The Renaissance

Some city-states were ruled by a single rich family, such as the _____ family in Florence.

A strong difference between two or more things

Humanists believed in the worth of only God and religious faith rather than belief in the power of the mind.

The belief in the importance of an individual’s achievements and dignity

A form of government in which citizens elect representatives to rule for them

He built the first telescope used to look into space & was able to discover sunspots & the moons of the planet Jupiter.

Each ____ consisted of a powerful city and the surrounding territory, which might include other towns.

An Italian city-state and THE leading cultural center during the Renaissance

Although there was no sudden end to the Middle Ages, the Renaissance changed many aspects of people's lives over time.

An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory

Humanists separated the state and its right to rule from the Church and helped influence for modern thinking

Special importance

A bustling _____ created prosperous cities and new classes of people with the wealth to support art and learning.

By the Renaissance, people were using ____ to buy merchandise, which created a money economy.

Humanists believed that people should use their minds to question everything.

Florence was the banking center of Europe during the Renaissance.

During the Renaissance, wealthy families built private townhouses known as palazzi, which is Italian for ___

One of the first humanists was an Italian poet named ____, who was particularly interested in old books.

A philosophy that balances religion with an emphasis on individualism and an interest in nature and human society

People from all over Europe came to northern Italy to buy, sell, and do their banking.

Collectively, areas of study that focus on human life and culture, such as history, literature, and ethics

Influenced by the styles and techniques of ancient Greece and Rome

He was the first person to draw maps from an aerial view. He designed bridges, weapons, and other machines.

A specific area of land

_____ brought goods and ideas from the East that helped to reawaken interest in classical culture.

A flowering of culture, based on Greek & Roman ideas & art, that began in Italy in the Late Middle Ages.

Michelangelo created his own majestic statue of ____, which may be the world's most widely admired sculpture.

In the Renaissance, if someone was born a peasant, he or she would always have less status than a noble.

This powerful city-state had hundreds of ships that controlled the trade routes in the Mediterranean Sea.

A Renaissance artist, renowned for his painting and sculpture

A famous Renaissance artist, scientist, AND inventor