Holt World History Medieval to Early Modern Times – Flashcards
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How did the Mongols help to increase trade between Europe and Asia?
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The Mongols took over China and made the roads safe for trade and travel.
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Why did Marco Polo remain in China and the East for so long?
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Kublai Khan made Marco Polo a government official.
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In what way did people think differently about religion and new ideas in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?
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They still were devout Christians but they developed humanities and started to respect and honor those who could read and write and worked more than only to glorify God.
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What were the trading cities of Venice and Genoa known for?
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Venice and Genoa were Italy's main port cities. They shipped in and out beautiful items from Asia.
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What was the richest city of the renaissance period?
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Florence
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What effect did the wealthy merchant families have on the Renaissance in the Italian cities?
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The signoria ran the cities and determined what was valued.
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How are classical and renaissance statues alike?
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They both made their bodies as perfect as greek gods. Both lifelike and detailed.
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What are some techniques that give a picture "perspective"?
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Using different colors, people were smaller in back than in front and straight lines were drawn diagonal.
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Where did scholars discover ancient latin texts that were forgotten or thought to have been lost?
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In ancient monestaries.
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What were the things that renassaince scientists studied?
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The scientists studied math, engineering, architecture, astronomy and cartography.
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What did renaissance mathemeticians invent?
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They invented symbols for square root and positive and negative numbers.
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Name at least four things that contributed to the spread of renaissance ideas.
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paper making, printing press, new universities, and women's education
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What was the effect of translating the Bible from latin to vernacular languages?
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Because the Bible was available, people wanted to read and then they wanted to get more education.
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What were the differences between humanism in Italy and humanism in Northern Europe?
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Northern Europe mixed humanism and religeon while Italy focused on just humanism.
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How are paintings of Northern European Artists different from those of Italian artists?
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Northern European artists painted about normal everyday life and Italian artists painted biblical scenes and classical myths.
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renaissance
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means rebirth and it refers to the period that followed Europe's middle ages.
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signore
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the head of the richest merchant family that controlled the city
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humanism
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the study of the humanities that lead to a new way of thinking
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vernacular
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the common language of the people
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Cosimo de Medici
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banker in Florence that brought art and culture into the city
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Albrecht Durer
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German artist known for his engravings and woodcuts and print making
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Leonardo De Vinci
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Most famous for the Mona Lisa and was a Painter, musician, engineer, architect, mathematician and doctor
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Johann Gutenberg
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developed the printing press
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Statesmen and historian; wrote The Prince which held accounts of how politics and government really worked.
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William Shakespeare
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English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
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Francois Rabelais
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Writer who mocked church and government
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Miguel de Cervantes
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Spanish writer. Wrote Don Quixote.
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Dante Alighieri
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writer who wrote The Divine Comedy in Italian instead of Latin
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Michelangelo
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An italian painter, sculptor, poet and architect from Florence famous for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
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Petrarch
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Father of Humanism, wrote about the importance of knowing history.
