Random History
This Italian explorer sailed for Spain in 1492, reaching the Caribbean and mistakenly believing he found Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This acronym, H.I.P.P.O., is commonly used in this type of essay format
What is Document Based Question?
This part of the DBQ must directly answer the prompt and include a clear claim that sets up your argument
What is the Thesis?
This Italian painter and inventor is famous for works like the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This period in European history marked a rebirth of classical art, literature, and learning after the Middle Ages.
What is the Renaissance?
This 1803 land purchase from France doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The acronym for HIPPO.
What is Historical Context, Intended Audience, Purpose, Point of View, Outside Information
This type of paragraph in your DBQ uses evidence from multiple documents to prove one part of your argument
What is the body paragraph?
The "everyman".
The period that is before the Renaissance.
What is the Middle Ages?
This 14th-century epidemic wiped out nearly a third of Europe’s population
What is the Black Death or the Bubonic Plague?
When analyzing Renaissance art, this part of H.I.P.P.O. would help you recognize that many paintings were created to impress wealthy patrons or the Church
What is Intended Audience?
A strong DBQ thesis should include a claim, reasoning, and this type of word to connect ideas clearly.
What is a transition?
This Italian city-state was a center of trade, wealth, and art during the Renaissance
What is Florence?
The advancements within the Renissance.
What is astonomy, architecture, artistic expression, man's interpertation of the universe?
This Greek philosopher, teacher of Alexander the Great, emphasized logic and observation in his studies
Who is Aristole?
When analyzing a Renaissance humanist’s praise of individual achievement, this part of H.I.P.P.O. would involve noting how the author’s classical education and status as a scholar shaped their worldview
What is Point of View?
The order of a DBQ essay.
What is the
- Introduction & Thesis
- Body Paragraph's
- Conclusion
The centuries of the Renissance.
What is the 14th to 17th century?
The movement to showcase prasie of beauty and intelligence of the individual.
What is humanism?
This transformation in production methods shifted economies from agriculture to industry, beginning in Great Britain
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This part of H.I.P.P.O. would be demonstrated by linking the patronage of the Medici family not only to Florence’s economic success but to the broader concept of how wealth and commerce helped shift cultural power from the Church to secular elites during the Renaissance.
What is Outside Information?
This paragraph wraps up your DBQ by restating your thesis and showing how your argument connects to the broader historical context.
What is the conclusion papragraph?
Hamlet is written by this playwrite. (Exerpt on our writing)
Who is William Shakespeare.
Before the Renissance, these people were the most important.
Who is leaders of the church?