Italian Renaissance

Question 1

Renaissance

Answer 1

French word for rebirth. The rebirth of European western civilization. The death of the dark ages.

Question 2

Rome’s fall

Answer 2

Rome’s fall caused the dark ages because it was in charge of most of Europe. It was too big and they were low on money. Then other people slowly started to invade Rome.

Question 3

Aftermath of Rome’s fall

Answer 3

Local leaders took control and created small independent kingdoms. They were all self-sufficient.

Question 4

The cause of the dark ages

Answer 4

The lack of innovation, everyone wanted to gatekeep knowledge while the roman empire wanted to share it.

Question 5

Surplus

Answer 5

With all the people dying from the black plague left extra land from the people who died. This caused there to be extra resources that had to be stored.

Question 6

Specialization

Answer 6

Every person has one thing that they are really good at. Like Germany and beer.

Question 7

Trade Routes

Answer 7

Italy was the trade empire at the time because it faced the mediterranean and is a peninsula. Also the silk road ended in Italy.

Question 8

Humanism

Answer 8

The study of humans, anatomy and philosophy

Question 9

Greek Moving

Answer 9

They were being picked on by the Ottomans and also wanted to go to Italy for trade routes. They brought a lot of knowledge with them and taught the Italians more languages.

Question 10

Secularism

Answer 10

Being detached from religion, led to the creation of the renaissance man.

Question 11

Renaissance Man

Answer 11

The norm for men at the time (it was also a book). Had to know multiple languages, know economics, poetry, politics and how to be a gentleman.

Question 12

Il Principe (the prince)

Answer 12

A book written by Niccolo Machiavelli. It talked about how to be a good leader and doing whatever it took to do that (beheading and execution).

Question 13

Styles of Art

Answer 13

Classical and religious

Question 14

Science in the renaissance

Answer 14

Before they used their brains they believed that anything that the church said was true. Then Copernicus and Galileo started to question the stars and started to believe in astrophysics. And the church would make anyone who questioned them do house arrest.

Question 15

Da vinchi

Answer 15

He was the true renaissance man.
He was bilingual, a painter, writer, inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, musician, and a philosopher.
Painted the Mona Lisa and the last supper.

Question 16

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Answer 16

He painted the Sistine chapel’s ceiling and was famous for painting on a ceiling and not a wall.