Times of Change
his medieval system organized society so people were ranked above or below others and expected to stay in that position for life.
What is Hierarchy
This famous network of trade routes connected the Mediterranean world to China and allowed goods, ideas, and knowledge to spread between cultures.
What is the Silk Road
This Renaissance belief focused on the dignity and potential of the individual and encouraged people to use reason to find truth.
What is Humanism
The Renaissance saw a revival of the study of which two ancient societies?
What are Greek and Roman
European exploration during the Renaissance was motivated by three goals
What is God, Glory and Gold
In the Middle Ages, this oath showed a person’s loyalty and commitment to their king.
What is Allegiance
These religious wars between Christians and Muslims increased contact with the Muslim world and helped restart trade between Europe and the East.
What is the Crusades
This term refers to the everyday language people spoke, such as Italian, French, or English, rather than Latin.
What is Vernacular
This process of observing, experimenting, and drawing conclusions from evidence became an important new approach to science during the Renaissance.
What is the Scientific Method?
Europe was running out of this resource
What is Gold
These peasants were tied to the land and could not leave the manor without their lord’s permission.
What are Serfs
This Italian trading city was built on islands in a protected harbour and became a powerful centre of trade with the East.
What is Venice
During the Renaissance, wealthy individuals who paid artists to create works of art were known by this term.
Who are Patrons
This astronomer proposed that the Earth moves around the Sun rather than the Sun moving around the Earth.
Who is Copernicus
This treaty divided newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal in 1494.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas
This medieval system organized society around land ownership, where kings granted land to nobles and knights in exchange for loyalty and military service.
What is Feudalism
This type of political unit in Renaissance Italy was an independent city and the surrounding rural land that it controlled.
What is a City-State
Humanist educators believed education should develop a student’s character, body, and mind — today this idea is often called educating the ________.
What is, "Whole of The Child"
This invention by Johannes Gutenberg allowed books to be produced faster and cheaper, helping ideas spread across Europe.
What is the Printing Press
This term describes a country extending its power over other lands, resources, and peoples.
What is Imperialism
During the Middle Ages, people paid this portion of their crops or earnings to support the church.
What is a Tithe
This practice of charging interest on money that was loaned helped bankers and merchants increase their wealth.
What is a Usury
This Renaissance thinker believed the ancient Greek and Roman past was a glorious time and helped revive interest in classical texts.
Who is Petrarch
Martin Luther was very critical of a practice by some in the Catholic Church where they would make money by selling certificates that reduced the amount of time people would be punished for their sins after they died
What is Indulgences
This explorer led the expedition that first circumnavigated the Earth, demonstrating the global reach of European expansion and imperial ambitions.
Who is Magellan