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Rennessaince Review

Total questions: 69

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Renaissance mean?

a)

Rebirth

b)

A type of cheese

c)

A type of dance

d)

A type of car

2.

What is humanism?

a)

A belief in the supernatural

b)

A political ideology

c)

The study of the classical culture of Greece and Rome to critique worldly subjects rather than religious ones

d)

A type of animal rights activism

3.

What are the humanities?

a)

A branch of science

b)

A type of mathematics

c)

A type of art

d)

The study of aspects of human society and culture.

4.

Who is Francesco Petrarch?

a)

A famous painter from the Renaissance period

b)

A well-known Roman emperor

c)

An influential philosopher during the Enlightenment

d)

Lived in the 1300s and assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts

5.

What are City-states?

a)

Areas on the Italian peninsula dominated by families and controlled by wealthy merchant families

b)

A type of dessert

c)

A type of animal

d)

A type of car

6.

Who were the Medici Family of Florence?

a)

A famous family of artists

b)

Cosimo de’ Medici gained control of the Florentine government in 1434

c)

A family of famous chefs

d)

A family of famous athletes

7.

What is a patron?

a)

A financial supporter of the arts

b)

A type of bird

c)

A type of food

d)

A type of vehicle

8.

What is perspective?

a)

A technique used for drawing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface

b)

A type of paint used in art

c)

A style of dance

d)

A musical instrument

9.

Who was Leon Alberti?

a)

A renowned mathematician in the 18th century

b)

A popular rock musician in the 1980s

c)

A well-known film director in Hollywood

d)

Basilica of Santa Maria Novella

10.

Who was Filippo Brunelleschi?

a)

An Italian painter

b)

A Roman emperor

c)

The creator of the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower

d)

A Greek philosopher

11.

Who was Leonardo da Vinci?

a)

The quintessential Renaissance man

b)

A French scientist

c)

A British novelist

d)

An American actor

12.

What is a Renaissance man?

a)

A man who lived during the Renaissance period

b)

A person who has wide interests and excels in various disciplines

c)

A man who invented the Renaissance art style

d)

A man who wrote the book 'Renaissance'

13.

Who was Michelangelo?

a)

A famous musician

b)

A renowned scientist

c)

A sculptor and painter who painted the Sistine Chapel

d)

A well-known author

14.

Who was Raphael?

a)

An Italian painter who painted the School of Athens.

b)

A Greek philosopher

c)

A Roman emperor

d)

A French novelist

15.

Who was Johann Gutenberg?

a)

An Italian painter

b)

A French philosopher

c)

The person who printed the first Bible for common people

d)

A British playwright

16.

What is Flanders?

a)

A character in The Simpsons

b)

A city in Belgium

c)

A wealthy region in present-day France

d)

A type of flower

17.

Who is a Flemish?

a)

A type of cheese

b)

A breed of dog

c)

A person from Flanders

d)

A type of bird

18.

Who was Jan van Eyck?

a)

He created modern oil painting techniques

b)

A French philosopher

c)

An English playwright

d)

A German composer

19.

Who was Pieter Bruegel the Elder?

a)

A painter known for colorful scenes of peasant life

b)

A renowned French chef

c)

A well-known German composer

d)

An influential Italian sculptor

20.

Who was Peter Paul Rubens?

a)

He blended realism with classical themes

b)

A renowned physicist

c)

A well-known novelist

d)

A celebrated musician

21.

Who is Albrecht Durer?

a)

Leonardo of the North

b)

A French philosopher

c)

An Italian composer

d)

A British novelist

22.

What is engraving?

a)

A type of painting

b)

A type of sculpture

c)

A print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface

d)

A type of dance

23.

What is a treatise?

a)

A written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject

b)

A type of dessert

c)

A musical instrument

d)

A type of dance

24.

What is Vernacular?

a)

A type of dance

b)

A type of food

c)

The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region

d)

A type of clothing

25.

Who is Erasmus?

a)

A Greek philosopher

b)

A Roman emperor

c)

A Dutch humanist who translated the Bible into vernacular.

d)

An English playwright

26.

