A family in Florence that were patrons of the arts. They also sought out for city improvements such as sewers and schools.
What is the Medici family?
100
A city in Italy that was ruled by the Medici family. Often called "the cradle of Renaissance." Markets, artists, and entertainment can be found in the streets of this city.
What is Florence?
100
The nickname the people gave the middle ages
What is the dark ages
200
A focus on the Classics and human potential
What is humanism?
200
His real name is Roderigo Borgia, and he bribed Cardinals to elect him as Pope. He used the church money for his family.
Who is Pope Alexander VI
200
The independent country that the Pope lives in.
What is the Vatican City?
200
The kind of people that ran the city-states.
What are rich families?
300
Emphasis on the importance of people
What is individualism?
300
A Dominican friar who spoke against the Medici family, gambling, drinking, and dancing. He created bonfires to burn secular books and works of art.
Who is Savonarola?
300
The city where the pope lives in the Vatican City.
What is Rome?
300
a person who buys and sells items for profit
What is a merchant?
400
a city with its surrounding territory that has its own government.
What is a city-state?
400
A renaissance man who was a painter, engineer, writer, astronomer, and much more. He painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
400
A port city that is great for trade. The Doge is the elected leader of the city, and the city has much Byzantine architecture.
What is Venice?
400
an officer or owner of a bank or group of banks; replaced the upper class in the middle ages
What is a banker?
500
a poem that has fourteen lines using a rhyme scheme. During the Italian Renaissance, Petrarchan and Shakespearean were the two types of this.
What is a sonnet?
500
Author of The Prince. Analyzed how a ruler should gain and maintain power, and he justified immoral behaviors of rulers.
Who is Machiavelli?
500
The capital of Italy.
What is Rome?
500
the type of government that was no longer in place in Italy during the middle ages. In this government, the people worked and fought for nobles who protected them and gave them land.