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?
QUESTION: Where did the Renaissance start?
QUESTION: Which city was the heart (center) of the
Renaissance movement in Europe?
QUESTION: During the Renaissance, many artists
and writers became interested in what?
QUESTION: Spain’s chief goal in the Americas was
what?
QUESTION: Which type of ship enabled the Voyages
of Discovery to take place from Europe?
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?
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.