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