The Renaissance

The word renaissance means

• the end of an age

• remodel

• rebirth

• rewind

From 1300 to 1600, Western Europe experienced a “rebirth” in trade, learning, and __________________ ideas.

• Middle Eastern

• western

• Chinese

• Greco-Roman

The _________________ increased European demand for luxury goods from Asia.

• Crusades

• Spanish War

• War of the Roses

• War of Spanish Succession

The most important Italian city where wealth from trade sparked the Renaissance was _______________.

• Genoa

• Constantinople

• Florence

• Rome

The _____________ family were wealthy bankers who used their wealth to turn Florence into Italy’s most artistic city.

• Medici

• De Vinci

• Johnson

• Tudor

From 1337 to 1453, England and France began a conflict called the ____________________ in which nationalism increased as people became loyal to their king and nation, rather than their feudal lord.

• Hundred Years War

• War of the Roses

• Spanish War of Succession

• Battle of Waterloo

True of False: In the late Middle Ages, the Pope and the Catholic Church lost some of its influence as a result of the losses to Muslim armies during the Crusades.

• True

• False

True or False: One reason for the decline of the manorial system was the plague, known as the Black Death.

• True

• False

A new way of thinking began during the Renaissance called _________________.

• perspective

• humanism

• feudalism

• manorialism

True or False: During the Renaissance, people began to believe that education made the world a better place.

• True

• False