Vocabulary
Define "Hierarchy"
A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
When was the Renaissance? (Year not century)
1300 to 1600
What is the "Silk Road"
The Silk Road, commonly known as the first global trade route in history, had a scope and importance far greater than the simple exchange of goods.
What is a "Democracy"
A form of government in which people elect representatives to rule the country.
Define "City-State"
A city and its surrounding areas are politically independent
The Black Death made people question their faith. People began to criticize the church because?
People still kept dying no matter how loyal they were to the church & people felt God had abandoned them
Why were "City-States" important?
The wealth of the Italian city-state played an important role in the Renaissance. This wealth allowed prominent families to support artists, scientists, and philosophers spurring on new ideas and artistic movements.
Who were the "Patrons"?
People who paid an artist to produce a work. These patrons had many of their private homes and public buildings decorated by famous artists.
Deine "Feudalism"
A social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return.
The term commonly used to define Renaissance means:
The rebirth of classical knowledge and learning
A city-state is a politically independent city and the rural area around it is called what:
Hinterland.
Like painters and sculptors, Renaissance architects raised the status of their profession from labourer to...?
Labourer to artist.
Deine "Vernacular"
The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
Why did the feudal system begin to weaken?
The peasants revolted and because of the plague there was a shortage of workers.
Why was the Medici family well-known and important?
They played an important role in Florence’s cultural and political life.
Many humanists believed in the approach to education that trained young people’s characters and bodies, as well as their minds. This approach to education is sometimes called:
Educating the whole child.
Define "Critical Thinker"
A "Critical Thinker" involves asking questions, defining a problem, examining evidence, analyzing assumptions and biases, avoiding emotional reasoning, avoiding oversimplification, considering other interpretations, and tolerating ambiguity.
Society in the Middle Ages was based upon...(Hint: think pyramid)
Ranking of people according to their level on the hierarchy
CLIMATE helped to account for the success of the wealthiest city-states of Italy because
Growing seasons were not affected by climate
The meaning of the term “Renaissance” suggests that many of the humanist writers and artists looked for their inspiration in the...:
Knowledge and teachings of Greeks and Romans, nature and human beauty