Renaissance Flash Cardz

Question 1

Renaissance

Answer 1

The era when Western Europe emerged from the Middle ages, first time currency was used

Question 2

Crusades

Answer 2

Invasions on Europe

Question 3

Florence

Answer 3

Most important Italian city, where wealth from trade sparked the Renaissance

Question 4

Merchants

Answer 4

People making money with their skills.

Question 5

Nationalism

Answer 5

People started being loyal to their king instead of their lords

Question 6

Hundred Years War

Answer 6

Conflict between England and France

Question 7

Cannon

Answer 7

Weapons developed after the discovery of Chinese gunpowder

Question 8

Long bow

Answer 8

Invention that allowed soldiers to do damage from up to 300 yards away

Question 9

Pope

Answer 9

Religious leader of the Catholic Church

Question 10

Catholic Church

Answer 10

An important part of people’s religious lives while having less authority and influence than before

Question 11

Bubonic Plague

Answer 11

Known as “The Black Death”, a trade ship arrived in Italy, bringing infested rats, killing 25 million people in 5 years

Question 12

Humanism

Answer 12

The studying of the “classical” ideas of Greece and Rome and thought that education could make the world a better place

Question 13

Renaissance Man

Answer 13

The ideal man everyone wanted to be

Question 14

Trade

Answer 14

Having a skill or product and giving it to someone else in exchange for their skills or products