Renaissance

Question 1

What is worldview? What factors influence an individual’s worldview?

Answer 1

Would view is the view that you see the world.

If stuff changes three times or more in one year

Question 2

What caused the Black Death/Plague and what were some of the symptoms associated with the epidemic?

Answer 2

It was brought over by the Arabians and it killed a lot of people

Question 3

What role did the Black Death play in kickstarting the Renaissance?

Answer 3

Nobody wanted to die so they all traveled and met up other people and traded food and items so that they would stay alive

Question 4

Describe in detail the life/role of a serf/peasant.

Answer 4

It would be sad because you do not get a good meal you don’t get a good place to sleep and plus you have to work most of the day you have no time to hang out with your kids and wife and you can never upgrade in the social standard

Question 5

Describe the medieval feudal system. Include the terms: king, nobility, knight, peasant, land, protection, service, etc.

Answer 5

1. King
2. Nobles
3. Knights
4. Peasants

Question 6

What is urbanization? Why did Europe experience an increase in urbanization immediately following the Black Death?

Answer 6

The process of making an area more urban and the increased because people wanted to help them clean up the death bodies and plus they thought that they might have a cure

Question 7

How did religion/ideologies change during the Renaissance? What shift in worldview was evident?

Answer 7

They all wanted to live so some people if they were thieves they would switch their appearance and would pretend to be someone else so they would also be able to live

Question 8

Apart from the Black Death what factors may have led to the era known as the Renaissance?

Answer 8

The crusades

New wealth and black death

Question 9

List 3-5 reasons will Italy became a center for trade during the Renaissance.

Answer 9

Spices
Tools
They need more value in their stuff

Question 10

What is the difference between an artisan and a merchant? What types of products were made during the Renaissance?

Answer 10

An artisan makes stuff that looks super cool

A merchant does not make anything and sells food at the market so that he can get more stuff and get richer.

Question 11

What is meant by the term city-state. Can you provide a clear example of a city-state?

Answer 11

a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
Tenochtitlan

Question 12

What were 3 main city-states that were key geographical sites during the Renaissance? Why were they so important?

Answer 12

Venice
Florence
Genoa

Question 13

What types of “goods” were traded on the Silk Road prior to the use of port cities?

Answer 13

They traded spices and Weapons

Question 14

Why do you think some city-states would potentially be more successful than others?

Answer 14

They were more successful because they had famous people coming from there

Question 15

Enlighten me about the Medici Family? What role did they play in the Renaissance economy and social structure?

Answer 15

The medici family was famous because they owned banks and had a lot of money(I wish I had that much money) Plus they had an art museum

Question 16

What is meant by the term humanism?

Answer 16

A system of thought that centres on humans and their values

Question 17

Compare and contrast the roles of art & architecture during the Renaissance. How did these concepts differ from that of previous era’s such as the Classical Period.

Answer 17

Renaissance was a cultural and intellectual movement that peaked during the 15th and 16th centuries
The Renaissance is associated with great figures like the father of the Latin revival Petrarch

Question 18

Describe the relationship between a patron and an artisan. Provide an example from what we have discussed in class.

Answer 18

Patron - a person who provides financial or other support for artist
artisan - A person who makes art for the merchant to sell at the market.

Question 19

Who was Leonardo Da Vinci and why was he considered “The Renaissance Man”?

Answer 19

He was a man of many skills

Question 20

Who was Niccolo Machiavelli, and what was the significance of his work “The Prince”? Do you think it is better to be loved/feared as a ruler? Why do you believe that?

Answer 20

Niccolo was a Florentine Historian. It would be better to be loved because if you were loved you would not be lonely and if you were feared nobody would like you.

Question 21

How were religion and education viewed by the humanists?

Answer 21

They would have more value and so they would make their city more valuable

Question 22

In a basic sense, what were the Crusades? (Occurred prior to the Renaissance).

Answer 22

They were a series of holly wars called by popes.

Question 23

What advances/progresses were made in the sciences (astronomy, medicine and mathematics) during the Renaissance?

Answer 23

They found new cures because they find new stuff that they have never seen before

Question 24

How did Johannes Gutenberg and the printing press change the world?

Answer 24

It changes the world because instead of sitting there for hour and doing every thing by hand you could just move some stuff and press it down. Plus when you think of it if the printing press was never invented we might not have printers.

Question 25

What role did Leonardo Da Vinci play regarding Renaissance inventions, science, and innovations. He was often revered as a “polymath”. What is unique about his work?

Answer 25

That he wrote backwards so nobody could read it but him

Question 26

Do you believe William Shakespeare was a pseudonym? Explain using evidence from our case study/investigation.

Answer 26

I think he was because of all the plays he wrote

Question 27

What were the main reasons for exploration? (Age of Exploration).

Answer 27

The period is characterised as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea.

Question 28

What is Imperialism? What are some of the positive and negative aspects/outcomes of imperialism?

Answer 28

The policy of a country or empire to extend its authority
It can change laws
It can also cause events like slavery