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Renaissance

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What exactly was the “Renaissance”?

a)

The time of history after the middle ages

b)

People revisited works of Ancient Greeks and Romans

c)

Rebirth in science, math, law and philosophy

d)

All of the above

2.

The word “Renaissance” means

a)

culture

b)

rebirth

c)

art

d)

civilization

3.

The Renaissance began in which country?

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

France

d)

Spain

4.

The Medicis were

a)

Peasants

b)

A wealthy family who supported artists

c)

people who were against Renaissance ideas

d)

people who invented the printing press

5.

What effect did Marco Polo's book about his travels to China have on Europe?

a)

Europeans feared that China would attack Europe

b)

Marco Polo's stories increased in interest in China and their goods

c)

Europeans believed that China had an inferior culture

d)

Many missionaries decided to bring Christianity to China

6.

Which of the following is NOT how Venice grew wealthy?

a)

ship building

b)

trading

c)

fishing

d)

banking

7.

Machiavelli believed that

a)

people are self-centered so rulers should be feared

b)

all people are good

c)

all rulers should be weak

d)

people should always tell the truth because honesty is the best policy

8.

Humanists believed that the ________ was important and can make positive changes in the world.

a)

church

b)

monks

c)

individual/humans

d)

artists

9.

Check the TWO pieces of artwork are from Leonardo da Vinci?

a)

Mona Lisa & Sistine Chapel

b)

The Sistine Chapel & Statue of David

c)

The Last Supper & Statue of David

d)

Mona Lisa & The Last Supper

10.

All of the following were ideas or inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci EXCEPT

a)

The printing press

b)

helicopter

c)

tank

d)

horseless carriage (car)

11.

Which prestigious Florentine family helped support Michelangelo's artistic abilities?

a)

The Petrarchs

b)

The Medicis

c)

The Gutenbergs

d)

The Da Vincis

12.

The following are works by Michelangelo EXCEPT

a)
b)
c)
d)
13.

Which country most likely influenced Europeans in inventing the printing press?

a)

Arabia

b)

China

c)

Egypt

d)

Spain

14.

What is the art technique that makes drawings and paintings look more three-dimensional?

a)

realism

b)

vernacular

c)

perspective

d)

holistic

15.

“Chiaroscuro” is used in ________

a)

books

b)

music

c)

paintings

d)

sculptures

16.

Which would be considered a Renaissance painting?

a)

left

b)

right

c)

neither

17.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Lorenzo de Medici

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

18.

The invention of the printing press

a)

encouraged new artistic methods of painting

b)

spread ideas by publishing more books

c)

helped people sell their goods in markets

d)

was based on early Greek and Roman ideas