Renaissance: Reasons and Features

Q. When was the printing press invented?

1. 1455 CE
2. 1435 CE
3. 1445 CE
4. 1465 CE

Q. How did the intellectuals of Constantinople become the harbingers of Renaissance in Italy?

1. The intellectuals of Constantinople started teaching the people of Italy.
2. The intellectuals of Constantinople set up schools in Italy.
3. The intellectuals of Constantinople wrote letters to the people of Italy.
4. The intellectuals of Constantinople fled to Italy with their books and wealth of knowledge.

Q. Which groups of people was/were downtrodden during the dark ages?

1. The kings
2. The rich class
3. The middle class
4. The lower class

Q. What was the advantage that favoured Constantinople to be a thriving city in the Roman Empire?

1. It had a large rich population.
2. It was a port city.
3. It was popular for its art and literature.
4. It had the best military.

Q. What were the conditions of Italy that favoured the birth of the Renaissance?

1. Italy had rich cultural heritage.
2. The rulers were making money off the artists.
3. The artists from all over Europe fled to settle in Italy.
4. Cities were conducive for growth of art and literature.

Q. The scholars fled to Italy with their books and wealth of knowledge from X. Identify X.

1. Venice
2. Romania
3. Geneva
4. Constantinople

Q. Identify the reasons for the beginning of Renaissance.

1. Invasion of Ottoman Turks
2. Invention of the printing press
3. Educational initiatives by the Roman Catholic Church
4. New geographical inventions and crusades

Q. Find out the correct statement
(i) Silk road was closed during the Han dynasty.
(ii) Peasant uprisings posed threats to Athenian democracy.
(iii) Virgil’s Aeneid glorified Roman imperialism.
(iv) Spartacus killed Julius Caesar.

1. (i) is correct
2. (ii) is correct
3. (ii) and (iv) are correct
4. (iii) is correct.

Q. The intellectuals who fled to Italy from Constantinople with their books and the wealth of knowledge became the reason for Renaissance. Identify the people who supported these intellectuals who had fled to Italy.

1. Prince Henry
2. Queen Elizabeth I
3. Pope Nicholas III
4. Pope Leo X

Q. Which of the following philosophical stances deals with human values and agency through rational thinking?

1. Liberalism
2. Leninism
3. Humanism
4. Capitalism

Q. Who invented the printing press?

1. Rozar Bacon
2. John Wycliffe
3. Peter Abelard
4. Gutenberg

Q. What led to the rapid spread of knowledge in medieval Italy?

1. Invasion of Egypt by Ottoman Turks led to the spread of knowledge.
2. Invention of Mariner's Compass led to the growth of knowledge.
3. Intellectuals from China who fled to Italy helped in the growth of knowledge.
4. Invention of printing press led to the printing of multiple copies of books.

Q. Who invaded Constantinople in 1453 CE?

1. Persians
2. Ottoman Turks
3. Romanians
4. French

Q. Gutenberg from Germany invented the Mariner's compass in 1455 CE.

1. False
2. True

Q. The Ottoman Turks invaded Constantinople in 1453 CE.

1. False
2. True