WorksheetsRennessaince Review
Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 42mins
What does Renaissance mean?
Rebirth
A type of cheese
A type of dance
A type of car
What is humanism?
A belief in the supernatural
A political ideology
The study of the classical culture of Greece and Rome to critique worldly subjects rather than religious ones
A type of animal rights activism
What are the humanities?
A branch of science
A type of mathematics
A type of art
The study of aspects of human society and culture.
Who is Francesco Petrarch?
A famous painter from the Renaissance period
A well-known Roman emperor
An influential philosopher during the Enlightenment
Lived in the 1300s and assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts
What are City-states?
Areas on the Italian peninsula dominated by families and controlled by wealthy merchant families
A type of dessert
A type of animal
A type of car
Who were the Medici Family of Florence?
A famous family of artists
Cosimo de’ Medici gained control of the Florentine government in 1434
A family of famous chefs
A family of famous athletes
What is a patron?
A financial supporter of the arts
A type of bird
A type of food
A type of vehicle
What is perspective?
A technique used for drawing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface
A type of paint used in art
A style of dance
A musical instrument
Who was Leon Alberti?
A renowned mathematician in the 18th century
A popular rock musician in the 1980s
A well-known film director in Hollywood
Basilica of Santa Maria Novella
Who was Filippo Brunelleschi?
An Italian painter
A Roman emperor
The creator of the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower
A Greek philosopher
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
The quintessential Renaissance man
A French scientist
A British novelist
An American actor
What is a Renaissance man?
A man who lived during the Renaissance period
A person who has wide interests and excels in various disciplines
A man who invented the Renaissance art style
A man who wrote the book 'Renaissance'
Who was Michelangelo?
A famous musician
A renowned scientist
A sculptor and painter who painted the Sistine Chapel
A well-known author
Who was Raphael?
An Italian painter who painted the School of Athens.
A Greek philosopher
A Roman emperor
A French novelist
Who was Johann Gutenberg?
An Italian painter
A French philosopher
The person who printed the first Bible for common people
A British playwright
What is Flanders?
A character in The Simpsons
A city in Belgium
A wealthy region in present-day France
A type of flower
Who is a Flemish?
A type of cheese
A breed of dog
A person from Flanders
A type of bird
Who was Jan van Eyck?
He created modern oil painting techniques
A French philosopher
An English playwright
A German composer
Who was Pieter Bruegel the Elder?
A painter known for colorful scenes of peasant life
A renowned French chef
A well-known German composer
An influential Italian sculptor
Who was Peter Paul Rubens?
He blended realism with classical themes
A renowned physicist
A well-known novelist
A celebrated musician
Who is Albrecht Durer?
Leonardo of the North
A French philosopher
An Italian composer
A British novelist
What is engraving?
A type of painting
A type of sculpture
A print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface
A type of dance
What is a treatise?
A written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject
A type of dessert
A musical instrument
A type of dance
What is Vernacular?
A type of dance
A type of food
The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region
A type of clothing
Who is Erasmus?
A Greek philosopher
A Roman emperor
A Dutch humanist who translated the Bible into vernacular.
An English playwright
Who is Thomas More?
A famous painter
A renowned musician
Author of Utopia
A popular actor
Who is Shakespeare?
A famous painter
A renowned scientist
A celebrated playwright who invented 1700 words
A popular musician
What are indulgences?
A type of dessert
A type of punishment
A payment to lessen the time a soul spends in purgatory
A type of exercise
Who was Martin Luther?
A philosopher from Ancient Greece
A leader of the American civil rights movement
A German professor of theology who played a major role in the Protestant Reformation
A famous playwright during the Elizabethan era
What are the 95 theses?
95 arguments against the selling of indulgences
A series of mathematical equations
A collection of Shakespeare's sonnets
A set of laws in ancient Rome
What does it mean to recant?
To withdraw or disavow a statement or opinion
To repeat a statement or opinion
To enhance a statement or opinion
To ignore a statement or opinion
What is a diet?
A type of exercise
A type of clothing
A type of food
A meeting of nobles
What is a Protestant?
A type of Catholic
A type of Buddhist
A follower of Luther
A type of Hindu
What was the Peasants’ Revolt of 1524?
A rebellion against the Roman Empire
A protest against high taxes in England
A revolt against serfdom in Germany
A war between peasants and nobles in France
What was the Peace of Augsburg?
It allowed each prince to decide which religion would be followed in his lands.
A peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War.
A peace treaty that ended the Seven Years' War.
A treaty between France and England that ended the Hundred Years' War.
Who was John Calvin?
A philosopher from the Enlightenment period
A French priest and lawyer
An American president during the Civil War
A famous explorer during the Age of Discovery
What is predestination?
