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US History World Renaissance Test 6

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History World Renaissance (Middle School) Middle School (USA History, 6-8) USA USA History Standards & AP
What is this test? for Middle School History (6-8), USA — Middle School (USA History, 6-8) level, USA.
For Middle School students (6-8) — Middle School History in the USA
Section: History World Renaissance (Middle School) · Education: Middle School · Part: History World Renaissance (Middle 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
What best defines perspective in art?
A) showing depth
B) gold paint
C) big frames
D) bright colors
Question 2
Name the person who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
A) Raphael
B) Michelangelo
C) Leonardo
D) Titian
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
Identify Shakespeare.
A) Italian poet
B) French novelist
C) No writer
D) English playwright
Question 5
Name the person who invented printing.
A) Gutenberg
B) Caxton
C) No inventor
D) Chinese only
Question 6
Who invented the printing press (c.1440)?
A) Copernicus
B) Johannes Gutenberg
C) Erasmus
D) Martin Luther
Question 7
Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
A) Raphael
B) Leonardo
C) Michelangelo
D) Titian
Question 8
Who was Machiavelli?
A) Painter
B) King
C) Pope
D) Power writer
Question 9
Identify Cervantes.
A) Don Quixote author
B) Poet
C) King
D) No writer
Question 10
Who was "the "Father of Humanism""?
A) "Humanist scholar"
B) "Petrarch"
C) the "Father of Humanism"
D) Cervantes
Question 11
Name the person who were the Medici.
A) English lords
B) French kings
C) Florence patron family
D) popes
Question 12
Name Cervantes.
A) Poet
B) King
C) No writer
D) Don Quixote author
Question 13
Name "Don Quixote author".
A) Cervantes
B) the "Father of Humanism"
C) Erasmus
D) Machiavelli
Question 14
Name "English playwright".
A) the "Father of Humanism"
B) Shakespeare
C) Erasmus
D) Machiavelli
Question 15
Identify "Machiavelli".
A) "Humanist scholar"
B) the "Father of Humanism"
C) "Power writer"
D) Cervantes
Question 16
Identify "Cervantes".
A) "Humanist scholar"
B) the "Father of Humanism"
C) Cervantes
D) "Don Quixote author"
Question 17
Name "Shakespeare".
A) "English playwright"
B) "Humanist scholar"
C) the "Father of Humanism"
D) Cervantes
Question 18
Which person proposed Sun-centered universe?
A) Ptolemy
B) Copernicus
C) Galen
D) Aristotle
Question 19
Which term means "Christian humanism"?
A) humanism
B) perspective in art
C) the Northern Renaissance focused on
D) The Prince about
Question 20
Who was the "Father of Humanism"?
A) Erasmus
B) Machiavelli
C) Castiglione
D) Petrarch

About This Test

For Elementary to University (USA) — U.S. History from Colonial to modern era and World History across ancient to contemporary, including state history and AP. Section: History, USA.

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