Who is Thomas More?

a)

A famous painter

b)

A renowned musician

c)

Author of Utopia

d)

A popular actor

27.

Who is Shakespeare?

a)

A famous painter

b)

A renowned scientist

c)

A celebrated playwright who invented 1700 words

d)

A popular musician

28.

What are indulgences?

a)

A type of dessert

b)

A type of punishment

c)

A payment to lessen the time a soul spends in purgatory

d)

A type of exercise

29.

Who was Martin Luther?

a)

A philosopher from Ancient Greece

b)

A leader of the American civil rights movement

c)

A German professor of theology who played a major role in the Protestant Reformation

d)

A famous playwright during the Elizabethan era

30.

What are the 95 theses?

a)

95 arguments against the selling of indulgences

b)

A series of mathematical equations

c)

A collection of Shakespeare's sonnets

d)

A set of laws in ancient Rome

31.

What does it mean to recant?

a)

To withdraw or disavow a statement or opinion

b)

To repeat a statement or opinion

c)

To enhance a statement or opinion

d)

To ignore a statement or opinion

32.

What is a diet?

a)

A type of exercise

b)

A type of clothing

c)

A type of food

d)

A meeting of nobles

33.

What is a Protestant?

a)

A type of Catholic

b)

A type of Buddhist

c)

A follower of Luther

d)

A type of Hindu

34.

What was the Peasants’ Revolt of 1524?

a)

A rebellion against the Roman Empire

b)

A protest against high taxes in England

c)

A revolt against serfdom in Germany

d)

A war between peasants and nobles in France

35.

What was the Peace of Augsburg?

a)

It allowed each prince to decide which religion would be followed in his lands.

b)

A peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War.

c)

A peace treaty that ended the Seven Years' War.

d)

A treaty between France and England that ended the Hundred Years' War.

36.

Who was John Calvin?

a)

A philosopher from the Enlightenment period

b)

A French priest and lawyer

c)

An American president during the Civil War

d)

A famous explorer during the Age of Discovery

37.

What is predestination?

a)

A type of dessert

b)

A dance move

c)

The idea that God determines where you go before you are born

d)

A type of car

38.

What is a theocracy?

a)

A form of government in which church leaders rule.

b)

A form of government where the wealthiest individuals rule.

c)

A form of government where the military is in control.

d)

A form of government where the people elect representatives to govern on their behalf.

39.

What are sects?

a)

A type of insect

b)

A type of disease

c)

A religious group that breaks away from the church

d)

A type of plant

40.

What is baptism?

a)
A religious ritual of sprinkling water onto a person's forehead or of immersion in water, symbolizing purification or regeneration and admission to the Christian Church.
b)
A type of prayer
c)
A type of meditation
d)
A type of yoga
41.

What are Anabaptists?

a)

A type of bacteria

b)

A type of plant

c)

People who oppose infant baptism because the babies are too young to understand

d)

A type of rock

42.

Who was King Henry VIII?

a)

A famous painter during the Renaissance

b)

A renowned scientist who discovered gravity

c)

Created the Church of England to divorce his wife

d)

A famous explorer who discovered America

43.

Who was Mary Tudor?

a)

Only surviving daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon

b)

Daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York

c)

Daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville

d)

Daughter of Richard III and Anne Neville

44.

What does annulment mean?

a)

A legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void

b)

A type of divorce

c)

A legal term for adoption

d)

A process for changing one's name

45.

Who was Pope Clement VII?

a)

A bishop in Rome

b)

A king in England

c)

A president in the United States

d)

He refused to grant annulment to King Henry VIII

46.

What was the Act of Supremacy?

a)

An act that made King Henry VIII the supreme head of the church.

b)

An act that declared the English monarch the supreme ruler of all lands.

c)

An act that gave the English monarch absolute power over the government.

d)

An act that established the English monarch as the supreme military commander.

47.

Who is Elizabeth?

a)

A character in Pride and Prejudice

b)

Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn

c)

A famous singer

d)

A Hollywood actress

48.

