WorksheetsRenaissance Begins-Middle Ages Ends
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
When did the Middle Ages begin in Europe ?
When the Roman Empire fell to German tribes
When the French attacked Rome
When the Turkish people ran away
What happened to trade throughout the Middle Ages in Europe?
Europeans traded with the Aztec
Trade almost completely disappeared
African and Asian merchants took over France
What became the most powerful organization during the Middle Ages in Europe?
The Kingdom of Spain
The Kingdom of France
The Roman Catholic Church
Historians considered the Middle Ages to be a period of cultural ________.
positivity
decline
wealth
During the Middle Ages, almost all European people were forced to work on farms in brutal conditions for centuries. What was this called?
Feudalism
Geocentrism
Oligarchy
What effect did the Black Death people have on feudalism?
Peasant farmers killed their king
Peasants fled feudal farms and moved to cities
Peasant farmers joined the army
How did cities in the Renaissance make their money?
They began trading goods and services
They moved to farms
They attacked cities in Russia
What was the benefit of having ancient classical books?
People could study the cavemen
People could learn important ideas from the past
People could learn how to cook food
Why was the Byzantine Empire (Greece) important to the Renaissance?
The Byzantine Greeks fought with the Chinese
The Byzantine Greeks owned horses
The Byzantine Greeks still studied ancient books
Where did many of the teachers in Renaissance Italian schools come from?
China after the wars
Byzantine Empire (Greece) after it was conquered
India after the wars
How did artists affect the way people think in the Renaissance?
People were inspired by artists's creativity
People rebelled against the renaissance artists
People became enemies of the artists
How did people change during the
Renaissance in Europe?
People blended individualism, creativity, learning, and ancient classical ideas.
People blended Christianity with Islam.
People quit reading.
What philosophy was invented during the Renaissance that mixed ancient learning with Christian values?
Geocentricism
Heliocentrism
Humanism
In his book, The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli was most
concerned with how ______
kings and nobles used power to get what they wanted
kings and nobles increased the Christian religion
starting a war with China
What was the single most important invention of the Renaissance?
Cathedrals
Printing Press
Internet
The European Renaissance began in what city?
Pompeii, Italy
Milan, Italy
Florence Italy
What was the benefit of having a common vernacular language in the Renaissance?
It made people feel more religious
It let everyone in a region share the same language
It made it easier to learn Latin
What was the name of the system created by Nicolas Copernicus to show the earth revolved around the Sun?
Francocentrism
Geocentrism
Heliocentrism
Galileo was able to prove Copernicus was right with the help of what invention?
eyeglasses
telescope
microscope
List the 3 object that were invented during the Renaissance?
clock
musket
microscope
paper
