Trade and Routes
What are trade routes connecting Europe with the East?
What was the Silk Road?
What are holy wars between Christians and Muslims over the Holy Land?
What were the Crusades?
What city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance?
What is Florence?
How did merchants make money?
What is by buying goods in one place and selling them for more elsewhere?
What was the effect of the Silk Road on cultural exchange?
What is the spread of goods, ideas, and beliefs between Europe and Asia?
What goods were commonly traded on the Silk Road?
What are spices, silk, textiles, gems, and porcelain?
How did the Crusades contribute to the expansion of trade?
What is by exposing Europeans to new goods and ideas?
What geographic feature gave Italian city-states an advantage in trade?
What is their location on the Mediterranean Sea?
What is the name of charging of interest on loans, and was considered a sin by the church?
What is usury?
How did geography influence Italy’s trade success?
What is its proximity to Africa and the eastern Mediterranean?
Why were rivers important to European trade routes?
What is because shipping goods was faster and cheaper than overland transport?
Name a product Europeans sought after being introduced to it during the Crusades.
What is silk, spices, or sugar?
Name two major port cities in Italy.
What are Genoa and Venice?
How did banks make international trade easier?
What are loans, bills of exchange, and insurance?
This family become patrons of the arts and architecture during this time?
Who are the Medici?
Which Italian city-states controlled much of the Mediterranean trade?
What are Genoa and Venice?
Where did the Crusades primarily take place?
What is the Holy Land (modern-day Middle East)?
How did the city-state model benefit trade in Italy?
What is by allowing independent control over trade and commerce?
Which family became wealthy through banking and trade in Florence?
Who are the Medici?
What advancements did Europe gain from contact with Muslim societies?
What are improvements in mathematics, medicine, astronomy, and philosophy?
How did the Apennines influence trade routes in Italy?
What is by pushing trade routes toward the coast due to their mountainous terrain?
How did contact with Muslim cultures during the Crusades advance European knowledge?
What is through the introduction of advancements in mathematics, astronomy, and medicine?
How did Italy’s climate contribute to its trade success?
What is by providing long growing seasons and mild winters?
What is a document used to pay for goods without carrying large sums of money?
What was a bill of exchange?
How did the growth of culture increase pride in city-states like Florence?
What is by showcasing wealth and beautifying cities through art and architecture?