Renaissance Website Questions

What movement stressed the rediscovery and application of texts and thought from classical antiquity?

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Enlightenment

• The Renaissance

• The Romantic Era

Who is called the father of the Renaissance?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Francesco Petrarch

• Dante Alighieri

In what year did the Black Death begin ravaging Europe?

• 1369

• 1347

• 1401

• 1325

Which city became a center of the Renaissance by the end of the 14th century?

• Florence

• Milan

• Venice

• Rome

Who founded the Medici Bank in Florence?

• Francesco de Medici

• Lorenzo de Medici

• Cosimo de Medici

• Giovanni de Medici

What major event in 1453 compelled many Greek thinkers and their works to move westward?

• The fall of the Roman Empire

• The Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople

• The signing of the Magna Carta

• The Hundred Years War ended

Who was born in 1452 and is known as an artist, humanist, scientist, and naturalist?

• Donatello

• Michelangelo Buonarroti

• Raphael

• Leonardo da Vinci

What significant technological advancement did Johannes Gutenberg make in 1454?

• The steam engine

• The telescope

• The printing press

• The compass

Which Pope continued major building projects in Rome, including the Sistine Chapel?

• Pope Julius II

• Pope Alexander VI

• Pope Sixtus IV

• Pope Nicholas V

What was the name of the oldest surviving terrestrial globe, created between 1490 and 1492?

• The Earth Sphere

• The Globus Maximus

• The World Orb

• The Erdapfel