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Black Plague and Renaissance Insights

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Renaissance is the French word for ?

a)

Rebirth

b)

Revolution

c)

Resolution

d)

Reconquista

2.

During the Renaissance, this career became very wealthy

a)

Tailor

b)

Merchant

c)

Writer

d)

Doctor

3.

Which is not a major City State of the Italian peninsula

a)

Milan

b)

Rome

c)

Venice

d)

Istanbul

4.

Approximately, what percentage of Europe was killed by the Black Plague?

a)

30 percent

b)

40 percent

c)

50 percent

d)

60 percent

5.

What type of disease is the Black Plague?

a)

Lymphatic

b)

Aerobic

c)

Pulmonary

d)

Symphatic

6.

Where did the Black Plague originate?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

America

d)

Northern Europe

7.

Which early civilizations did Renaissance artist take inspiration from? (2 answers)

a)

Anicent Greece

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Ancient Persia

d)

Ancient Rome

8.

What form of government did the City State, Florence have?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Republic

d)

Dictatorship

9.

What line of work was the Medici family known for?

a)

Art

b)

Banking

c)

Shipping

d)

Construction

10.

What is this quote defining: The Renaissance emphasized and celebrated humans and their achievements. This was a new, but powerful belief in the human ability to choose right and wrong and to act on those choices.

a)

Realism

b)

Activism

c)

Humanism

d)

Individualism

11.

What is the quote defining "Renaissance men and women prided themselves on their accurate view of the world. This appears vividly in the artwork of this period."

a)

Realism

b)

Individualism

c)

Humanism

d)

Activism

12.

What is the quote defining " The Renaissance belief that being wise wasn’t enough...one had to exert one’s will actively in the world to make a difference."


a)

Humanism

b)

Realism

c)

Individualism

d)

Activism

13.

What is Secularism?

a)

Being devout for your entire life

b)

Living non-religiously

c)

donating to the church regularly

d)

Being artistic

14.

How did living as a woman living in the Renaissance differ from the Medieval times?

a)

Better educated

b)

They could vote in elections

c)

They were expected to be artistic

d)

They were expected to have stable careers in the government

15.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Cosimo Medici

b)

Johann Strauss

c)

Johann Gutenberg

d)

Leonardo Da Vinci

16.

Who is considered to be the father of humanism?

a)

Machiavelli

b)

Da Vinci

c)

Michelangelo

d)

Petrarch