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The Renaissance

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 4hrs 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did city-states in ITALY become wealthy?

a)

They did not have enemies to attack them

b)

They had a strong army

c)

It was a good location for trade

d)

They stole from their neighbors

2.

What was the chief source of Florence's wealth?

a)

architecture

b)

sea trade

c)

textiles

d)

banking

3.

Which family helped fund the arts in Italy?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Medici

c)

da Vinci

d)

Machiavelli

4.

Which cultures did Renaissance humanists study?

a)

Egypt and India

b)

Greece and Rome

c)

India and Rome

d)

Greece and China

5.

Who created the Mona Lisa?

a)

Donatello

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Raphael

d)

Leonardo

6.

Which Renaissance artist is known for the Sistine Chapel painting in Saint Peter's Cathedral?

a)

Donatello

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Raphael

d)

Leonardo

7.

How did William Shakespeare impact European culture during the Renaissance?

a)

He led the first democratic government.

b)

He invented the compass.

c)

He wrote many popular plays.

d)

He developed perspective drawing.

8.

A person who supports an activity by providing money support.

a)
Renaissance
b)
Humanism
c)
arts
d)
patron
9.
 The most famous English writer of the Renaissance, best known for his plays Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.
a)
Shakespeare
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Raphael
d)
Petrarch
10.
 A German who, in the mid-1400s, invented a press for printing with movable type.
a)
Johann Gutenberg
b)
Elizabethan Age
c)
Renaissance Man
d)
vernacular
11.

What did New Learning mean?

a)

All knowledge came from God

b)

All knowledge did NOT only come from God

12.

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

a)

Renewed

b)

Rebuilt

c)

Remade

d)

Rebirth

13.

The painting seen here is the -

a)

Madonna

b)

Mona Lisa

c)

Margaret

d)

da Vinci

14.

Artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo Da Vinci

c)

Perspective

d)

Patron

15.
Which of the following cities was an important center during the early Renaissance?
a)
Florence
b)
London
c)
Ghent
d)
Paris
16.
Where did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
England
d)
Germany
17.
Who painted "The Last Supper"?
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Botticelli
c)
Kepler
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
18.

What does Humanism mean?

a)

The desire to self improve

b)

Life should be about enjoyment

c)

Focusing on the individual

19.

What does Secularism mean?

a)

The desire to self improve

b)

Life should be about enjoyment

c)

Focusing on the individual

20.

What does Individalism mean?

a)

The desire to self improve

b)

Life should be about enjoyment

c)

Focusing on the individual

21.

Who invented the movable type?

a)

Thomas More

b)

Desiderius Erasmus

c)

Francois Rabelais

d)

Johann Gutenberg