A type of dessert
A dance move
The idea that God determines where you go before you are born
A type of car
What is a theocracy?
A form of government in which church leaders rule.
A form of government where the wealthiest individuals rule.
A form of government where the military is in control.
A form of government where the people elect representatives to govern on their behalf.
What are sects?
A type of insect
A type of disease
A religious group that breaks away from the church
A type of plant
What is baptism?
What are Anabaptists?
A type of bacteria
A type of plant
People who oppose infant baptism because the babies are too young to understand
A type of rock
Who was King Henry VIII?
A famous painter during the Renaissance
A renowned scientist who discovered gravity
Created the Church of England to divorce his wife
A famous explorer who discovered America
Who was Mary Tudor?
Only surviving daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
Daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
Daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville
Daughter of Richard III and Anne Neville
What does annulment mean?
A legal procedure for declaring a marriage null and void
A type of divorce
A legal term for adoption
A process for changing one's name
Who was Pope Clement VII?
A bishop in Rome
A king in England
A president in the United States
He refused to grant annulment to King Henry VIII
What was the Act of Supremacy?
An act that made King Henry VIII the supreme head of the church.
An act that declared the English monarch the supreme ruler of all lands.
An act that gave the English monarch absolute power over the government.
An act that established the English monarch as the supreme military commander.
Who is Elizabeth?
A character in Pride and Prejudice
Daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
A famous singer
A Hollywood actress
Who was Pope Paul III?
A Pope in the 15th century
A Pope who oversaw the Catholic Reformation
A Pope in the 17th century
A Pope in the 18th century
What was the Council of Trent?
Made decisions on the future of the church.
A council held in Trent, England.
A meeting of Protestant leaders to discuss church reforms.
A council held in Trent, Italy.
What was the Inquisition?
A type of medieval dance
A type of ancient weapon
A period of intensive questioning or investigation
A type of Roman architecture
Who was Ignatius of Loyola?
Founder of the Jesuit Order
First Pope of the Catholic Church
Inventor of the Printing Press
Discoverer of America
Who were the Jesuits?
A group of Catholics who followed a strict code
A group of Protestant priests
A group of Buddhist monks
A group of Hindu priests
What were the witch hunts?
A sport in the medieval times
A type of hunting game
Persecution of individuals, often women, who were suspected to be witches
A type of dance in the 16th century
What were ghettos?
Jewish people in Italy were required to live in special areas.
A type of music genre
A type of dance
A type of food
What is the scientific revolution?
A period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s
A series of political events resulting in the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in England
A movement in the 1500s that challenged the common views
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
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
An Italian painter
A Greek philosopher
A Roman emperor
Proposed a Heliocentric model of the universe
Who is Tycho Brahe?
A Danish astronomer who set up an observatory
A Greek philosopher
An Italian painter
A French composer
Who was Johannes Kepler?
A physicist
A mathematician
An astronomer who calculated the orbits of the planets and discovered they move in an oval.
A biologist
Who was Galileo?
A famous painter
A renowned musician
Condemned because his teachings challenged the church
A well-known writer
Who was Plato?
A Greek philosopher whose ideas were revived during the Renaissance.
A Roman emperor
An Egyptian pharaoh
A Chinese emperor
Who was Francis Bacon?
A Frenchman who challenged the idea that the physical world could be explained by the teachings of the Church
A French painter
An American author
A Spanish explorer
Who was Rene Descartes?
He emphasized reasoning as the best road to understanding, stating “I think, therefore I am”
An English playwright
A German physicist
An Italian artist
What is the Scientific Method?
Collect and measure data, explain the data, use reasoning to propose a logical hypothesis, experiment and observe, reach a conclusion, repeat the work again.
A method for creating scientific theories.
A tool used by scientists to make observations.
A technique used in laboratories for conducting experiments.
Who was Galen?
A Greek philosopher
An ancient physician who was used as the basis for new discoveries
An Egyptian pharaoh
A Chinese emperor
Who was Andreas Vesalius?
A famous musician
A renowned painter
A well-known astronomer
He conducted the first accurate and detailed study of human anatomy
Who was William Harvey?
An English scholar who described the circulation of blood for the first time.
A famous playwright
A renowned mathematician
A well-known astronomer
Who was Robert Boyle?
A famous painter
A renowned musician
A well-known playwright
He described all matter as made of tiny particles
Who was Isaac Newton?
Discoverer of gravity
A famous painter
A renowned musician
An influential politician
What is Calculus?
A branch of mathematics that was developed by Newton.
A type of chemical reaction.
A programming language.
A type of rock formation.
