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WorksheetsThe Renaissance Period
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What does the word Renaissance mean and when did it begin and end?
Renewal of Learning from the 1300's to about 1600's
Rebirth - 1800's to 1900's
Rebirth of Learning from the 1300's to about the 1600's
Rebirth of Learning from 1200's to about the 1500's
What instrument was used to tell time?
The Throwing Lead
The hour glass
Astrolabe
The quadrant
What instrument was used to record the distance Columbus' Ship had travelled?
The log
The quadrant
The throwing lead
The astrolabe
What instrument was used to tell the direction the ship was traveling?
The hour glass
The log
The throwing lead
A compass
What year was Columbus born?
1492
1451
1456
1452
Where was Columbus born?
Portugal
Genoa, Italy
Spain
Venice, Italy
Who was the first person to sail to the Cape of Good Hope?
Bartholomew Diaz
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Marco Polo
Who was the first explorer to sail around Africa and reach India?
Bartholomew Diaz
Walter Raleigh
Vasco Gama
Francisco Pizarro
Who was the early explorer who wrote about the riches in the East?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Gama
Prince Henry the Navigator
Marco Polo
What treasures could be found in the Far East?
Gold, Silver & Spices
Gold, Silver, Spices, Silk, Rice, Perfume and Gems
Rice, Perfume, Gems
Gold, Frankincense, Myrrh and Spices
What was the name of the three. countries in the East that explorers tried to reach?
Scotland, England and France.
India, China and Taiwan
India, China and Japan.
China, Hong Kong and India
What areas were changed by the Renaissance?
Education, Religion and Art
Religion, Navigation, and medicine
Art, Religion, Navigation.
Art, Religion, Literature and Navigation
Who invented a new type of printing press?
Michelangelo in 1438
Leonardo Da Vinci in 1438
Johann Gutenberg in 1438
Galileo in 1438
Which early thinker believed that the world was round and the East could be reached by sailing west?
Ptolemy
Johann Gutenberg
Michelangelo
Marco Polo
Who were two Renaissance painters
Lorenzo de Medici & Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci & Michelangelo
Michelangelo and Titan
Nicolaus Copernicus & Michelangelo
Which group of people blocked the land route to The East?
Muslim
The Turkish Empire (Ottoman Turks)
Indians
Chinese
