Renaissance Quiz 1

What is the current capital city of Italy?

• Florence

• London

• Rome

• Venice

During the 15th Century, Italy was made up of City-States.

• True

• False

Which Italian City-State is the birthplace of banking?

• Milan

• Rome

• Florence

• Paris

Which merchant family ruled the City-State of Florence?

• The Montagues

• The Gelatos

• The Capulets

• The Medicis

Who was the famous Italian Explorer that reached the Americas at the end of the 15th Century?

• Columbus

• Shackleton

• Ibn Batuta

• Vasco De Gama

What does the term Renaissance mean in English?

• Rebirth

• Recycle

• Reuse

• Reduce

What was the name of the disease which killed between 75 to 200 million people during Europe's Dark Age?

• The Bariatric Plague

• Coronavirus

• The Black Death

• Smallpox

Renaissance Scholars looked back to which two great civilizations for inspiration?

• Italy & Spain

• Greece & Rome

• Ottomans & Hungarians

• Japan & China

Who invented the Printing Press in the mid 1400s?

• Albert Einstein

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Oppenheimer

• Leonardo Da Vinci

What ancient trade route stretched from China to Europe spreading ideas and goods between both places?

• The Silk Road

• The Gunpowder Route

• The Spice Highway

• The Ink Trail