Italian Renaissance
a philosophy celebrating human intellect and creativity centering the unlimited potential of human beings
What is humanism
This way of thinking strongly contrasted with medieval philosophy, which centered on the divine and minimized human agency.
True or False: The Aztec Empire is not considered a part of the Mesoamerican Empires.
False
Who is Zheng He
What is SPEC(R)
Society, Politics, Education, Culture, Religion
The Renaissance was a ___ of classical Greek and Roman work.
What is "a rebirth"
Which empire is the oldest?
A) Aztec
B) Inca
C) Maya
C) Maya reigning from 1200 BCE to 1519 CE
The Mayan people still are around today.
What is the Indian Ocean Trade Network?
A maritime trading network of merchants and trading cities linked with each other to move goods
Name Canterbury's five values
· Honesty · Respect · Compassion · Spirituality · Self-Reliance.
If the Italian renaissance valued a liberal arts education, how did they say you should ulitize it after university?
Working in the civic world (economic or politic sector)
Utilizing civic humanism
Tenochtitlan was the capital of what Mesoamerican empire?
Hint: it is now modern day Mexico City
What are the three Gs?
God, Gold, Glory
1. How does an empire grow / expand?
2. How does an empire fall?
Open ended response:
1. trade, conquer, diplomacy
2. conflict, conquest/colonization, disease
Machiavelli wrote "The Prince" as a political philosophy intended to do what?
advise, instruct, influence leaders AND to warn the public of how power could be used
What trading system connected the Western hemisphere and the Eastern hemisphere?
This exchange also brought European colonizers to the Mesoamerican empires.
The Columbian Exchange aka the Atlantic System
Vasco Da Gama, Zheng He, and Christopher Columbus are all examples of what kind of explorer?
Maritime explorer
What does "dubito ergo cogito ergo sum" mean?
Or in French: "Je pense donc je suis"
Hint: Rene Descartes
I doubt therefore I think therefore I am
Rene Descartes was a famous scholar of the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution