Characteristics
This time period marked the end of the Dark Ages and was viewed as a rebirth of Greek Culture.
What is The Renaissance?
This man was the shining example of Renaissance culture. (Painter, inventor, architect)
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
The Medici family ran this city with the power they gained from their successful bank.
The cause of the French invasion of Italy.
What are their riches and wealth?
The dominant religion of Italy during this period.
What is Catholicism?
The adoption of a worldly viewpoint - marked by a separation of the state from religious institutions.
What is Secularism?
This family rose to power through banking and partnering with the Catholic Church in order to maintain power in Florence.
Who were the Medici Family?
True or False: Italy was a united country during Renaissance times.
What is False?
What is Spain?
The class of people that made up 90% of Europe's population during the Renaissance.
What are peasants?
This Renaissance characteristic is marked by plague, political instability, and decline in church power.
What is Recovery?
This man forbid gambling, horse racing, swearing, painting, music, and books. People were fed up and wanted the return of the Medici family.
Who is Girolamo Savonarola?
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These two nations fought for 30 years in what is known as the Italian Wars.
The author of The Prince, one of the most influential works on political power in the Western world.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
A new view of human beings emerged as people in the Italian Renaissance emphasized individual ability.
What is Individualism or Humanism?
This man was credited with establishing an efficient tax system in Milan, Italy.
Who is Francesco Sforza?
This is how the city-states of Milan, Venice, and Florence gained their wealth during the Renaissance.
What is Trade?
This city was pillaged and burned, bringing an end to the 30-year-long Italian Wars.
The one resource all ancient civilizations needed access to in order to survive.
What is Water?
The two cultures or empires that Renaissance art, music, and literature were modeled after.
What is Ancient Greece and Rome?
This preacher was chained, tortured, and burned at the stake; body parts still clinging to the chains were knocked off by a stone-throwing mob, who cheered as the executioner swept all remaining flesh into the fire.
Who is Girolamo Savonarola?
These people dominated Renaissance society, even though they only made up 2% of the population.
What is the Nobility?
The host of CNN 10.
Who is Carl Azuz?