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World History Bimester 1 Study Guide: The Renaissance
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Part 1: Complete Answer
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When did the Renaissance occur?
Where does the name come from? What does it mean? Why is it sometimes called only “the Italian
Renaissance”?
What are the 3 main characteristics of the Renaissance?
How can these characteristics be seen in Renaissance politics, art, and literature?
Why is the Renaissance considered by many to be a “recovery”? What is it a recovery from?
What were the roles of the 3 main divisions of society during the Renaissance?
How did geography enable Italy to achieve economic prosperity and become the birthplace of the Renaissance?
Who was Machiavelli? What did he write? Why was his writing so important to future politics and government
in Europe?
What are city-states? How did they become so powerful and influential? Why did they develop in Italy and not
the rest of Europe at the time?
What sources can historians use to study about the Renaissance?
Part 2: Multiple Choice and Matching
Art
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Classical
Medieval
Fresco
Humanism
Raphael
Da Vinci
Michelangelo
High Renaissance
Northern Renaissance
Durer
Van Eyck
Society
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Education and Thought
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Humanism
Classical
Humanities
Role of women
Vernacular
Christine de Pizan
Dante
Chaucer
Urban
Secular
Dowry
Patricians
Patriarchal
Burghers
Artisans
Nobles
Peasants
Serfs
Feudalism
merchants
Geography
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Florence
Venice
Milan
City-states
Urban
Medici
Sforza
Government
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The Prince, Chapter XIV
The Prince, Chapter XVII
The Prince, Chapter XVIII
Machiavelli
Castiglione’s perfect noble
Others???