Origins of the Renaissance

The word Renaissance means?

• Renew

• Rebirth

• Review

• Rejuvenate

The Medici family made their money from?

• making glass

• transporting silk

• banking

• farming

A bank makes money by charging fees to borrowers called

• balance

• loan

• debt

• interest

Workers in Milan made weapons and

• silk thread

• glass

• porcelin

• wool cloth

Florence was a center for

• silk thread

• glass

• porcelin

• wool cloth

Venice became famous for producing

• silk thread

• glass

• porcelin

• wool thread

This is a type of government where a single rich family controls the city state

• monarchy

• democracy

• signoria

• papacy

Which of the following did Marco Polo not discover while visiting China?

• Paper money

• coal

• glass

Who made the silk road safe for European traders?

• Genghis Kahn

• Kublai Khan

• Marco Polo

• Cosimo de Medici