This mountain range separate Italy from the rest of Europe.
What are "the Alps"?
100
What physical evidence of past achievements surrounded the Italians of the 1300s?
What are "ruins"?
100
True or False: The city of Venice is built on many small, swampy islands.
What is "True"?
100
Florence's wealth first came from their trade in this commodity.
What is "cloth" or "wool cloth"?
200
People in Europe looked back to these two classical cultures of the past for ideas about how to rebuild society.
What are "Greece" and "Rome"?
200
This major river runs through northern Italy.
What is "the Po"?
200
True or False: One of the main reasons the Renaissance began in Italy was because the Italian city-states were able to cooperate and combine their wealth.
What is "False"?
200
Much of Venice's wealth came from this activity.
What is "ship-building"?
200
The Medici, Florence's most powerful family, had this profession.
What is "banking" or "bankers"?
300
In contrast to feudal society's rigid social classes, people during the Renaissance stressed the importance of the...
What is "individual"?
300
During the 1300s the city of Rome was ruled by...
What is "the Church" or "the Pope"?
300
This institution was responsible for stopping the rise of a powerful kingdom in Italy during the Medieval Period.
What is "the Church"?
300
This famous traveler hailed from Venice.
Who is "Marco Polo"?
300
This Florentine diplomat is known for his unconventional guide to politics, called "The Prince."
Who is "Niccolo Machiavelli"?
400
During the Renaissance, Europeans began to focus on what they could achieve in this world instead of the afterlife. In short, they became more...
What is "secular"?
400
The port town of Pisa was part of this famous Italian city-state.
What is "Florence"?
400
Italian city-states grew wealthy through trade becuase most of them were reasonably close to...
What is "the Mediterranean Sea" or "the sea"?
400
The head of state in Venice is called the...
What is "doge"?
400
The city of Florence sits on the banks of this river...
What is "the Arno"?
500
What century marks the beginning of the Renaissance?
What is "the fourteenth century" or the "1300s"?
500
This island lies just southwest of the Italian Peninsula, and was part of the largest kingdom in Italy during the 1300s.
What is "Sicily"?
500
To the great benefit of Italian merchants, this Asian empire united almost all of Asia into a single trade network that brought goods from China all the way to Byzantine cities and the Middle East.
Who are "the Mongols" or "the Mongol Empire"?
500
These long, narrow boats are used to carry people along Venice's famous canals...
What are "gondolas"?
500
Many of Italy's Renaissance artists owed their success to this ruler of Florence. He was of the Medici family, of course, and was called "the Magnificent."