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WorksheetsRenaissance and European History Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Who was the European explorer who traveled through Asia in the 1200s?
Marco Polo
Leonardo da Vinci
Johann Gutenberg
Miguel de Cervantes
What is the term for a fee that borrowers pay for the use of someone else's money?
Interest
Renaissance
Perspective
Humanism
Who was the wealthy banker that turned Florence, Italy into a center of arts, culture, and education?
Cosimo de' Medici
Michelangelo
Desiderius Erasmus
William Shakespeare
What period followed the Middle Ages and was characterized by renewed interest in Greek and Roman culture?
Renaissance
Humanism
Christian humanism
Middle Ages
What is the emphasis on human value and achievement called?
Humanism
Perspective
Interest
Renaissance
Who wrote "The Prince," an instruction guide for new princes and royals on how to gain and maintain power?
Nicolo Machiavelli
Miguel de Cervantes
Marco Polo
Johann Gutenberg
What technique in art is used to represent a three-dimensional scene on a flat space so that it looks real?
Perspective
Humanism
Interest
Renaissance
Who was the master artist who painted the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
William Shakespeare
Cosimo de' Medici
Who was the German inventor of a printing press with movable type?
Johann Gutenberg
Marco Polo
Desiderius Erasmus
Nicolo Machiavelli
Who was the English dramatist and poet inspired by the Renaissance?
William Shakespeare
Miguel de Cervantes
Michelangelo
Cosimo de' Medici
