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WorksheetsSocial Studies 8 Worldviews Renaissance Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 38mins
What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?
Christian devotion
classical art and learning
chivalry and tournaments
good health after the plague
Which two cultures make up the Classical style?
France and England
Greece and Rome
China and Japan
Mali and Incan
Which Renaissance author wrote "it is much safer to be feared than loved..."?
Shakespeare
Machiavelli
Erasmus
Petrarch
Florence, Italy was the home of this patron family, which some of you referred to as the Kardashians or Obamas of the Renaissance period?
Medici family
da Vinci family
Buonarotti family
Borgia family
What is a patron?
A wealthy artist
A wealthy supporter of artists
A poor artist
A wealthy merchant
Due to Realism and Humanism, how did learning and the arts change?
Less religious
More religious
More economic
More fantastical
What time period is this art from?
Classical
Medieval
Renaissance
What do humanists best think of human potential in the Renaissance?
Humans cannot do anything
God is responsible for everything
Humans are capable of anything and everything
Humans are best served for farmwork
How did people in the Renaissance and later on view education after the Renaissance?
Education was more important than ever
Education was less important than ever
Education is the same as ever
None of the other choices
All of these are popular in Renaissance art and Realism EXCEPT:
Perspective
Greco-Roman culture
two-dimensional religious figures
lots of emotion in the art
Which of these is NOT indicative of Renaissance art?
Realistic bodies
Three-dimensional scenes
Two-dimensional scenes
Realistic clothing
If you or I were speaking in my vernacular language, or the language we use every day, what language would we be speaking?
English
Italian
German
Chinese
Which time period is this art from?
Classical
Renaissance
Medieval
1. Which of the following statements is consistent with the worldview in Renaissance Europe?
a. People can study religion to discover answers to the meaning of life and to discover their world.
b. People can use the power of reason and thinking to discover knowledge about themselves and society.
c. People should rely on tradition to address their problems, making new ways of looking at the world unnecessary.
d. People do not need to involve themselves in government because the ruler will make necessary decisions for them.
2. The meaning of the term "Renaissance" suggests that many of the humanist writers and artists looked for their inspiration in the:
a. ideas and teachings of the Middle Ages
b. new cultures encountered in the Americas
c. knowledge and teachings of Classical Europe
d. cultures of Asia and the Far East
3. "In the Middle Ages, most art had religious themes and this influence continued during the Renaissance. However, influenced by humanist ideas, Renaissance artists began to interpret religious subjects in new ways." One of the "new ways" of interpreting religious themes in art during the Renaissance was by:
a. creating images and symbols critical of Christianity
b. drawing elaborate buildings and landscapes in which no people were seen
c. representing the human body and human activities in great detail
d. illustrating religious themes in black and white only
4. When Renaissance artists began to sign their paintings and sculptures, this gesture is often viewed as a small example of the changes caused by humanism because the artists wanted to:
a. become wealthy from their work
b. avoid others copying their work
c. please their patrons
d. be recognized for their accomplishments
5. The characteristics pictured could best be described as:
a. characteristics of the teachings of the medieval Church
b. changes created by the increase in trade during the Renaissance
c. results of European contact with other cultures
d. descriptions of the humanist writing of the Renaissance
1. One of the main reasons the expansion of trade in the late Middle Ages had its greatest impact on northern Italy was because:
a. other areas of Europe were more heavily affected by the Black Death
b. the feudal system was weaker in Italy than in the rest of Europe
c. agricultural production in Italy was greater than production in the rest of Europe
d. the government of Italy was controlled by a single, absolute King
3. An unintentional result of the Crusades to the Holy Land was the:
a. conquest of large areas of Palestine
b. decline in the variety of goods being traded in Europe
c. exposure of Europeans to Muslim learning and culture
d. increase in numbers of Muslim settlers in Europe
4. The information on the map of trading routes in Renaissance Europe would be most useful in supporting the statement that:
a. most trade in Renaissance Europe was carried on sea routes
b. western Europe was the centre of Renaissance trading routes
c. Renaissance Europe traded mostly in exotic items from Asia
d. Renaissance Europe developed a wide-ranging trade system
5. Three of the statements below provides one reason why Italy became the economic and cultural centre of Europe during the Renaissance. Which statement provides a geographic reason?
