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Middle Ages & Renaissance Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "Renaissance" mean?

a)

Reconvert

b)

Rebirth

c)

Re-examine

d)

Review

2.

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Donatello

c)

Jan Van Eyck

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

3.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

England

b)

Norway

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

4.

Who is considered the father of humanism?

a)

Erasmus

b)

Sir Thomas More

c)

Petrarch

d)

Machiavelli

5.

Humanism also birthed the idea of _____.

a)

Skepticism

b)

Divine-ism

c)

Communism

d)

Ageism

6.

What were the two most famous works by Michelangelo?

a)

The Last Supper

b)

David

c)

The Sistine Chapel

d)

The Wedding

7.

Who were the main Patron class family in Italy? (First mafia family)

a)

Barrone

b)

Medici

c)

da Vinci

d)

Marietta

8.

What was the first book to be printed on a printing press?

a)

Utopia

b)

Hamlet

c)

The Bible

d)

The Vedas

9.

What event killed 30 million people, or a third of Europe's population, during the late Middle Ages?

a)

The Black Death

b)

Hundred Years War

c)

A Tsunami

d)

The Renaissance

10.

What is the dominant theory on how the Black Death spread?

a)

Cats

b)

Birds

c)

Bad air

d)

Bites from fleas off rats

11.

What institution did people lose faith in because of its inability to fight the Black Death?

a)

The Monarchy

b)

The Police

c)

The Church

d)

The Trade Market

12.

Who wrote "The Prince?"

a)

Erasmus

b)

Albrect Durher

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Machiavelli

13.

The Renaissance was a time of...

a)

political and cultural change

b)

artistic creativity

c)

Reawakened interest in classical learning

d)

All of the above

14.

What was the impact of the invention of the printing press?

a)

It did not have an impact

b)

It helped spread Renaissance ideas

c)

It made books more expensive

15.

painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

a)

Donatello

b)

Da Vinci

c)

Michelangelo

16.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

Rome, Italy

b)

Florence, Italy

c)

Mainz, Germany

17.

Who invented the printing press with movable metal type?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Johannes Gutenberg

c)

Martin Luther

18.

the idea that everyone should seek to be educated in arts, science, and literature

a)

humanism

b)

socialism

c)

educationalism

19.

a financial supporter of the arts

a)

patron

b)

royal

c)

noble

20.

The term used to describe someone who is good at a wide range of things

a)

Renaissance Man

b)

Renaissance Guru

c)

Renaissance Creator

21.

When did the Renaissance occur?

a)

1300s–1600s

b)

1300s–1500s

c)

1200s–1600s

d)

none of these

22.

During the Renaissance, people became interested in

a)

mathematics.

b)

the ancient Greeks and Romans.

c)

Petrarch.

d)

gold.

23.

Who is considered the father of humanism?

a)

Petrarch

b)

Kepler

c)

Galileo

d)

Gutenberg

24.

Why were the Medicis important to the Renaissance?

a)

The commissioned many expeditions.

b)

They started a university in Florence.

c)

They believed in the teachings of Luther.

d)

They were patrons of the arts.

25.

What invention helped to spread the ideas of the Renaissance?

a)

the printing press

b)

the caravel

c)

the telescope

d)

eyeglasses

26.

Why were Copernicus’ proposals about the solar system so unique?

a)

People believed that Earth was the center of the universe.

b)

People believed that the Moon was the center of the universe.

c)

People believed that the Sun was the center of the universe.

d)

People believed that Earth was flat.

27.

Why were Copernicus’ proposals about the solar system so unique?

a)

People believed that Earth was the center of the universe.

b)

People believed that the Moon was the center of the universe.

c)

People believed that the Sun was the center of the universe.

d)

People believed that Earth was flat.

28.

The movement to change the church during the Renaissance was called?

a)

Counter-Reformation

b)

Counter- Revolution

c)

Revolution

d)

Reformation

29.

People who wanted the Catholic Church reformed (changed) were called?

a)

Lutherans

b)

Calvinists

c)

protesters

d)

Protestants

30.

What was the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Columbus' first voyage

b)

the exchange of goods between Europe and North America

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Atlantic Slave Trade

31.
On what peninsula did the Renaissance begin?
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
Italy
d)
Germany
32.
Which of the following is associated with Humanism?
a)
the ideas of the middle ages
b)
the ideas of Greece & Rome
c)
the ideas of ancient China
d)
the ideas of ancient India
33.
Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include all of the following EXCEPT:
a)
Cheaper book prices
b)
Increase in education/literacy
c)
Increase in church power
d)
Rapid spread of ideas
34.
Reopening of the "Silk Road" primarily allowed which of the following events to occur?
a)
the immigration of Chinese throughout Asia
b)
the increase of trade and spread of new ideas
c)
the spread of diseases to Europe
d)
allowed for quicker travel from China to Europe
35.
The traders in the city-state of Venice, Itlay were in contact with which culture?
a)
Muslims
b)
Spanish
c)
French
d)
Native Americans
36.

Which came first?

a)

The Fall of Rome

b)

The Middle Ages

c)

The Renaissance

37.

What was the government system during the Middle Ages?

a)

Capitalism

b)

Communism

c)

Feudalism

d)

Anarchy

38.

In the Middle Ages, most people were . . .

a)

wealthy

b)

poor

39.

(also known as the Dark Ages) the time period in Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.

a)

The Black Death

b)

Feudalism

c)

Manor System

d)

The Middle Ages

40.

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.

a)

Feudalism

b)

Manor System

c)

Democracy

d)

Clergy

41.

Religious wars between the Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land, especially Jerusalem.

a)

The Black Death

b)

Feudalism

c)

The Crusades

d)

Atlantic Revolutions

42.

A deadly plague that swept through Europe between 1347 and 1351

a)

The Black Death

b)

The Crusades

c)

Mutual Obligations

d)

COVID 19

43.

A man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier.

a)

Knight

b)

King

c)

Serf

d)

Clergy

44.

The top ruler in a monarchy.

a)

Lord

b)

Baron

c)

Knight

d)

King

45.

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.

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Declaration of the Rights of Man

c)

The Magna Carta

d)

The Papal Laws

46.

German who introduced the printing press to Europe

a)

Johannes Gutenberg

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Lorenzo de Medici

47.

Artist who painted Sistine Chapel, sculpted David

a)

Johannes Gutenberg

b)

Michelangelo

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Lorenzo de Medici

48.

A series of wars to recapture the Holy Land was called?

a)

Crusades

b)

Renaissance

c)

Black Death

d)

Great Schism

49.

Which was the largest land-based empire in the world and controlled the Silk Roads?

a)

Abbassids

b)

Mongols

c)

Qing

d)

Safavids

50.

How did the wealth of the church influence European politics?

a)

it was used to help the poor, but had no political power

b)

it made the church more powerful than kings

c)

it made the church dependent on kings

d)

it made the clergy into ruling bodies

51.

What did knights offer in feudal society?

a)

protection over land, peasants, and nobles

b)

loyalty

c)

authority

52.

What is feudalism?

a)

A system where peasants ruled the kingdoms of Europe

b)

A system based on loyalty and obligation that brought social order to Europe

c)

A kingdom where kings gained too much power

53.
What drastic world changing event led to the fall of the Feudal System?
a)
Crusades
b)
100 Years War
c)
Holocaust
d)
Black Death
54.

What was at the center of the medieval world?

a)

Religion and Church

b)

Plague

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Serfdom

55.

What does this a diagram represent?

a)

pharaoh's rule in Egypt

b)

China's hierarchy

c)

Feudal Europe

d)

Mayan civilization