Recap 1.1 + 1.2

• History
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Renaissance + Age of Discoveries

CHECK your KNOWLEDGE

The term "classical antiquity" means:

1. the time of hunters and farmers
2. an online antique shop
3. the time between the Greeks & Romans and the Renaissance
4. the time of Greeks and Romans

The term "Renaissance" literally means:

1. Recap
2. Rediscovered
3. Rebirth
4. Reincarnation

The Renaissance started in:

1. Constantinople
2. Italy
3. France
4. the Holy Roman Empire

During the Renaissance people were inspired by

1. The Greeks and Romans
2. The Ottomans
3. artists like Leonardo da Vinci
4. rich Italian merchants

During the Renaissance we see a new technique being used in paintings. What technique?

1. hand painting
2. painting mosaics
3. Memento Mori
4. the use of perspective

The knowledge of antiquity had been lost in western Europe, but had been preserved in eastern Europe.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

6. Until 1453, Constantinople was the capital city of

1. the Holy Roman empire
2. The western Roman Empire
3. The Ottoman Empire
4. The Byzantine Empire

The Ottoman conquest of Constantinople fueled the Renaissance because the Ottomans had much more knowledge about Greek and Roman technology.

1. TRUE
2. FALSE

Leonardo da Vinci was a good example of a:

1. Homo Universalis
2. Homo Erectus
3. Homo Terraformus
4. Homo Habilis

Which of the following phrases belongs to the Renaissance?

1. Memento Mori
2. Only God is important
3. Classics
4. Bible

Who came with the idea of a
"Sun centered Universe"?

1. Copernicus
2. Gutenberg
3. da Vinci
4. Michelangelo

In which Age did Marco Polo live?

1. Antiquity
2. Early Middle Ages
3. Late Middle Ages
4. Renaissance

Which 'word duty' word is described here:


the right to be the only one to trade in a specific product or
in a certain area

1. trade route
2. monopoly
3. perspective
4. glossary

What do we call the books, written by the Greeks & Romans?

1. the very-old-books
2. the Philosophies
3. the Antiques
4. the Classics

The West Indies is today's:

1. America
2. Indonesia
3. India
4. the USA

In which Age did Marco Polo live?

1. Antiquity
2. Early Middle Ages
3. Late Middle Ages
4. Renaissance

2b. Which of the 5 products in the previous question is the odd one out? Explain your answer.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for
the high prices of Asian goods?

1. money had to be paid to middlemen
2. the trade road was dangerous
3. the trade route was very long
4. Asian farmers asked high prices for their products