Renaissance Vocabulary Pre-Test

A servant or laborer of olden times who was treated as part of the land worked on and went along with the land if it was sold. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

• Serf

• Merchant

• Knight

• Vassal

An Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, mathematician, and scientist. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Galileo Galilei

• Michelangelo

• Niccolò Machiavelli

The informal language used by a specific group of people, such as a particular region or culture. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

• Vernacular

• Syntax

• Prose

• Dialect

An art-loving family of wealthy bankers, that helped fund the Renaissance. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

• Medici Family

• Borgia Family

• Sforza Family

• de' Este Family

An Italian artist, architect and poet, who is considered one of the greatest and most influential of all Renaissance figures. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Raphael

• Donatello

A disease that affects humans and other mammals. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

• Plague

• Influenza

• Diabetes

• Asthma

A period in European civilization that was marked by a revival of Classical learning and wisdom. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

• Renaissance

• Industrial Revolution

• Middle Ages

• Baroque

A man of noble birth, who served his king or lord in battle. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

• Knight

• Peasant

• Merchant

• Squire

A social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

• Feudalism

• Capitalism

• Democracy

• Imperialism

A system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship. Fill in the blank with the correct vocabulary word.

• Secularism

• Theocracy

• Fundamentalism

• Clericalism