Roles and Goods
What did bankers do for a living?
Exchanged currency, loaned money to merchants and rulers, and financed their own business.
What is a city-state?
A city-state is an independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
Which famous explorer sparked a greater interest in trading with the East?
Marco Polo
Each city-state consisted of what?
Each city-state consisted of a powerful city and the surrounding towns and countryside.
What did Milan produce?
Metal goods and armor
What is a republic?
A republic is a form of government in which people elect representatives to rule in their name.
Which two Italian cities were centrally located on the trade routes that linked the rest of western Europe with the East?
Genoa and Venice
Who often ruled Italian city-states?
Groups of guild members called boards and sometimes even by a single wealthy family.
What was the port city of Genoa a trading center for?
Ivory and gold
What is a patron?
A patron is a person who supports the arts or other activities by supplying money for them.
Where did trading ships carry goods?
England, Scandinavia, and present-day Russia
What did Italy's central Mediterranean locations connect?
Venice, Milan, Florence, and Genoa