Renaissance 8H

Question 1

What was Andreas Vesalius’ most creditable work? Creating the book De Humani Corporis Fabr

Accepted Answer

Creating the book De Humani Corporis Fabrica

Question 2

How many paintings did Sandro Botticelli create?

Accepted Answer

49

Question 3

What other invention did John Harrison make besides his marine chronometer?

Accepted Answer

Grasshopper Escapement

Question 4

How did Christopher Columbus contribute to the development of the old world?

Accepted Answer

He discovered the Americas

Question 5

The orange ninja turtle is named after which artist?

Accepted Answer

Michelangelo

Question 6

Which of the following did Kepler discover?

Accepted Answer

laws of planetary motion

Question 7

Galileo was the first person to use a telescope

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

What inventions did Isaac Newton create?

Accepted Answer

3 laws of motion, universal law of gravitation, differential calculus

Question 9

How did Palestrina save Polyphony?

Accepted Answer

By writing Missa Papae Marcelli

Question 10

Which of the following is one of Vasco da Gama's achievements?

Accepted Answer

the first European to travel to India

Question 11

What was Isabella d’Este also called?

Accepted Answer

The First Lady of the Renaissance

Question 12

How long did Catherine de Medici’s program of the arts go for?

Accepted Answer

30 years

Question 13

What is Palladio’s most well known build?

Accepted Answer

Villa la Rotunda

Question 14

How did Martin Luther bring society closer to what it is today?

Accepted Answer

He gave people freedom of thought and speech

Question 15

Who was Sir Francis Drake?

Accepted Answer

A navigator

Question 16

What was Raleigh’s tactic in the Spanish Armada? T – Correct response Enga

Accepted Answer

To fight and flee rapidly

Question 17

Which of the following Art did Donatello NOT create?

Accepted Answer

Sistine Chapel ceiling

Question 18

Which categories of the Spirit of the Renaissance did Erasmus demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

Lust for the Truth, Free Will

Question 19

Which one of these plays did Shakespeare not write?

Accepted Answer

Peer Gynt

Question 20

What was Elizabeth I’s main achievement?

Accepted Answer

The Conquest of the Spanish Armada

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