European Renaissance and Exploration Period Quiz

Test your knowledge on Renaissance figures, explorers, and historical events in this European history quiz!

#1

Who is considered the father of the Renaissance?

Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Galileo Galilei
Francesco Petrarch
1 answered
#2

Which Italian city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance?

Venice
Florence
Rome
Milan
1 answered
#3

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Titian
Michelangelo
2 answered
#4

Which event is often considered the starting point of the European Renaissance?

The fall of Constantinople
The signing of the Magna Carta
The invention of the printing press
The Hundred Years' War
1 answered
#5

Which Italian city was the center of banking and trade during the Renaissance?

Venice
Florence
Milan
Rome
1 answered
#6

Who is credited with the invention of the printing press?

Johannes Gutenberg
Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
William Shakespeare
1 answered
#7

Which explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe?

Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Marco Polo
1 answered
#8

Who was the Medici family famous for supporting during the Renaissance?

Scientists
Artists
Explorers
Politicians
1 answered
#9

Which city did the explorer Vasco da Gama reach by sea in 1498, establishing a maritime route to Asia?

Goa
Calicut
Mumbai
Chennai
1 answered
#10

Which explorer reached the Americas in 1492?

Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci
1 answered
#11

Who wrote 'The Prince', a political treatise on ruling power during the Renaissance?

Niccolò Machiavelli
Thomas More
Francis Bacon
Voltaire
1 answered
#12

Who is known for his work 'The School of Athens', depicting various Greek philosophers?

Leonardo da Vinci
Sandro Botticelli
Raphael
Donatello
1 answered
#13

Which Renaissance artist was known for his sculpting of 'David' and 'Pieta'?

Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Donatello
Titian
1 answered
#14

Who wrote the book 'Utopia', which describes an ideal society?

Niccolò Machiavelli
Thomas More
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
1 answered
#15

Who is known for his paintings 'The School of Athens' and 'The Marriage of the Virgin'?

Leonardo da Vinci
Sandro Botticelli
Raphael
Titian
1 answered

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