Causes of the Renaissance I

Q. Why were native Americans called Indians?

1. Because they have Indian origin
2. Because Colombus assumed he reached India
3. Because they like to be known as Indians
4. Because Vasco Da Gama reached India

Q. Who captured Constantinople in 1453 CE?

1. The Saxons
2. The Ottoman Turks
3. The Gauls
4. The Norse people

Q. When did the Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople?

1. 1436 CE
2. 1453 CE
3. 1440 CE
4. 1291 CE

Q. How did the Renaissance draw its roots from the Crusades? Select all that apply.

1. Progressive ideas from the eastern parts of the Roman Empire spread to the western parts.
2. The Crusades limited the thinking horizon of the people.
3. Progressive ideas motivated people to question dogmas.
4. People studied the works of Plato and Aristotle to learn new ideas and spread them across Europe.

Q. When did the Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople?

1. 1436 CE
2. 1440 CE
3. 1291 CE
4. 1453 CE

Q. Which of the following paved the way for the fall of the Byzantine empire?

1. Death of Julius Caesar
2. Capture of Constantinopole
3. Death of Mark Antony
4. Capture of Gaul

Q. Who among the following was NOT under the patronage of Lorenzo de Medici?

1. Michelangelo
2. Raphael
3. Andrea del Verrocchio
4. Leonardo da Vinci

Q. In 1453 Constantinople was captured by _____________.

Q. Choose the correct pairs of explorers to the places they sailed to.

1. Christopher Colombus
2. Vasco Da Gama
3. Cape of Good Hope
4. Bartholomew Diaz
5. Goa
6. America

Q. Tina is watching a movie on people who used to live in the past. She observes that many people in the movie moved to different places even though travel was difficult back then. Which of the following reasons could people have for travelling in the past?

1. Adventure
2. To settle in a different places
3. For trading
4. Religious purposes

Q. Who among the following were not artists supported by Lorenzo De Medici?

1. Leonardo Da Vinci
2. Vasco Da Gama
3. Michelangelo
4. Andrea del Verrocchio
5. Euclid
6. Archimedes
7. Socrates
8. Plato

Q. Which of the following contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire?

1. An Army rebellion
2. Serious economic problems
3. Moving the capital to Byzantium
4. Constantine's mental illness