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Renaissance In Florence
Test Description: 7th Grade Social Studies
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the ability to read and write? (Hint: It increased during the Renaissance)
A
Humanism
B
Literacy
C
Secular
D
Printing Press
2) What is the rebirth of interest in art and learning from ancient Greece and Rome?
A
Cultural Diffusion
B
Revolution
C
Reformation
D
Renaissance
3) What was the name of the wealthy ruling family of Florence during the Renaissance?
A
Sforza
B
Urbino
C
Medici
D
Orsini
4) Who was the German inventor of the printing press, which helped make books cheaper?
A
Andreas Vesalius
B
Johannes Gutenberg
C
Nicolaus Copernicus
D
Albrecht Durer
5) What is a term that means non-religious or not related to the church?
A
Literacy
B
Secular
C
Renaissance
D
Humanism
6) Who was the architect from Florence who built a large cathedral dome?
A
Brunelleschi
B
Leonardo da Vinci
C
Michelangelo
D
Machiavelli
7) What term means to believe in the worth and potential of all individuals?
A
Renaissance
B
Humanism
C
Secular
D
Literacy
8) What plague killed many before the Renaissance and created a labor shortage that increased pay?
A
Ebola
B
Black Death
C
Smallpox
D
Measles
9) Who wrote about politics in Florence in THE PRINCE?
A
Leonardo da Vinci
B
Michelangelo
C
Niccolo Machiavelli
D
Dante Alighieri
10) Which writer created THE DIVINE COMEDY which was written in Italian for all to read?
A
Leonardo da Vinci
B
Dante Alighieri
C
William Shakespeare
D
Niccolo Machiavelli
11) What key invention made books cheaper and easier to make, which helped spread ideas?
A
Pens
B
Pencils
C
Paper
D
Printing press
12) Who was the most creative Renaissance thinker - he was an artist, scientist, and inventor!
A
Leonardo da Vinci
B
Andreas Vesalius
C
Michelangelo
D
Niccolo Machiavelli
13) What sculptor carved a realistic 17ft. tall statue called DAVID out of marble?
A
Brunelleschi
B
Michelangelo
C
Albrecht Durer
D
Leonardo da Vinci
14) What body of water promoted trade and helped spread knowledge from China and the MIddle East to Italy?
A
Atlantic Ocean
B
English Channel
C
Mediterranean Sea
D
Black Sea
15) What book did Machiavelli write about how rulers should be feared rather than loved?
A
Romeo and Juliet
B
The Prince
C
Don Quixote
D
The Divine Comedy
16) What book did Dante write about an imaginary trip through the afterlife?
A
Don Quixote
B
Romeo and Juliet
C
The Prince
D
The Divine Comedy
17) Who is responsible for creating drawings of helicopters and tanks in his notebooks?
A
Brunelleschi
B
Leonardo da Vinci
C
Michelangelo
D
Dante Alighieri
18) What technique changed painting during the Renaissance to make it look realistic and 3-D?
A
Pointillism
B
Monochromism
C
Ombre
D
Perspective
19) What new business practice did the Medici family gain their wealth from?
A
Banking
B
Sculpting statues
C
Writing books
D
Dying fabrics
20) How did the Medici family support the Renaissance?
A
Destroying Michelangelo's sculptures
B
Banning da Vinci from living in Florence
C
Burning Dante's books
D
Paying Brunelleschi to finish the cathedral dome
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