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a #history quiz about the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation
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1
When did the English Renaissance begin?
13th century
16 century
17th century
15th century
2
Where was the Medici bank located?
Turkey
Paris
Siena
Italy
3
Who challenged traditional Aristotelian ideas?
Rene Descartes
Galileo Galilei
Leonardo da Vinci
Aristotle
4
True or false:
The Renaissance began in Florence, Italy.
true
false
5
True or false:
The printing press was invented during the Renaissance.
false
true
6
Define Renaissance Man
a multi-talented person
an artist during the Renaissance
a person with one talent
a talentless person
7
What language does the word
renaissance
originate from and what does it mean?
French; rebirth
Italian; rebirth
German; remake
Spanish; recreate
8
What ancient civilizations did the European Renaissance rebirth?
Persian and Greek
Mayan and Aztec
Greek and Roman
Mesopotamian and Roman
9
Who is credited as the 'Father of the Italian Language'?
Giovanni Boccaccio
Niccolo Machiavelli
Dante Alighieri
Petrarch
10
Why were the Ninety-Five Theses written in Latin?
They were written for a mass audience
Martin Luther was only fluent in Latin
They were intended for Church leaders, not the public
Latin was the vernacular of the region
11
What were some issues of the Renaissance era?
witch hunts
religious wars
the 13 Year War
the Black Death
12
What was Giovanni de Medici known as?
Bank owner
Renaissance Man
God of Light
Godfather of the Renaissance
13
In what time period did the Renaissance era occur?
19th - 20th century
11th - 13th century
16th - 18th century
14th - 17th century
14
What time period was the predecessor of the Renaissance?
Romantic Era
Neolithic Era
Middle Ages
Dark Ages
15
True or false:
Leonardo da Vinci painted the
Mona Lisa.
false
true
16
Which Renaissance artist sculpted David and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
Donatello
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Michelangelo
17
True or false:
the Renaissance did not spread to other European countries
false
true
18
What event occurred after Martin Luther's grievances against the Catholic Church?
Lutheranism spreads to other European countries
Henry VII starts a religion called Anabaptism
Germany remains as Roman Catholic
The Protestant Reformation occurs
19
What is the belief that the sun is the center of the universe called?
geocentric
nucleocentric
negrocentric
heliocentrism
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What is the term used to describe a person who supports the arts?
vernacular
patron
noble
secular
