Ch. 1 Factors that shaped Renaissance worldview

During the Late Middle Ages a new class of people known as __________ emerged.

Which of the following helped to stop war between city-states?

What two industries was Cosimo Medici involved in?

During the late Middle Ages, armies from Europe organized crusades to try and capture areas of

Jewish, Christians and Muslims all considered areas of the Middle East to be holy because

What city in Italy was the first city-state to use the mechanical printing press?

A nobleman's manor consisted of:

A historical period in Europe stretching from the fall of the Roman Empire to the 14th century

During the Middle Ages the only people who could read and write were?

Why was Italy one of the first European countries to experience the Renaissance?

The poor in Italy were particularity at risk to the bubonic plague due to

The rest of the world also experienced the Dark Ages.

How did they travel the silk road?

Which of the following serves as an example of diplomacy?

an organization of craftsmen or merchants

Usury means

The feudal system of government in the Middle Ages was

What was the main motivation behind joining a "Scuole"?

In the middle ages, most western Europeans belonged to the Roman Catholic Church (Christianity)

What is another name for the Black Death?

Increased population meant demand for foods and products & led to change in way people lived. Which statements are true:

Was the silk road an actual ROAD?

Which of the following is an example of an Oligarchy

During the middle ages, Genoa was a republic, governed by rival clans of families

at the bottom of the Feudal system was

The Pope and the government of the Roman Catholic Church is known as

Who were the Medici?

How did the Black Death help facilitate the start of the Renaissance?

the movement of population away from the countryside and into cities

historical time period that began after the fall of the Roman Empire

What was the Renaissance?

What shape would symbolize Feudalism in the middle ages?

Florence, Genoa, Venice and Milan became very powerful cities. These city-states prospered for which of these reasons:

a city that governs itself and the countryside surrounding it

How did the the Medici family reflect the values of the Florentine society?

Which of the following situations resulted (for the most part) from the Black Death?

The Renaissance began in Italian city-states rather than in London, England because

The Silk Road could be considered the “internet of the past” because it was a source of..

Renaissance scholars consider the writings of Greeks & Romans ____ to their literature.

What is this picture?

What was the main transportation along the Silk Road

The ____ were wars between Christians and Muslims to reclaim the Holy Lands / Jerusalem.

the values and beliefs of a group of people, about life and the world in general.

Identify one of the major results of the Black Death on medieval society:

By the late Middle Ages, people wanted more of the goods brought home by the Crusaders.

an important network of trade routes

Guilds controlled goods, standards and training.  Guilds could best be described as early:

Which of the following groups would BEST fit in the blank space of this hierarchy?

It was the Greek and Roman civilizations that influenced the Renaissance

The three major cities that helped shape the Renaissance were

During the Middle Ages, people believed they

He sculpted the famous statue of David and he painted the Sistine Chapel.

a political-economic-social system of landholding

The Eastern part of the Roman Empire in existence from 4th to 15th centuries

Indentured peasants were:

The Black Plague brought many people’s faith in the Catholic Church into question because it

Which of the factors below was not a contributing element to this growth of City-States

Identify one reason that cathedrals were the largest and more prominent buildings built.

The word Renaissance comes from the french word renaitre, which means "to be born again"

Why did serfs accept their difficult life