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A quiz about the Renaissance
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In the early Renaissance most composers came from...
France, Spain & Portugal
France, Netherlands & Belgium
Scandinavia
Britain and Ireland
2
Renaissance architects would go on pilgrimages to...
Florence
Rome
Mecca
Jerusalem
3
Marco Polo was from...
Venice
Box Hill
Genoa
Dunhuang
4
The term Renaissance comes from the French for...
Revolution
Reimagine
Regulators
Rebirth
5
The Renaissance typically refers to a period in European history between...
1206-1368
1300-1700
500-1500
1700-1900
6
Copernicus' theory was that the solar system was...
Starcentric
Geocentric
Created by God
Heliocentric
7
Which of these was NOT a development during the Renaissance period?
Astronomy
Steam Engine
Humanist Philosophy
Printing Press
8
Another name for a map maker is a...
Portuguese
Maprologist
Cartographer
Topographer
9
Renaissance artists almost always came from the higher classes of Italian society.
False
True
10
What helped to drive the Age of Exploration
Improving economies
Improvement in religious freedom
The spread of American culture
Invention of the aeroplane
11
Which of these is NOT typical of Renaissance architecture?
Sharp Points
Columns
Arches
Domes
12
Galileo was a scientist who...
was forced to spend his last 9 years under house arrest
discovered that bacteria cause diseases
improved surgical procedures
designed the first ships for exploration
13
Before the Renaissance, music was dominated by...
The Yuan Dynasty
One Direction
The Church
The King
14
Who are these guys?
Lorenzo, Andrea, Benvenuto, Giambologna
Antonio, Filippo, Agostino, Luca
John, Paul, George, Ringo
Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo
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In 1401, the sculptor, ____________ won a competition to design a new set of bronze doors.
Donatello di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
Filippo Brunelleschi
Andrea del Verrocchio
Lorenzo Ghiberti
16
One thing that began to improve European medicine was...
The invention of anesthesia
The discovery of the humours of the body
Competition for medical jobs
Knowledge filtering through from the Islamic world
17
Which of these was a tool used in navigation?
Astrogen
Astrolabe
Astronaut
Astropuff
18
Who was around first?
Michelangelo
Raphael
Donatello
Leonardo da Vinci
