Renaissance

Question 1

Political

Answer 1

types of gov, diplomacy, political leaders, voting parties

Question 2

Military

Answer 2

weapons, war, armies, military leaders, strategy

Question 3

Social

Answer 3

class, media, race, gender, disease

Question 4

Economic

Answer 4

jobs, money, industry, trade, taxes, natural resources, labor

Question 5

Cultural

Answer 5

religion, arts, language

Question 6

Intellectual

Answer 6

ideology, philosophy, education

Question 7

Renaissance

Answer 7

the rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman ideals (1300s to 1600s)

Question 8

Secular

Answer 8

non-religious

Question 9

Crusades

Answer 9

• one of the four long term causes
• Christians to take back the holy lands in exchange for indulgence
• loot cities, merchants set up trade routes, patrons bought art

Question 10

Pope Urban II

Answer 10

head of Catholic church, started first Crusade

Question 11

Silks and Spices

Answer 11

creates demand when merchants introduce them to Europe

Question 12

Patrons

Answer 12

people that buy art, financial support to merchants, artists

Question 13

Black Death

Answer 13

• started in Mongolia and arrived in Europe in 1347
• kills 1/3 of the population (spread by rats)

Question 14

Feudal System

Answer 14

• a system in which lower class people were given land and protection by higher ranked people if they fought for them

Question 14

“Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die.”

Answer 14

• more patrons, more people spending money
• nobles start consolidating power, more patrons
• who said it?

Question 15

Hundred Years War

Answer 15

• France v. England over who is king (Philip IV and Edward III)

Question 16

Longbow

Answer 16

• helped lower class shoot down nobles from afar
• kings no longer have to worry about nobles anymore
• merchants and middle class get pol. power

Question 17

Cannon

Answer 17

• helped lower class knock down nobles castles
• get pol. power and kings have to worry about nobles less

Question 18

Great Schism

Answer 18

when the previous pope dies, Gregory IX, cardinals vs. french choose pope
- cardinals decide Urban VI and french later choose Clement VII
- anyone who is not French or English questions church and popes excommunicate each other

Question 19

Urban VI

Answer 19

pope that cardinals choose during Great Schism

Question 20

Clement VII

Answer 20

pope that French choose during Great Schism

Question 21

Venice, Milan, Florence, and Genoa

Answer 21

• the four large cities (100,000+)
• have more patrons and more talent, more money

Question 22

Humanism

Answer 22

a way of life centered on human interests or values, secular

Question 23

expectations of a Renaissance Man / Woman

Answer 23

Man: athletic, artistic, educated, public service

Woman: graceful, inspire art not create it, educated, support for man in their life

Question 24

Dante

Answer 24

wrote divine comedies

Question 25

Petrarch

Answer 25

father of Humanism and sonnets, wrote about history humanities and Laura

Question 26

forms of art like Linear Perspective, etc.

Answer 26

new Renaissance art techniques

Question 27

Italian vs. Northern Renaissance artists

Answer 27

• Italian artists focused on individual and secular topics
• Northern artists focused on taking the ideas of Italy and using them to reform society and fix the problems

Question 28

The Courtier

Answer 28

written by Castiglione, how to be a man of court

Question 29

The Prince

Answer 29

written by Machiavelli, how to be a ruler (be feared rather than loved, do the right thing)

Question 30

Christian Humanism

Answer 30

all about fixing societies problems

Question 31

Christine de Pizan

Answer 31

• created instead of inspired art
• wrote the “City of Ladies”

Question 32

Thomas More

Answer 32

wrote “Utopia” about the perfect place that doesn’t exist

Question 33

Erasmus

Answer 33

wrote satire comedy, came up with the ideas that Luther preached

Question 34

Printing Press

Answer 34

• 500x faster, more accurate, more topics allowed to be printed, cheaper

Question 35

Describe the four long term causes of the Renaissance. How did political systems, social classes, the economy, education and religion change?

Answer 35

Crusades, Black Death, Great Schism, Hundred Years War

Question 36

Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?

Answer 36

It was a peninsula which was good for trade, had lots of money, was in the middle of the Mediterranean, and had easy access to primary sources. There were four large cities near?

Question 37

How did Castiglione describe the perfect courtier?

Answer 37

The right height, athletic, knowledge of weapons, tennis player, different types of activities, good judgement, just.

Question 38

Describe the differences between the Renaissance Man and Renaissance Women. Give examples of both.

Answer 38

A man had to be athletic, artistic, helping community, and educated while a woman had to be graceful, inspire art, look after man in life, and educated if they had the money.

Question 39

How did art change? How did literature change?

Answer 39

basically more diverse subjects

Question 40

Is it better to be feared than loved? How would Machiavelli answer this?

Answer 40

he would say it’s better to be feared than loved because it’s a more effective tool for leaders

Question 41

Why did the population begin to grow in Northern Europe after 1450?

Answer 41

Renaissance?

Question 42

How did the Renaissance spread to the North?

Answer 42

Trade, travel, migration of artists and scholars.

Question 43

Why is the Printing press better than copying works by hand?

Answer 43

it’s faster, more affordable, more accurate, and more topics can be spread

Question 44

Describe the impacts of the Renaissance.

Answer 44

• new art techniques
• challenged traditional values and church
• led to exploration and reformation

Question 45

How did the printing press impact society?

Answer 45

• literacy rates rose, printed more diverse topics