art influenced by the styles and techniques of ancient Greece and Rome.
What is Classical Art
100
Merchants brought goods and ideas from the East that helped reawaken interest in classical culture.
How did merchants increase contacts with the Byzantine and Muslim culture?
100
Since coins came from many places, money would have to be converted from one currency to another
What did money changers do?
100
An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
What is a city-state?
100
A philosophy that tries to balance religious faith with an emphasis on individual dignity and an interest in nature and human society.
What is Humanism?
200
Art that shows the importance of both people and nature.
What is renaissance art?
200
In the 13th century, the Mongol conquests in China made it safer for travelers since the Mongols reinforced the silk road.
Why was the Silk road much safer during the rule of the Mongols?
200
Craftspeople produced goods that merchants would traded across Europe, bankers exchanged currency and loaned money to merchants.
How did Craftspeople, Bankers, and merchants become rich?
200
A form of government in which citizens elect representatives to rule them.
What is a republic?
200
Areas of study that focus on human life and culture.
What are humanities?
300
Religious art with the purpose to teach people that could not read about religion.
What is Medieval art?
300
The tales of the Italian traveler Marco Polo who traveled to distant places helped spark an interest in the East.
Who was Marco Polo?
300
As merchants and bankers grew very rich, they could afford to make the cities more beautiful
How did Bankers and Merchants help cities?
300
In theory, the power in republics belonged to the people, but wealthy families such as rich merchants and groups of guild members called boards often gained long-term control.
Who did the power of the republics actually belong to?
300
The belief in the importance of an individual's achievements and dignity.
What is Individualism?
400
Clergy of the Roman Catholic Church kept ancient knowledge alive by copying records that survived from the classical period.
How were records of Greece and Rome kept?
400
Venice and Genoa were located along the trade routes that linked the rest of Western Europe with the East
How did cities such as Venice and Genoa become prosperous trading centers?
400
Prosperous Renaissance cities grew into flourishing ____________
What are educational and cultural centers?
400
Italy's central Mediterranean location in the middle of the trade routes connected distant places with the rest of Western Europe.
Why was Italy's location so important?
400
Humanists tried to imitate and also improve on the achievements of the ancient Greek and Romans.
How did Humanists work with Classical culture?
500
Merchants and crusaders brought back goods and ideas from the East, including classical learning.
What did merchants and crusaders bring back from their trips?
500
Towns located along the Southern and Northern trade routes provided Inns and other services to travelers
How did Towns contribute to the trade-centers?
500
By the Renaissance, people were using _______ to buy merchandise.
What are coins?
500
Rich families paid for the creation of statues, paintings, beautiful buildings, elegant avenues, and new centers of learning such as universities and hospitals.
How did the city-state's wealth encourage a boom in art and learning?
500
The church taught that you should follow the rules of god without question to save your soul. In contrast, humanists taught that you should question everything.
Why would Humanists sometimes come in conflict with the church?