Middle Ages and Renaissance Quiz

What event caused the death of about one third of Europe’s population between 1347 and 1351?

• The Black Death

• The Renaissance

• The Crusades

• The Scientific Revolution

Which series of wars was fought between European Christians and Muslims over control of the Holy Land?

• The Crusades

• The Hundred Years’ War

• The Napoleonic Wars

• The Punic Wars

During the Middle Ages, what was a major reason for the lack of education in Europe?

• No one was asking “Why” things are the way they are

• There were too many wars

• There were not enough schools

• The weather was too harsh

Which family in Florence was known for being patrons of the arts during the Renaissance?

• The Medici Family

• The Habsburg Family

• The Tudor Family

• The Borgia Family

What is Humanism?

• A focus on human potential and achievement, shifting education to the humanities

• A movement to increase religious instruction

• A style of government based on monarchy

• A method of scientific experimentation

How did contact with Spain and Sicily influence the Italian Renaissance?

• Christian Europeans began to study Muslim philosophy, art, and science

• It led to the spread of the Black Death

• It caused the Crusades to begin

• It resulted in the decline of trade

What did humanists believe education should stimulate?

• The individual's creative power

• The individual's physical strength

• The individual's wealth

• The individual's obedience

Who is mentioned as an important figure in the early Renaissance?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Francisco Petrarch

• Michelangelo

• Galileo Galilei

Who was the best known member of the Medici family?

• Cosimo de’ Medici

• Lorenzo “The Magnificent”

• Francisco Petrarch

• Michelangelo

How did the Renaissance change the way people in Europe thought about themselves, their world, and what was possible?