Middle Ages
What is the name of the social system that they used in the Middle Ages? It was the shape of a pyramid.
What is the feudal system, or feudalism.
This is the name of the primary trade route between Asia and Europe.
What is the Silk Road.
What were at least 3 goods that were traded along the Silk Road (ones we mentioned in class)?
What is silk, porcelain, spices, fabrics, oil, etc.
What is the meaning of the word Renaissance?
What is "Rebirth".
What is humanism?
What is the the belief in the value and potential of the individual.
Why did the peasants begin to revolt?
What is frustration with the system. High taxes, harsh treatment, poor living conditions, and having no say.
The name of the explorer from Venice who travelled along the Silk Road regularly.
Who is Marco Polo.
Besides food and other goods, what were at least 2 other things traded along the Silk Road?
What is religion, disease, culture, new ideas, astronomy, medicine, math, and literature.
This is an artist that focused a lot on realism and human emotion in his pieces. He is famous for creating many pieces, but especially the Statue of David.
Who is Michelangelo.
What does is one thing that humanism focuses on?
This disease took out millions of people during the Middle Ages and left people questioning their religious beliefs.
What is the Black Death.
The name of the wars between Christians and Muslims, which led to Europeans coming into contact with Muslim civilizations.
What is the Crusades.
With the rise in trade, what emerged as a result?
What is new social classes, as merchants got wealthy trading goods and bankers made money by loaning money to merchants.
This famous Italian, known for his contributions to art, science, and engineering, painted the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper." Who is he?
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci.
Humanism was a movement during the Renaissance that focused on the study of this type of learning. What kind of learning did humanists focus on?
What is classical learning.
What was introduced that created a new kind of wealth for people living during the Middle Ages? (think about what helped the middle class grow)
What is money and trade.
The names of the 3 Italian-city states that arose during the rise of trade.
How did trade affect worldview?
What is affects on religion, culture, food, and beliefs. When the world started trading, we see this exchange of ideas and beliefs that were new (to the people experiencing them).
How did the Renaissance affect modern day?
What is having a major impact on Western worldview by encouraging the individual and new scientific, philosophical, political, societal, mathematic, methods/ideas.
Humanism encouraged people to focus on the potential and achievements of this type of being. Who did humanists believe should be the center of attention?
What is the human being.
What was the Middle Ages known as a time of?
What is the time of feudalism, limited trade, and religion (or focus on the church).
What were the 3 reasons why Italy became the centre of trade?
Geography, climate, and leadership.
Why did trade lead to the success of Italian-city states?
What did people start doing that led to the Renaissance?
What is thinking for themselves and asking questions about the world around them.
Humanist thinkers like Francesco Petrarch and Leonardo Bruni believed that education should focus not just on the mind, but also on the body and spirit. This approach to education, which aims to develop a person in all aspects of life, is known as what?
What is "educating the whole person"?