vocabulary- Chapter 11 The Renaissance

Italian trader, he traveled to China and later wrote about his trip. During his time in China he served as a government official in Kublai Khan's court.

• Marco Polo

• Cosimo de Medici

• Dante Alighieri

• Niccolo Machiavelli

Italian banker and leader of Florence, he wanted to make Florence the greatest city in the world. His actions helped bring about the Renaissance.

• Cosimo de Medici

• Marco Polo

• Dante Alighieri

• Niccolo Machiavelli

Italian Renaissance poet, he wrote The Divine Comedy in the Italian language.

• Dante Alighieri

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Marco Polo

• Cosimo de Medici

Italian writer and politician, he wrote The Prince in which he advised leaders on how to rule.

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Marco Polo

• Cosimo de Medici

• Dante Alighieri

Italian Renaissance artist, he designed buildings, wrote poetry and created sculptures and paintings.

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Petrarch

• Miguel de Cervantes

Genius of the Renaissance, he was a painter, sculptor, inventor, engineer, town planner, and mapmaker.

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Petrarch

• Miguel de Cervantes

Early Italian Renaissance scholar, he wrote about the importance of knowing history.

• Petrarch

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish writer, he wrote Don Quixote.

• Miguel de Cervantes

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Petrarch

a fee that borrowers pay for the use of someone else's money.

• interest

• affect

• perspective

• classical

a method of showing a three-dimensional scene on a flat surface so that it looks real.

• perspective

• interest

• classical

• affect