The Plague
What word do we use to describe death rate?
Mortality
This was the most valuable good that gave the Silk Road its name and was a prized commodity for the Romans.
What is silk
Contact
the act or state of meeting
This famous artist painted the Mona Lisa and made detailed drawings of inventions centuries ahead of their time.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
How did the plague spread to people?
Through fleas living on rats
Besides silk, this aromatic item from India was also a prized trade good desired by Europeans.
What are spices?
Inferior
of poor quality
This powerful banking family in Florence used their immense wealth from trade and finance to become major sponsors, or patrons, of artists like Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci.
Who are the Medici (family)?
What were some symptoms of the plague?
Swollen lymph nodes, tired, big bumps around the body
This Italian explorer traveled to China along the Silk Road and wrote about his experiences, which are recorded in a famous book.
Who was Marco Polo
Democracy
a political system in which the supreme power lies in body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
The Renaissance began in this country because its city-states had become very wealthy trading centers.
What is Italy?
How did the plague travel across Europe?
Through ships
The Silk Road is often described as a bridge between these two major regions.
What are the East and West?
Guild
a medieval association of people working at the same occupation, which controlled it's members' wages and prices
This powerful Italian city was the birthplace of the Renaissance and home to the wealthy Medici family.
What is Florence?
What nursrey rhyme is often associated with the plague?
Ring Around the Rosie
This religion, which originated in India, spread to China and other parts of Asia along the Silk Road.
What is Buddhism?
Peasant Revolt
An uprising by peasants who demanded an end to serfdom in response to an increase in taxes by the king to fund the 100-year war.
This Italian city-state became the most powerful maritime trading center during the Renaissance by controlling the flow of luxury goods from the East across the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Venice?