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Unit 5: Renaissance & Reformation (Chapter 1)

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word Renaissance mean?

a)

Resurrection

b)

Rebirth

c)

Rejuvenation

d)

Reformation

2.

In what country did the Renaissance start?

a)

Italy

b)

Greece

c)

France

d)

Germany

3.

Intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education, arts and classics

a)

Humanism

b)

Stoicism

c)

Theism

d)

Realism

4.
a person who provides financial support for the arts
a)
Vernacular
b)
Banker
c)
Petrarch
d)
Patron
5.

Which Italian city is the BIRTHPLACE of the Renaissance

a)

Rome

b)

Florence

c)

Milan

d)

Naples

6.

Which family, known primarily for banking, ruled Florence during the Renaissance?

a)

the Medici

b)

the Capulet

c)

the Scala

d)

the Montague

7.

Which invention helped spread the ideas and increase literacy across Europe during the 15th -18th centuries?

a)

Lateen Sail

b)

Printing Press

c)

Astrolabe

d)

Pony Express

8.

A direct impact that the printing press had on 16th-century Europe was that it encouraged the

a)

spread of ideas

b)

establishment of democracy

c)

beginnings of communism

d)

development of industrialization

9.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Francis Bacon

b)

Johannes Gutenberg

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Martin Luther

10.

Artist who painted the Mona Lisa &The Last Supper

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo da Vinci

c)

Raphael

d)

Donotello

11.
Humanism...
a)
emphasized the Bible
b)
leads to happier lives
c)
encourages people to learn Latin and Greek
d)
focuses on the potential of humans to achieve 
12.

Which of these famous structures did Michelangelo paint?

a)

the Louvre

b)

the Coliseum

c)

the Sistine Chapel

d)

the Eiffel Tower

13.

What was Niccolò Machiavelli's main argument in his work The Prince?

a)

A ruler should do whatever is necessary to maintain power.

b)

A ruler should follow all of the teachings of the Catholic Church.

c)

A ruler should make his subjects as happy as possible.

d)

A ruler should strive to maintain equality and fairness.

14.

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Donatello

c)

Jan Van Eyck

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

15.

Who wrote "The Prince?"

a)

Erasmus

b)

Albrect Durher

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Machiavelli

16.

When did the Renaissance occur?

a)

1300s–1600s

b)

1300s–1500s

c)

1200s–1600s

d)

none of these

17.

During the Renaissance, people became interested in

a)

mathematics.

b)

the ancient Greeks and Romans.

c)

Petrarch.

d)

gold.

18.

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.