Renaissance
This word means “rebirth”
What is Renaissance?
This is the idea that the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun.
What is the heliocentric theory?
This was the main purpose of the Silk Road.
What is trade?
This focuses on human values and individual potential.
What is humanism?
This is the spread of ideas, goods, and customs between cultures.
What is cultural diffusion?
This artist painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This scientist improved the telescope and supported heliocentrism.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
This luxury good from China was highly desired in Europe.
What is silk?
Humanism encouraged artists to include this in their work, showing real human feelings.
What are emotions?
This happens when two cultures mix and create something new.
What is cultural blending?
This Renaissance value focused on human potential and achievement.
What is humanism?
This scientist is famous for the laws of motion and gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This invention from China helped spread ideas faster along trade routes.
What is paper?
This is the study of subjects like history, literature, and philosophy.
What are the humanities?
The Silk Road helped cultural diffusion between these two regions.
What are Asia and Europe?
This invention made books easier to produce and helped spread new ideas quickly across Europe during the Renaissance.
What is the printing press?
This invention helped scientists better observe space in the 1600s.
What is the telescope?
This religion spread along the Silk Road from India to China.
What is Buddhism?
Humanism led artists to focus on this subject in paintings and sculptures.
What are people or the human body?
This is one example of cultural diffusion from the Americas to Europe.
What are foods like potatoes or tomatoes?
This Italian city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
This Scientific Revolution idea says that knowledge should be based on observation and experimentation.
What is the scientific method?
These small, unwanted items often traveled along the Silk Road causing disease.
What are germs or bacteria?
Humanists looked back to these ancient civilizations for ideas and inspiration.
What are Greece and Rome?
This is the result of cultural diffusion changing societies over time.
What is cultural change?