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Worksheets20.1
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which person was an Italian writer who believed that because people were greedy and self-centered, keeping
power by any means was the only way to rule? Author of "The Prince"
Kublai Khan
Lorenzo de’ Medici
Marco Polo
Niccolò Machiavelli
During the Renaissance, there was a rebirth of interest in
Religion
Art and learning
Military strategies
Social Studies
Europe’s kings allowed the Italian city-states to remain independent so the kings could
borrow money from them
hire mercenaries
pay tribute
use their ports
Because of Italy’s long coastlines, Italian city-states became wealthy through
farming
fishing
shipbuilding
trade
Vocab: Define Secular
related to worldly things
related to spiritual things
related to scientific things
related to mathematical things
Vocab: Define mercenary
a soldier who fights for money rather than loyalty to a country
a soldier who is forced into fighting for their country
a soldier who volunteers to fight in service for their country
a soldier who abandons their country during time of war
The practice of negotiating or making deals with other countries
Diplomacy
Ambassadorship
Public Relations
Human Resources
City in Italy that was the first major center of the Renaissance
Rome
Florence
Milan
Venice
Italian merchant who was one of the first to travel to China and other parts of Asia
Kublai Khan
Lorenzo de’ Medici
Marco Polo
Niccolò Machiavelli
the rich banking family from Florence
Gambino
Genovese
Lucchese
Medici
Italian city that was a leading center of the Renaissance. Known for its canals
Rome
Florence
Milan
Venice
Title of the ruler of Venice, who officially ran the city, but was heavily influenced by a council of wealthy merchants.
Duck
Doge
Dude
Drake
the period from about 1350 to 1550 in Europe that saw major developments in art, culture, architecture, learning,
and science
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Age of Enlightenment
Modern Age
