Feudalism/Exploration

Which period or periods influenced the Renaissance painters, sculptors, and architects?

A disgraced Samurai was expected to perform Seppuku (commit suicide) in order to maintain his family's honor

Vocab: "rebirth" - period in European civilization marked by a revival of classical learning and wisdom

Where did the Italian Renaissance Begin

Vocab: Philosophy that all people should strive to be educated and learn in the classical arts, literature, and science

The Japanese warrios were called Samurais

Peasants were at the bottom of the European feudal system

Vocab: A person or group paying for an image or piece of art

Vocab: Governing hands over supreme authority to a central body or small group of individuals

Vocab: The art or practice of designing or constructing buildings

Vocab: Combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight such as courage

Vocab: Piece of land surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water

Vocab: The name for the organization of the Economy in the Middle Ages

Knights were part of the Japanese Feudal system

Lords were the second lowest in the European feudal system

Which member of the Japanese feudal system had the most power?

Explorers: Why would explorers want to sail for "glory?"

Exploration: Why were the European explorers searching for a Northwest Passage?

Kings were at the top of the European Feudal system

Exploration: Why were European powers interested in developing water trade routes?

Vocab: Agricultural laborer bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate

Vocab: Social system in medieval Europe where people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and land.

Vocab: An estate of land, especially one held on condition of feudal service

Vocab: A holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance

Vassals are similar to landlords in they control the land others live on

Exploration: Why did some explorers sail for "God?"

Most peasants were serfs meaning they could not leave their lord's lands without permission

What new techniques did the Renaissance painters develop?

Which of the following was emphasized in music of the Renaissance?