WorksheetsUnit 5: Renaissance & Reformation (Chapter 1)
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What does the word Renaissance mean?
Resurrection
Rebirth
Rejuvenation
Reformation
In what country did the Renaissance start?
Italy
Greece
France
Germany
Intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education, arts and classics
Humanism
Stoicism
Theism
Realism
Which Italian city is the BIRTHPLACE of the Renaissance
Rome
Florence
Milan
Naples
Which family, known primarily for banking, ruled Florence during the Renaissance?
the Medici
the Capulet
the Scala
the Montague
Which invention helped spread the ideas and increase literacy across Europe during the 15th -18th centuries?
Lateen Sail
Printing Press
Astrolabe
Pony Express
A direct impact that the printing press had on 16th-century Europe was that it encouraged the
spread of ideas
establishment of democracy
beginnings of communism
development of industrialization
Who invented the printing press?
Francis Bacon
Johannes Gutenberg
Isaac Newton
Martin Luther
Artist who painted the Mona Lisa &The Last Supper
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Donotello
Which of these famous structures did Michelangelo paint?
the Louvre
the Coliseum
the Sistine Chapel
the Eiffel Tower
What was Niccolò Machiavelli's main argument in his work The Prince?
A ruler should do whatever is necessary to maintain power.
A ruler should follow all of the teachings of the Catholic Church.
A ruler should make his subjects as happy as possible.
A ruler should strive to maintain equality and fairness.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Michelangelo
Donatello
Jan Van Eyck
Leonardo da Vinci
Who wrote "The Prince?"
Erasmus
Albrect Durher
Shakespeare
Machiavelli
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.
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.