a. Italian seaports were placed in an ideal spot for trade between northern Europe and the Mediterranean nations.
b. Feudalism never became as strongly established in Italy as in the rest of Europe, allowing greater freedom for the towns.
c. The large number of independent Italian city-states competed with each other for wealth and markets.
d. Italian merchants and traders wanted to spend their wealth on luxurious foreign goods.
6. Increased wealth, a consequence of trading activities of the Italian city-states resulted in all of the following changes except:
a. an increase in conflict and warfare among the city-states
b. an increase in democratic freedoms in the city-states
c. growing exposure to ideas and products from other lands
d. growing demands for artistic works luxury items
Which European Feudal Group is missing? King, Lords, Peasants and Serfs
King
Slaves
Knights
Samurai
How much of the population died due to the Bubonic Plague?
1/8
1/4
1/2
1/3
Prior to the Renaissance everything in Italy was written in what language?
English
Italian
Latin
German
in the language of everyday speech
Fresco
Perspective
Vernacular
Humanism
Machiavelli wrote...
Divine Comedy
Hamlet
The Prince
The Book of Romans
Greek inspired intellectual movement during the Renaissance
Confucianism
Reformation
Renaissance
Humanism
Mona Lisa
Leonardo
Donatello
Michelangelo
Raphael
David and Sistine Chapel
Leonardo
Donatello
Michelangelo
Raphael
What time period did the Renaissance occur?
1300-1600
1517-1600
1645-1734
Francesco Petrarch
Best known for her works written (in French) in the defense of women
Father of the humanism and the Renaissance
a German who developed a method of printing using blocks of movable type set on a mechanical press
The pandemic that killed approximately half of Europe's population in the Middle Ages was called
The Black Death
Yellow Fever
Mad Cow Disease
The Flu
The scientific method includes all of the following, except
Forming & testing a hypothesis
Identifying and asking questions about a problem
Recording and analysing data
Using emotions and personal values to make a conclusion
Most advances made during the Renaissance because of the scientific method were made in
Astronomy
Medicine
Mathematics
All of the above
Galileo was found guilty of heresy because of his discovery that
the Earth is the centre of the universe
planets travel in an elliptical orbit
the Sun is the centre of the universe
Dissection of the human body was made legal during the Renaissance even though many felt it violated church laws
True
False
Which of the following is NOT a perspective of Niccolò Machiavelli
People are greedy, ungrateful, and liars
The "ends justify the means"
A good leader should solely focus on the benefit of the state
Leaders should use love over fear when ruling
During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, the Catholic Church was the most powerful institution in Europe.
True
False
I dedicated my life to fighting the corruptions of the church and in society. I organised the "Bonfire of the Vanities" and was found guilty of heresy in 1498. Who am I?
Machiavelli
Martin Luther
G. Savonarola
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Certificates sold by the church that would reduce the time people would be punished for their sins after death were called _____________________.
Excommunications
Indulgences
Reformations
Luxuries
Those who followed Martin Luther and protested against the church's refusal to allow "reform" are known as
Lutherites
Jesuits
Catholics
Protestants
Religious wars that occurred because of the "Protestant Reformation" resulted in
an end of absolute power by the Catholic Church in Europe
more political power granted to the Catholic Church
a shortage of indulgences
more corruption within the Catholic Church
The “Catholic Counter-Reformation” can BEST be described as a time period when
clergy and priests fought in religious wars
Catholics burned bibles
the Church avoided converting outsiders
the Church cleaned up corruption
Which of the following was NOT a major benefit of the invention of the printing press?
Books could be produced quickly and cheaply
Middle-class people could read, write, and discuss ideas
More books could be printed in the vernacular instead of Latin
Fake news spread throughout Europe
Ideas and knowledge spread faster
