The Renaissance: Part 1-Italy and the Medici

Multiple Select

Which of the following events took place at the location marked A on the map?

• Reconquista

• Spanish Inquisition

• Battle of Hastings

• Crusades

Multiple Choice

Which of the following events took place at the location marked B on the map?

• Reconquista

• Spanish Inquisition

• Battle of Hastings

• Crusades

The Renaissance: Italy and the Medici

7.40 Explain how the location of the Italian Peninsula impacted the movement of resources, knowledge, and culture throughout Italy’s independent trade cities. 

Essential Questions

• How did the location of the Italian peninsula impact the movement of resources, knowledge, and culture throughout Italy’s independent trade cities?

• describe in two sentences how the location of Italy along the coast of the Mediterranean allowed resources, knowledge, and culture to spread.

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Multiple Choice

What body of water surrounds Italy on three sides?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Alps

• English Channel

• Spain

Multiple Choice

What mountain range protects Italy's northern border?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Alps

• English Channel

• Spain

The Renaissance Begins - Where and Why?

1. Location

-Italy has easy access to the Mediterranean.

-Traders from all over the sea, with their ideas and goods, were able to get to it easily.

• Italy is located close to the Ottomans and the Holy Land.

• The Islamic empires shared their knowledge of the Greeks and Romans following the Crusades.

The Renaissance Begins - Where and Why?

2. The Crusades

• Italy was filled with small city-states.
  

• These city states practiced diplomacy, and were connected with each other through trade and government ideas.

The Renaissance Begins - Where and Why?

3. City States

​diplomacy - the art of negotiating or making deals with other countries

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The Renaissance began in ​

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because traders from all over the sea were able to bring new ​

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to the country. The ​

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led Arab scholars to share information from the ​

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Italy

goods and ideas

Crusades

Greeks and Romans.

Spain

weapons

diseases

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT a reason the Renaissance started in Italy?

• Location (Geography)

• The Crusades

• Proximity to the Mongols

• City-States

Open Ended

Write TWO sentences to explain how Italy's location helped to spread knowledge, culture, and resources to other locations in and around Italy.

Answer

The location of Italy on the Mediterranean Sea made trade with nearby city-states and empires easy and fast. They uncovered new ideas and technology during the Crusades and became very wealthy through trade, which allowed city-states to grow powerful.

Florence and the Medici

​7.41 Identify the importance of Florence, Italy and the Medici Family in the early stages of the Renaissance.

Florence, Italy

The Renaissance began in Florence.

Florence was the home of the Medici family.

The Medici Family were wealthy bankers who became patrons of art.

Multiple Choice

Why was Florence important to the early Renaissance?

• It was controlled by the Medici who were patrons to the arts.

• The pope lived there.

• It was built on canals.

• It had the world's first printing press.

Multiple Choice

How did the Medici family have enough money to become patrons?

• Owning land

• Trading and Banking

• Selling art

• Conquering other empires

Open Ended

   “…the Count Giovanni della Mirandola, a man of almost supernatural genius, was attracted by the magnificence of Lorenzo (Medici), preferred to establish his home in Florence rather than any other part of Europe, all of which he had visited in his travels.”

Why would a "genius" want to live in Florence?

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The Renaissance began in the Italian city-state of ​

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. There, a wealthy banking family known as the ​ ​

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family became ​

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, which are individuals who pay for works of art to be completed. They paid a man named ​

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to complete the dome for the cathedral in Florence. This architectural feat led nearby Italian city-states to begin creating their own works of art, which started the Italian ​

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Florence

Medici

patrons

Filippo Bruneleschi

Renaissance

Venice

artists

Leonardo di Vinci

Michaelangelo

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