Who was Pope Paul III?

a)

A Pope in the 15th century

b)

A Pope who oversaw the Catholic Reformation

c)

A Pope in the 17th century

d)

A Pope in the 18th century

49.

What was the Council of Trent?

a)

Made decisions on the future of the church.

b)

A council held in Trent, England.

c)

A meeting of Protestant leaders to discuss church reforms.

d)

A council held in Trent, Italy.

50.

What was the Inquisition?

a)

A type of medieval dance

b)

A type of ancient weapon

c)

A period of intensive questioning or investigation

d)

A type of Roman architecture

51.

Who was Ignatius of Loyola?

a)

Founder of the Jesuit Order

b)

First Pope of the Catholic Church

c)

Inventor of the Printing Press

d)

Discoverer of America

52.

Who were the Jesuits?

a)

A group of Catholics who followed a strict code

b)

A group of Protestant priests

c)

A group of Buddhist monks

d)

A group of Hindu priests

53.

What were the witch hunts?

a)

A sport in the medieval times

b)

A type of hunting game

c)

Persecution of individuals, often women, who were suspected to be witches

d)

A type of dance in the 16th century

54.

What were ghettos?

a)

Jewish people in Italy were required to live in special areas.

b)

A type of music genre

c)

A type of dance

d)

A type of food

55.

What is the scientific revolution?

a)

A period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s

b)

A series of political events resulting in the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in England

c)

A movement in the 1500s that challenged the common views

d)

A cultural movement of intellectuals in 17th and 18th century Europe, that sought to mobilize the power of reason in order to reform society and advance knowledge

56.

Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?

a)

An Italian painter

b)

A Greek philosopher

c)

A Roman emperor

d)

Proposed a Heliocentric model of the universe

57.

Who is Tycho Brahe?

a)

A Danish astronomer who set up an observatory

b)

A Greek philosopher

c)

An Italian painter

d)

A French composer

58.

Who was Johannes Kepler?

a)

A physicist

b)

A mathematician

c)

An astronomer who calculated the orbits of the planets and discovered they move in an oval.

d)

A biologist

59.

Who was Galileo?

a)

A famous painter

b)

A renowned musician

c)

Condemned because his teachings challenged the church

d)

A well-known writer

60.

Who was Plato?

a)

A Greek philosopher whose ideas were revived during the Renaissance.

b)

A Roman emperor

c)

An Egyptian pharaoh

d)

A Chinese emperor

61.

Who was Francis Bacon?

a)

A Frenchman who challenged the idea that the physical world could be explained by the teachings of the Church

b)

A French painter

c)

An American author

d)

A Spanish explorer

62.

Who was Rene Descartes?

a)

He emphasized reasoning as the best road to understanding, stating “I think, therefore I am”

b)

An English playwright

c)

A German physicist

d)

An Italian artist

63.

What is the Scientific Method?

a)

Collect and measure data, explain the data, use reasoning to propose a logical hypothesis, experiment and observe, reach a conclusion, repeat the work again.

b)

A method for creating scientific theories.

c)

A tool used by scientists to make observations.

d)

A technique used in laboratories for conducting experiments.

64.

Who was Galen?

a)

A Greek philosopher

b)

An ancient physician who was used as the basis for new discoveries

c)

An Egyptian pharaoh

d)

A Chinese emperor

65.

Who was Andreas Vesalius?

a)

A famous musician

b)

A renowned painter

c)

A well-known astronomer

d)

He conducted the first accurate and detailed study of human anatomy

66.

Who was William Harvey?

a)

An English scholar who described the circulation of blood for the first time.

b)

A famous playwright

c)

A renowned mathematician

d)

A well-known astronomer

67.

Who was Robert Boyle?

a)

A famous painter

b)

A renowned musician

c)

A well-known playwright

d)

He described all matter as made of tiny particles

68.

Who was Isaac Newton?

a)

Discoverer of gravity

b)

A famous painter

c)

A renowned musician

d)

An influential politician

69.

What is Calculus?

a)

A branch of mathematics that was developed by Newton.

b)

A type of chemical reaction.

c)

A programming language.

d)

A type of rock formation.