Inventors/Scientists
Which Renaissance scientist was the first to introduce the theory that the Earth moves around the sun, which was the opposite of the current belief?
A) Nicolaus Copernicus
B) Isaac Newton
C) Galileo Galilei
D) Leonardo da Vinci
A) Nicolaus Copernicus
Which Renaissance artist painted the dome of St. Peter's Basilica and carved the 13-foot tall sculpture of David?
A) Raphael Sanzo
B) Leonardo da Vinci
C) Michelangelo Buonarroti
D) Rembrandt van Rijn
C) Michelangelo Buonarroti
Which of the following was not an important difference between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?
A) People wanted to return to Greek and Roman ideas about government and architecture.
B) Art was mainly devoted to religious subjects during the Renaissance.
C) People returning from the Crusades caused others to be interested in different cultures.
D) Humanists started questioning the laws of the Catholic Church during the Renaissance.
B) Art was mainly devoted to religious subjects during the Renaissance.
The idea for the printing press was based on block printing done by the ancient
A) Chinese
B) Romans
C) Spaniards
D) Greeks
A) Chinese
Which country did Marco Polo visit and write a book about, which had a major influence on the beginnings of the Renaissance period in history?
A) Italy
B) Japan
C) Brazil
D) China
D) China
A) mountains
B) deserts
C) valleys
D) islands and canals
D) islands and canals
Which Renaissance inventor had sketches in his notebook of all the following items?
- flying machine, alarm clock, diving suit, parachute, helicopter, early automobile
A) Nicolaus Copernicus
B) Issac Newton
C) Galileo Galilei
D) Leonardo da Vinci
D) Leonardo da Vinci
William Shakespeare, the famous playwright who wrote "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet" among many other plays, was born in the country of
A) Italy
B) Greece
C) England
D) Spain
C) England
During the Renaissance wealthy merchants paid artists to work for them by becoming their
A) lords
B) knights
C) patrons
D) owners
C) patrons
The man who changed history with the invention of the printing press in 1454 is named
A) Leonardo da Vinci
B) Johannes Gutenberg
C) Isaac Newton
D) Sofonisba Anguissola
B) Johannes Gutenberg
_____ is often called the "Queen of the Adriatic." Tell me a fact you learned from the newspaper.
What were 8 topics of interest that were revived during the Renaissance?
-astronomy
-biology
-math
-botany
-the human body
-literature
-architecture
How many books do historians think existed before the invention of the printing press? Who do you think owned most of them and why?
3,000 books
- the wealthy and the church owned books because books were expensive and few people could read
President Teddy Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for doing what? Why is this still important today?
- helping to win the Russian-Japanese war with the Portsmouth Peace Treaty
- his way of helping others solve problems is still used today (inviting world leaders or diplomats to a neutral location to help them compromise via discussion
Describe "bloodletting." Who do modern doctors believe died prematurely from too much blood being taken during a bloodletting?
- People thought illness resulted from bodily fluids like bloood being polluted or out of balance.
- Doctors would open a vein in a person's arm and let the blood fill a shallow bowl in an effort to cure many diseases.
- George Washington