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WorksheetsMiddle Ages & Renaissance Review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 41mins
What does "Renaissance" mean?
Reconvert
Rebirth
Re-examine
Review
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Michelangelo
Donatello
Jan Van Eyck
Leonardo da Vinci
Where did the Renaissance begin?
England
Norway
Italy
Spain
Who is considered the father of humanism?
Erasmus
Sir Thomas More
Petrarch
Machiavelli
Humanism also birthed the idea of _____.
Skepticism
Divine-ism
Communism
Ageism
What were the two most famous works by Michelangelo?
The Last Supper
David
The Sistine Chapel
The Wedding
Who were the main Patron class family in Italy? (First mafia family)
Barrone
Medici
da Vinci
Marietta
What was the first book to be printed on a printing press?
Utopia
Hamlet
The Bible
The Vedas
What event killed 30 million people, or a third of Europe's population, during the late Middle Ages?
The Black Death
Hundred Years War
A Tsunami
The Renaissance
What is the dominant theory on how the Black Death spread?
Cats
Birds
Bad air
Bites from fleas off rats
What institution did people lose faith in because of its inability to fight the Black Death?
The Monarchy
The Police
The Church
The Trade Market
Who wrote "The Prince?"
Erasmus
Albrect Durher
Shakespeare
Machiavelli
The Renaissance was a time of...
political and cultural change
artistic creativity
Reawakened interest in classical learning
All of the above
What was the impact of the invention of the printing press?
It did not have an impact
It helped spread Renaissance ideas
It made books more expensive
painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Donatello
Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Rome, Italy
Florence, Italy
Mainz, Germany
Who invented the printing press with movable metal type?
Leonardo da Vinci
Johannes Gutenberg
Martin Luther
the idea that everyone should seek to be educated in arts, science, and literature
humanism
socialism
educationalism
a financial supporter of the arts
patron
royal
noble
The term used to describe someone who is good at a wide range of things
Renaissance Man
Renaissance Guru
Renaissance Creator
When did the Renaissance occur?
1300s–1600s
1300s–1500s
1200s–1600s
none of these
During the Renaissance, people became interested in
mathematics.
the ancient Greeks and Romans.
Petrarch.
gold.
Who is considered the father of humanism?
Petrarch
Kepler
Galileo
Gutenberg
Why were the Medicis important to the Renaissance?
The commissioned many expeditions.
They started a university in Florence.
They believed in the teachings of Luther.
They were patrons of the arts.
What invention helped to spread the ideas of the Renaissance?
the printing press
the caravel
the telescope
eyeglasses
Why were Copernicus’ proposals about the solar system so unique?
People believed that Earth was the center of the universe.
People believed that the Moon was the center of the universe.
People believed that the Sun was the center of the universe.
People believed that Earth was flat.
Why were Copernicus’ proposals about the solar system so unique?
People believed that Earth was the center of the universe.
People believed that the Moon was the center of the universe.
People believed that the Sun was the center of the universe.
People believed that Earth was flat.
The movement to change the church during the Renaissance was called?
Counter-Reformation
Counter- Revolution
Revolution
Reformation
People who wanted the Catholic Church reformed (changed) were called?
Lutherans
Calvinists
protesters
Protestants
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Columbus' first voyage
the exchange of goods between Europe and North America
Triangular Trade
Atlantic Slave Trade
Which came first?
The Fall of Rome
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
What was the government system during the Middle Ages?
Capitalism
Communism
Feudalism
Anarchy
In the Middle Ages, most people were . . .
wealthy
poor
(also known as the Dark Ages) the time period in Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.
The Black Death
Feudalism
Manor System
The Middle Ages
A system of government where the king gave land to his lords and barons. The lords and barons would then pledge their loyalty to the king and promise to protect his rule.
Feudalism
Manor System
Democracy
Clergy
Religious wars between the Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land, especially Jerusalem.
The Black Death
Feudalism
The Crusades
Atlantic Revolutions
A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351
The Black Death
The Crusades
Mutual Obligations
COVID 19
A man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier.
Knight
King
Serf
Clergy
The top ruler in a monarchy.
Lord
Baron
Knight
King
A document forced upon King John of England by his barons. It said that the king was not above the law and that the people had the right to a fair trial.
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Magna Carta
The Papal Laws
German who introduced the printing press to Europe
Johannes Gutenberg
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Lorenzo de Medici
Artist who painted Sistine Chapel, sculpted David
Johannes Gutenberg
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Lorenzo de Medici
A series of wars to recapture the Holy Land was called?
Crusades
Renaissance
Black Death
Great Schism
Which was the largest land-based empire in the world and controlled the Silk Roads?
Abbassids
Mongols
Qing
Safavids
How did the wealth of the church influence European politics?
it was used to help the poor, but had no political power
it made the church more powerful than kings
it made the church dependent on kings
it made the clergy into ruling bodies
What did knights offer in feudal society?
protection over land, peasants, and nobles
loyalty
authority
What is feudalism?
A system where peasants ruled the kingdoms of Europe
A system based on loyalty and obligation that brought social order to Europe
A kingdom where kings gained too much power
What was at the center of the medieval world?
Religion and Church
Plague
Jerusalem
Serfdom
What does this a diagram represent?
pharaoh's rule in Egypt
China's hierarchy
Feudal Europe
Mayan civilization
