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Unit Two: Renaissance and Exploration
V O CA B U LA RY
Identify the following key terms:
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Renaissance
city-state
humanism
vernacular
Renaissance man
patron
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astrolabe
cartographer
conquistador
circumnavigate
Columbian Exchange
mercantilism
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Zheng He
Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand Magellan
James Cook
Samuel de Champlain
H I S T O RI C F I G U RE S
Identify the following people:
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Niccoló Machiavelli
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Petrach
Dante
Erasmus
READING ASSIGNMENTS
1. Read “The Renaissance in Italy,” pages 336-338.
2. Read “A Golden Age in the Arts,” pages 338-340 and complete guided reading
worksheet.
3. Read “The Search for Spices,” pages 364-368 and complete guided reading
worksheet.
4. Read “A Global Exchange,” pages 403-404.
T A S KS
1. Chart – Cause and Effect: The Greeks
2. Complete web activity – Trade and the Rise of Florence
3. Analysis – Machiavelli’s The Prince.
4. Complete graphic organizer – The Humanists
5. Art history analysis – comparison worksheet on medieval and Renaissance art.
6. Illustrated worksheet – Technology and the Age of Exploration
7. Map: The Explorers – Using markers or colored pencils, trace the route of each of
the explorers in this unit (see historical figures list) on a world map. Use a different
color of your choice for each explorer and create a key.
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8. Illustrate the movement of items on the Columbian Exchange by drawing and
labeling a diagram.
L E A RN I N G Q U E S T I O N S
1. In what modern country was the city-state of Florence located?
2. List three things that led to the development of Florence as the birthplace of the
Renaissance.
3. Renaissance means “rebirth.” What was reborn during this period?
4. Who wrote The Prince?
5. What was the main subject of The Prince?
6. Who are three of the major humanists from the Renaissance period?
7. What is one difference between humanism and medieval thought?
8. What characteristic of humanism can be seen in Renaissance art?
9. Who is considered to be the perfect example of the Renaissance man? Why?
10. Besides being an artist, what were some of Leonardo da Vinci’s other achievements?
11. Name two works by each of the following: da Vinci and Michelangelo
12. What piece of navigational technology allowed sailors to find their latitude at sea,
leading to expanded European exploration of the world?
13. Which explorer was the first European to circumnavigate the globe?
14. Who was the first European explorer to reach India by sailing around the Cape of
Good Hope (at the southern tip of Africa)?
15. Who founded the French colony of Quebec while he was exploring North America
looking for the Northwest Passage?
16. Explain one impact the Columbian Exchange had on the population of (explain
why):
a. Europe
b. The Americas
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