US History World Renaissance Test 2

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History World Renaissance (High School) High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) USA USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for High School History (9-12, AP US History), USA — High School (USA History, 9-12, AP) level, USA.
For High School students (9-12) including AP History in the USA
Section: History World Renaissance (High School) · Education: High School · Part: History World Renaissance (High School) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

Which person proposed Sun-centered universe?

A) Copernicus

B) Galen

C) Ptolemy

D) Aristotle

Question 2

Name Machiavelli.

A) Painter

B) Power writer

C) King

D) Pope

Question 3

Which of the following best defines the Northern Renaissance focused on?

A) Trade

B) Classical myths

C) Christian humanism

D) Science

Question 4

Which of these did Gutenberg invent?

A) compass

B) steam engine

C) telescope

D) movable-type printing press

Question 5

Which person painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

A) Michelangelo

B) Raphael

C) Titian

D) Leonardo

Question 6

Who wrote Hamlet?

A) Dante

B) William Shakespeare

C) Cervantes

D) Chaucer

Question 7

What is perspective in art?

A) bright colors

B) big frames

C) showing depth

D) gold paint

Question 8

Name the person who invented the printing press (c.1440).

A) Erasmus

B) Martin Luther

C) Copernicus

D) Johannes Gutenberg

Question 9

Name the person who wrote Hamlet.

A) William Shakespeare

B) Dante

C) Cervantes

D) Chaucer

Question 10

Name "Don Quixote author".

A) the "Father of Humanism"

B) Cervantes

C) Erasmus

D) Machiavelli

Question 11

Name the "Father of Humanism".

A) Machiavelli

B) Erasmus

C) Petrarch

D) Castiglione

Question 12

Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?

A) Raphael

B) Titian

C) Leonardo

D) Michelangelo

Question 13

Which person painted the Sistine Chapel?

A) Michelangelo

B) Shakespeare

C) da Vinci

D) Gutenberg

Question 14

Who was "Erasmus"?

A) Machiavelli

B) "Humanist scholar"

C) Shakespeare

D) the "Father of Humanism"

Question 15

Which of the following best defines humanism?

A) hatred of art

B) fear of science

C) focus on human potential

D) worship of gods

Question 16

Name "Shakespeare".

A) Machiavelli

B) Shakespeare

C) the "Father of Humanism"

D) "English playwright"

Question 17

Identify "Machiavelli".

A) "Power writer"

B) Machiavelli

C) Shakespeare

D) the "Father of Humanism"

Question 18

Who sculpted David?

A) Raphael

B) Michelangelo

C) Leonardo

D) Donatello

Question 19

Which term means "showing depth"?

A) the Northern Renaissance focused on

B) humanism

C) perspective in art

D) The Prince about

Question 20

Name Cervantes.

A) Poet

B) King

C) No writer

D) Don Quixote author

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