RENAISSANCE TEST REVIEW

6th grade white team

QUESTION: Who is a scientist best known for theory on gravity?

ANSWER: Sir Isaac Newton

QUESTION: Who wrote plays with human emotions

and feelings

ANSWER: William Shakespeare

QUESTION: Who was the first person to try to

circumnavigate the world; his crew made it, but he did not

ANSWER: Ferdinand Magellan

QUESTION: Who was a patron of the arts in

Florence, Italy?

ANSWER: Lorenzo Medici

QUESTION: Who was an artist, engineer, scientist,

and inventor of the Renaissance?

ANSWER: Leonardo da Vinci

QUESTION: Who was the first person to sail around

the southern tip of Africa and on to India?

ANSWER: Vasco da Gama

QUESTION: Who was a scientist who supported the

theory that the Earth revolves around the sun; he was jailed and forced to recant. He improved the telescope.

ANSWER: Galileo Galilei

QUESTION: Who nailed the 95 Theses to the church

door opposing corrupt church practices?

ANSWER: Martin Luther

QUESTION: Who developed the first movable type

printing press?

ANSWER: Johann Gutenberg

QUESTION: Who was an English philosopher who

thought that government should be a contract between a ruler and the people?

ANSWER: John Locke

QUESTION: What was the Renaissance?

ANSWER: A period of change in thought, arts, and

sciences

QUESTION: How did the Renaissance art differ from

medieval art?

ANSWER: Renaissance art showed the importance

of life on earth, not just religious life.

QUESTION: The term “Renaissance” is French for

what?

ANSWER: Rebirth

QUESTION: Where did the Renaissance start?

ANSWER: Italy

QUESTION: Which city was the heart (center) of the

Renaissance movement in Europe?

ANSWER: Florence

QUESTION: During the Renaissance, many artists

and writers became interested in what?

ANSWER: Humanism

QUESTION: Spain’s chief goal in the Americas was

what?

ANSWER: Wealth

QUESTION: Which type of ship enabled the Voyages

of Discovery to take place from Europe?

ANSWER: Caravel

QUESTION: What were Protestants?

ANSWER: Protestants were Christians who broke

with the Catholic Church over religious issues.

QUESTION: Which nation was the first to claim large

areas of land in the Americas?

ANSWER: Spain

QUESTION: At the time of the Enlightenment, most

of Europe was ruled by who?

ANSWER: Monarchs who believed in their divine

right.

QUESTION: Lorenzo Medici was a patron of the arts,

which led to…

ANSWER: The Renaissance starting in Florence,

Italy.

QUESTION: The printing press made print, books,

and communication more available to the people, which led to…

ANSWER: A more educated, informed, and literate

society.

QUESTION: Scientists used observation and logical

thinking during this time, which started the…

ANSWER: Scientific Revolution

QUESTION: During the Scientific Revolution

inventions such as the astrolabe, compass, and telescope were invented, which started…

ANSWER: The Age of Exploration and the Voyages

of Discovery.

QUESTION: Following other major changes, people

began reasoning about natural rights, which led to…

ANSWER: Political and governmental changes

during the Enlightenment.