Social 8 Flashcards
Renaissance
a historical period that originated in Italy in the 14th century, known for the revival of classical arts, architecture, literature, and learning.
Pilgrim
a person who journeys to a scared place for religious purposes
Alliance
a formal agreement to cooperate
Astrolabe
An instrument used to measure the locations of stars and planets as an aid to navigation
Century
100 years
What was the silk road
A trade route that started from Italy city-states that stretched to Japan
crusade
a campaign in favour of a cause; historically, a medieval Christian military who wanted to recover the holy land form the Muslims
Feudal system
a political economic social system of land holding in place much of Europe in the middle ages. Class structure roles was very rigid.
Serf/Peasant
They were people that were slaves that had their identities tied to their lords and had to stay on their lord’s land until they had died.
What were Machiavelli known for?
He was a political philosopher
What was Fibonacci known for?
He had written a book that had contained mathematical problems involving buying and selling.He had also created the Fibonacci sequence
What were the consequences of the plague for Europe
The feudal system had collapsed which made peasants move to cites to find jobs for more work and more people moved to cites. It had also killed 2/3 of Europe’s population. Merchants had started to prosper due to the feudal system not existing anymore which had also made them the top of a class system.
Where did the plague originate?
It had originated from Asia and spread across the Eurasian continent.
Why did people donate money to the church?
It is because they had wanted to be rewarded with heaven in the afterlife.
How and why did European cities became powerful in the middle ages?
These cites became powerful because 1.Mountians had stopped invaders from going in to Italy. 2. Trading cities began to thrive in Italy as early as the 10th century. 3.The feudal system was weak in Italy due to urban lifestyle and lack of farm land. 4.The ruins of city states of ancient Rome reminded the population great the style of government had been. 5.The power of The Roman Catholic church weakened over the Italian city states because the Papacy had moved to southern France, so the city states could rule themselves.
