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Renaissance Vocabulary
100
Trade is how most of these became wealthy.
What is Italian city-states?
100
These two city-states were the most powerful and wealthy in Italy.
What is Venice and Florence?
100
This man wrote a book about his travels throughout Asia which made Europeans desire foreign goods.
Who is Marco Polo?
100
This man was an Italian scientist and artist and most information about him comes from notebooks filled with sketches.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
This term means "rebirth" and it began in Italy during the late 1400's.
What is the Renaissance?
200
This coin was used for trade in Florence.
What is a florin?
200
The Medici family controlled this Italian city-state for many years as well as playing an important role in the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
200
This device aided in the mass production of books and the growing literacy of the population.
What is the printing press?
200
This man is best known for the painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo Bunorotti?
200
Area also known as a city.
What is urban?
300
Venice was built on small islands which affected transportation and trade by using this with boats instead of roads.
What are canals and waterways?
300
These two groups were the only allowed to hold citizenships in Italian city-states.
What were merchants and artisans?
300
This blending of the light and dark allows for more realistic paintings.
What is chiaroscuro?
300
This man was a famous English playwright who wrote works like "Romeo and Juliet" and "Henry V".
Who is William Shakespeare?
300
This term can be associated with the following statement: Individuals were important and diverse studies flourished
What is humanism?
400
Trade with this nation increased after many Europeans read the book written by Marco Polo.
What is Asia or China?
400
Artists, sculptors, architects and writers were drawn to Florence because of this.
What is wealth and location?
400
This was used more frequently in the Northern Renaissance paintings than in Italian Renaissance paintings.
What is oil?
400
This man believed that rulers should do everything in their power to protect their city and expressed this belief in his book "The Prince".
Who is Machiavelli?
400
The most popular form of writing in England during the Renaissance.
What is plays?
500
Venice became wealthy because of this.
What is trade?
500
Florence became wealthy through this.
What is banking?
500
"The Last Supper", painted by da Vinci, showed this through facial expressions.
What is human emotions or feelings?
500
This man was most well-known for his engravings.
Who is Albert Duer?
500
This is defined as making agreements with other countries.
What is diplomacy?