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| 1.Whose stories about travels in China made many Europeans want to buy China’s goods? |
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| Describe the government of many Italian city-states. |
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| Republics, controlled by its citizens which are the artisans and merchants. In Venice, it's the duke, or doge, with great power over council of nobles. In Florence, it was the Medici family. |
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| Descrbies the population of Italian city states during the Renaissance. |
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| Most people lived in the city. |
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| What significant Renaissance man was both an artist and a scientist? |
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| During the Renaissance, people became more interested in what other than religion? |
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| Venice's wealth came in large part from what industry? |
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| Name a main characteristic of humanism? |
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| Individual and human society were imoprtant. Balance between faith and reason, be active in the cit and achieve great things. |
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| Which invention helped spread humanist ideas throughout Europe? |
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| Urban nobility in Italy blended what groups by marriage? |
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| Old nobles and wealthy merchant families blended together. |
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| How did medieval and Renaissance artists differ? |
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| Medieval artist depicted the birth of Jesus. The Renaissance artists tried to show people as they would appear in real life, show people emotions, used new techniques, such as perspective, chiaroscuro, softened edges by using light and shadow. |
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| How do you make a fresco? |
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| Paint on wet plaster with watercolor paint. |
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| Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy? |
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| Since Italy is in the center of the Roman Empire, people wanted to make their own art as good as the Greek and Roman. Another reason is because the city has been very wealthy. |
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| How did the Medici family become wealthy? |
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| They were bankers with branch banks as far away as London. |
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| Why did literature became more opular during the Renaissance? |
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| Vernacular were used, print press were developed to make reading material affordable. |
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| What does it mean that people became more secular during the Renaissance? |
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| They focused more on the world, became more interested in individual achievement |
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| How did Italian city states became wealthy? |
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| Why old Venetians became expert shipbuilders. |
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| Artisans known as the Arsenal cut the wood, shaped it into hulls, caulked the wood, and made sails and oars. |
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| Italian city states were often run by whom? |
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| powerful wealthy families. |
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| Why was The Divine Comedy widely read? |
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| It was written in vernacular. |
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| Michaelangelo painted which significant works? |
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| Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. |
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| Advances in cartography allowed what to occur? |
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| Better map, imporve trade, exploration of new areas. |
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| What Italian city-state was the first to grow wealthy? |
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