History Quiz

What is the political system where nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king?

• Democracy

• Feudalism

• Monarchy

• Socialism

Which family became wealthy by starting a banking industry in Florence during the Renaissance?

• Borgia Family

• Medici Family

• Habsburg Family

• Tudor Family

Who is a person that provides financial or other support for artists?

• Patron of the Arts

• Curator

• Collector

• Critic

Who is known as the Father of Humanism?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Francesco Petrarch

• Michelangelo

• Niccolò Machiavelli

Which Italian sculptor, painter, poet, engineer, and architect created the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

• Raphael

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Titian

Who was the German monk that wrote 95 theses attacking the church practices?

• John Calvin

• Martin Luther

• Ulrich Zwingli

• John Knox

What was the Edict of Worms?

• A declaration of war

• A peace treaty

• A decree declaring Martin Luther an outlaw and heretic

• A tax reform

Who was a leader of the Protestant Reformation?

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Johann Gutenberg

• Martin Luther

• King Henry VIII

What was the Council of Trent meant to do?

• Start the Renaissance

• Reaffirm Catholicism

• End the Middle Ages

• Promote Protestantism

What document did Martin Luther nail to a church door in 1517?

• Magna Carta

• 95 Theses

• The Prince

• The Bible