Reedy HS World History Unit 5 24-25

A period from the 1300s to 1500s that brought new beliefs, culture, and art to Europe.

• The Gilded Age

• The Crusades

• The Renaissance

During the Renaissance, there was an interest in _________ ideas and _________ learning.

• humanist/classical

• religious/modern

• realism/Chinese

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• The U.S.

• Italy

• China

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

• Farmers produced great agricultural surpluses

•  Italian city-states had grown wealthy from trade between Europe and Asia

• Many European scholars had migrated to this area

What did Italy have access to that led to the beginning of the Renaissance?

• Agricultural surplus

• Access to important trade routes

• Gold mines

The rebirth of art, writing, literature, architecture and culture is called

• The Reformation
• Humanism
• The Renaissance
• The Crusades

• Why was Milan, Florence, Venice (most wealthy) centers of the Renaissance?

• They were located where classical art and architecture could still be seen.

• They had the best restaraunts

• They had no rules or government

 An important city during the Renaissance because of its successful banking economy.

• Naples

• Rome

• Florence

Financial bankers who paid for everything who controlled/dominated all of Florence.

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Medici Family

• Martin Luther

An appreciation for the basic worth of individual achievement.

• Humanism

• Romanticism

• Secularism