Renaissance Flashcards

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Renaissance

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The rebirth of trade and learning developed new ideas in art, government, and potential.

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Crusades

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A holy war that included the Islams and the Christians. Increased European demand for luxury goods from Asia

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Florence

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The most important Italian city, where wealth and trade were found

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Merchants

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People who sold items in the cities

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Nationalism

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A Loyalty to their country/nation

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Hundred Years War

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England and France fought, and during the war, new weapons were created (including gunpowder, cannons, longbows, etc). The war lasted from 1337 to 1453

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Cannon

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Helped penetrate castles using gunpowder to shoot.

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Long Bow

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Very long, arrows were used to accurately shoot soldiers up to 300 yards away which stopped the use of soldiers on horseback

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Pope

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Leader of the catholic church

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Catholic Church

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A place of religious worship for Catholics

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Bubonic Plague

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killed 1/3 of the population
cause: the spread of rats

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Humanism

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studies of classical ideas of Greece and Rome

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13
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Renaissance Man

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well-educated, smart, can dance, write poetry, and play music

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Trade

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The act of giving something and receiving something

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