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A quiz about the Renaissance
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One thing that began to improve European medicine was...
Competition for medical jobs
The discovery of the humours of the body
Knowledge filtering through from the Islamic world
The invention of anesthesia
2
Another name for a map maker is a...
Cartographer
Portuguese
Maprologist
Topographer
3
The term Renaissance comes from the French for...
Revolution
Rebirth
Regulators
Reimagine
4
Renaissance artists almost always came from the higher classes of Italian society.
False
True
5
Renaissance architects would go on pilgrimages to...
Mecca
Jerusalem
Florence
Rome
6
Galileo was a scientist who...
was forced to spend his last 9 years under house arrest
improved surgical procedures
discovered that bacteria cause diseases
designed the first ships for exploration
7
Which of these was a tool used in navigation?
Astropuff
Astrolabe
Astronaut
Astrogen
8
Before the Renaissance, music was dominated by...
The King
The Church
One Direction
The Yuan Dynasty
9
Which of these is NOT typical of Renaissance architecture?
Domes
Sharp Points
Columns
Arches
10
Copernicus' theory was that the solar system was...
Geocentric
Starcentric
Heliocentric
Created by God
11
What helped to drive the Age of Exploration
Improving economies
Invention of the aeroplane
Improvement in religious freedom
The spread of American culture
12
In 1401, the sculptor, ____________ won a competition to design a new set of bronze doors.
Filippo Brunelleschi
Donatello di Niccolò di Betto Bardi
Andrea del Verrocchio
Lorenzo Ghiberti
13
Who are these guys?
Lorenzo, Andrea, Benvenuto, Giambologna
Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael, Leonardo
Antonio, Filippo, Agostino, Luca
John, Paul, George, Ringo
14
The Renaissance typically refers to a period in European history between...
1300-1700
1700-1900
500-1500
1206-1368
15
Who was around first?
Raphael
Michelangelo
Donatello
Leonardo da Vinci
16
Which of these was NOT a development during the Renaissance period?
Humanist Philosophy
Printing Press
Steam Engine
Astronomy
17
In the early Renaissance most composers came from...
Britain and Ireland
Scandinavia
France, Netherlands & Belgium
France, Spain & Portugal
18
Marco Polo was from...
Dunhuang
Box Hill
Genoa
Venice
