WHI Remediation WHI.15a

WH.15a

The Economic and Cutural Foundations of the Italian Rennaissance

Multiple Choice

How many sides are there on a standard pencil?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

• Italy was the most commercially advanced, urbanized, literate area of high and later medieval Europe.

• The remains of ancient Rome were most visible in Italy.

• Italy’s wealth, literacy, and pride in its Roman past provided the foundations of the Italian Renaissance.

​Essential Understandings

Multiple Choice

Italy is a European country with a long Mediterranean coastline, it is known to be shaped like a:

• heart

• oval

• boot

• star

Multiple Choice

On which continent is Italy located ?

• Europe

• Asia

• Africa

Multiple Choice

Which of these was an Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance

• Florence

• Paris

• Rome

Multiple Choice

Florence is in ...

• Portugal

• Italy

• Greece

• Increased access to Middle Eastern products

• Stimulated production of goods to trade in Middle Eastern markets

• Encouraged the use of credit and banking

​Economic Effects of the Crusades

Multiple Choice

Wealth accumulated from European trade with the Middle East led to:

• The rise of Italian city-states

• An increase in crime

• The corruption of the church

• The freedom of serfs

Multiple Choice

Increased trade between Europe and the Muslim and Byzantine empires was stimulated by:

• Muslim expansion into southern Europe

• The repeal of a ban on non-Christian trade by the Pope

• The Crusades

• A trade alliance between the Byzantine empire and the Holy Roman Empire

Multiple Choice

True or False?

The Crusades promoted contact between Europe and the Byzantine and Muslim Empires, thus, exposing Europe to new Middle Eastern products. This stimulated production of goods to trade in Middle Eastern markets and encouraged the use of credit and banking.

• True

• False

​Church rule against usury and the banks’ practice of charging interest helped to secularize northern Italy.

​Letters of credit served to expand the supply of money and expedite trade.

​New accounting and bookkeeping practices (e.g., use of Arabic numerals) were introduced.

​Important Economic Concepts

Multiple Choice

Letters of credit served to expand the supply of ____ and expedite trade.

• silk

• money

• gold

• salt

Multiple Choice

The use of this, which derives from the Muslim civilizations, helped to maintain more efficient accounting and bookkeeping records.

• Calculus

• Calculator

• Arabic numerals

Multiple Choice

The Church taught against the use of this, which is when interest is charged on money loaned.

• Usury

• Borrowing

• Credit

• Inflation

The collapse of the Byzantine Empire reignited interest in Greco-Roman culture.

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​Cultural Foundations

Multiple Choice

The Renaissance means (1) ____ and is when their is renewed interest in (2) ____ culture.

• (1) Rebirth; (2) Greco-Roman

• (1) Religious; (2) Byzantine

• (1) Secularism; (2) Religious

Open Ended

What is one thing that you have learned today?