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1
Which scientist was brought to the Inquisition, the Catholic Church court?
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Robert Hooke
2
Edmund Spenser wrote the longest poem in the English language called the Faerie Queene about...
Queen Mary I
Queen Elizabeth I
Joan of Arc
Queen Isabella
3
Which of the following was NOT something Leonardo da Vinci sketched?
shoes to walk on water
pokemon
tank
robots
4
All of the following were ARTISTS, except for which one?
William Harvey
Giovanna Garzoni
Donatello
Sandro Botticelli
5
Who really funded Christopher Columbus to sail west to prove the world was round?
King Ferdinand II
King Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Isabella
6
Where did the Renaissance begin?
London, England
Venice, Italy
Paris, France
Florence, Italy
7
Vasco da Gama traveled around Africa to India to get which prized trade item?
tea
gold
silver
spices
8
The Renaissance is defined as a "rebirth of the ancient ____________ classics."
Mongolian
Egyptian
Greek & Roman
Byzantine
9
Which of the following is NOT a fresco?
Mona Lisa
The Creation of Adam
The Last Supper
The School of Athens
10
When Spanish conquistadors came to the Americas, what caused the MOST death of the natives?
explosives from Chinese gunpowder
swords (advanced weapons)
disease (small pox)
aliens
11
Johann Gutenberg is famous for what invention?
microscope
printing press
telescope
television
12
Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztecs and founded which city today?
Mexico City
London
Paris
Ventura
13
Which ancient Egyptian astronomer did Copernicus prove wrong with his heliocentric theory?
Ptolemy
Aristotle
Galen
Hippocrates
14
What did Martin Luther do with the papal bull the Pope wrote threatening to excommunicate him?
He burned it.
He sent it back.
He saved it.
He threw it away.
15
What was the name of the sturdy, light, and fast new ship of the Age of Exploration?
steamboat
junk
canoe
caravel
16
Which explorer is given credit for being the first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Hernan Cortez
Christopher Columbus
17
Which ancient thinker did Galileo prove wrong when dropping weights from Leaning Tower of Pisa?
Plato
Ptolemy
Socrates
Aristotle
18
Who was nicknamed the "Renaissance Man" because he had so many talents?
Ferdinand Magellan
Leonardo da Vinci
Martin Luther
Galileo
19
Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
Donatello
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
20
Francis Bacon invented the scientific method, which emphasized which of the following?
experimentation
observation
believing the ancient scholars
reading
21
What was any belief or opinion OPPOSITE or CONTRARY to the Catholic Church called?
heresy
prophecy
theory
hypothesis
22
Renaissance art is famous for being 3-D and using the technique called...
hieroglyphics
perspective
mosaics
23
Andreas Vesalius is a famous scientist who was first to...
See the moon through the telescope
observe a flea under the microscope
publish his theory
dissect humans
24
Sir Isaac Newton is famous for discovering...
laws of motion
light spectrum
gravity
All of the above
25
Niccolo Machiavelli wrote what famous novel about the Italian rulers during the Renaissance?
Faerie Queene
Romeo & Juliet
The Prince
Don Quixote
26
What is the name of a painting done in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling?
sfumato
oil painting
fresco
perspective
27
William Shakespeare is famous for writing...
poetry
plays
Both plays & poetry
28
Martin Luther is famous for posting which document to the Catholic Church door?
Declaration of Independence
95 Theses
Magna Carta
29
Which ancient device was used by explorers to navigate by using the stars and the horizon?
compass
astrolabe
microscope
telescope
30
What was the major theme of Renaissance Art?
architecture
realism
religion
2-D imagery
31
Which was NOT a reason explorers went out exploring?
spread their religion
to build more schools
riches and gold
new trade routes
32
Johannes Kepler agreed with Copernicus that planets revolve around the sun, but proved they...
stand still
rotate backwards
all have moons
revolve in oval orbits
33
Robert Hooke looked at which of these under his microscope?
both flea and plant cells
plant cells
flea
34
Filippo Brunelleschi, an architect, designed which famous building and icon of the Renaissance?
The Pantheon dome
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Sistine Chapel
Florence Cathedral dome
35
Which scientist discovered the earth's moon has craters by looking through his telescope?
Galileo Galilei
Sir Isaac Newton
Andreas Vesalius
Nicolaus Copernicus
