from which two ancient civilizations reemerged during the Renaissance? Choose two.

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Greece

c)

Rome

d)

Egypt

3.

Thomas Aquinas is credited with bridging the divide between medieval religious beliefs and what philosophy?

a)

Stoicism

b)

Humansim

c)

Shintoism

d)

Patronage

4.

In Summa Theologica, Aquinas argued there must be a balance between what? Choose two.

a)

Faith

b)

Knowledge

c)

Reason

d)

Politics

5.

Michelangelo famously painted several scenes from the Bible on a chapel at the Vatican. What was the chapel’s name?

a)

the Hagia Sophia

b)

the Sistine Chapel

c)

the Medici Chapel

d)

the Vatican

6.

Suppose you were a painter working in the year during the High Renaissance. Which qualities would your art have most likely had?

a)

My paintings would have depicted religious themes.

b)

My paintings would have had Impressionist characteristics.

c)

My paintings would have included unrealistic backgrounds.

d)

My paintings would look realistic

7.

Payment to artists to create artwork, written works, etc. that portrayed the wealth and power of the rich in Europe during the Renaissance

a)

System of patronage

b)

Artistic payment

c)

System of payment

d)

Guild system

8.

Choose the best words or phrases to complete each sentence to explain Leonardo da Vinci’s impact on the Renaissance. Choose 3

a)

Painter

b)

Mathematician

c)

Inventor

d)

Scientist

9.

Which famous Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Shakespear

c)

da Vinci

d)

Raphael

10.

The Medici family became wealthy through ________ and helped the Renaissance development through ____________

a)

shipbuilding, patronage

b)

banking, trading

c)

trade, training

d)

banking, patronage

11.

Which of the following was a way that Humanism changed education:

a)

Paintings were now more realistic than idealistic.

b)

Religion was not focused on as much as Greek and Roman thought

c)

There was more focus on religion than Greek and Roman thought.

12.

Humanism changed society because:

a)

There was now a divide between religious thinkers and humanistic thinkers

b)

The Catholic church was now more important than ever.

c)

Schools were focusing more on Greek and Roman thought.

13.

Humanism changed society and education. Which of the following was also changed because of humanism:

a)

Government

b)

Family

c)

Art

14.

Choose the sentences that are considered true about the system of patronage: (Choose 2)

a)

English artists painted portraits to show the wealth of their patrons.

b)

English artist wrote poems and plays to discuss the wealth of their patrons

c)

Italian artists painted portraits and realistic paintings of their patrons

d)

Italian artists wrote poems about their patron's wealth and power.