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What was the Renaissance
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the rebirth of europe. it was a time period when people started thinking differently about the world and looked at things in their own way ( came up with their own ideas of life) they started better education and started to invent more things and improve stuff
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When was the Renaissance
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1300s to the 1500s
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where did the renaissance start
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in italy's city-state
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Why did the renaissance start where it did?
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because it never formed feudalism
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What two ports were vital in jumpstarting the Renaissance? and why?
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florence and venice because they were by the peninsula and it started all the factories
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During the Middle Ages life revolved around what?
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the church
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What happened to feudalism and manoralism during the Renaissance?
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they ended
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What two things caused feudalism and manoralism to end
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the peasants and italy and new factories
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What is a factory and why did they start to appear during the Renaissance?
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a huge building that has ALOT of workers and they all work on a different part of something that they are building they appeared because italy realized that the peasants would work for them if they payed them
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Why did peasants start to leave the manors and what effect did this have these 2 groups
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because they weren't getting payed to work and factories in italy offered that
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when the peasants left the manor how did it affect them
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it caused them to become wealthier
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what affect of the peasants leaving did it have on the nobles
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they had to move because they had no one to work for them and take care of the fields
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What happened to the Churches power during the Renaissance and how did that change Europe?
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the church was very strict about what they read, but the people wanted to learn and read more. this caused there to be more education and better education
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What did the trade and commerce in the important ports of the Renaissance promote?
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it gave more wealth to merchants and they would asia and trade for a long period
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What did the Muslim world contribute to the Renaissance?
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it gave italy access to the muslims- science, math, and classical greece
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What and who is a patron?
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someone who gives money and support to a person or another group
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What two groups competed for power in the new Renaissance Europe?
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the old aristocrats and wealthy merchants and bankers
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how did the 2 groups compete for power
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members of the nobility and the mercantile class used their wealth to support artists and to elevate their own status in society
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How did the wealthy being patrons effect the Renaissance?
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it helped other groups of people who didn't have money because the patrons would help others
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Where was the major artistic center of the Renaissance?
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florence
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why was the major artistic center of the Renaissance?
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shipping through its port made venice ritch and because a showcase of renaissance art
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What else was the major artistic center of the Renaissance known for?
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very powerful banking system
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What family controlled this?
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the medici family
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What profession was highly sought after in the artistic center of the Renaissance?
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art and wanted to help the foundation of "new learning"
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During the Renaissance scholars considered Greek and Roman history what?
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the learning of ancient roman and greek history was preserved but the interest of learning it was declined
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What 3 new viewpoints of learning did the Renaissance start?
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humanism, secularism, and individualism
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What is a cultural movement based on the study of classical works?
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humanism
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What 2 cultures did Renaissance people want to study the most?
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greece and rome
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What did Middle Ages thinkers focus on?
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god and the church
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What did renaissance thinkers focus on?
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concentrated on learning and education
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The view that the Church need not be the center of life is called?
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individualism
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what was individualisms focus to
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have the people focus on their opinion "the individual is the ultimate judge of what is good or important"
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Machiavelli wrote what book?
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The Prince
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What was the book about?
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A highly influential work of political thought in which Machiavelli described how leaders gained power, keep power, and lose power.
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In his book he asked "the question is it better to be loved or feared leader?" What did he mean?
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he means if everyone loves him they wont really obey him but if everyone fears him then they would probably obey him because they would be scared of him
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What does individualism mean?
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the belief in the importance of the individual as opposed to the larger community
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How was this different from Medieval times?
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in the middle ages they focused on the church and god and never really had any time to focus on themselves
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How did it change artist and people looked at their work and their outlook on life?
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it freed the artists from an emphasis on sin and human imperfection the artists began to explore the imagination and human potential
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What major things did the people of Europe learn to do more?
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focus on inventions education art architecture and trade
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In the Renaissance people began speaking what new languages in Europe?
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italian and french
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What language did they go away from speaking?
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latin
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What did these new languages help do?
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it lead to an increase in literacy
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How did the Renaissance period change the calendar?
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people in the renaissance began to have a different perception of time
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What was the calendar used before the Renaissance?
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it was used based on the seasons and the events in the church
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What was the calendar used during and after the Renaissance?
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the gregorian calendar
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The focus of art before the Renaissance was on what?
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wanted it to be "a social art" meaning to blend beauty and improvement of society
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The focus of art after the Renaissance was on what?
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people began to think of art the same or similar to the renaissance
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mercantile
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related to commerce or trade
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vernacular
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everyday spoken language
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utopia
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an imaginary ideal place
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satire
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work of literature often making fun of its subject
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engraving
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an art form in which an artist etches a design on a metal with a needle and acid
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censor
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to ban dangerous or offensive ideas
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proportion
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using balanced or symmetric elements to form a pleasing design
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linear perspective
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a mathematical system for representing three dimensional space on a flat surface
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sonnet
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a poem of 14 lines with a fixed rhyming system
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picaresque
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a series of comic episodes usually involving a mischievous character
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rationalism
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a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response
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heliocentric theory
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theory that places the Sun as the center of the universe, and the planets orbiting around it
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inductive reasoning
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reasoning in which the premises seek to supply strong evidence for the truth of the conclusion
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scientific method
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method of procedure that has characterized natural science consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
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natural rights
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Rights that people supposedly have under natural law
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separation of powers
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an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
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social contract
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implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits
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tolerance
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ability or willingness to tolerate something
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feminism
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the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.
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Who were the Moorish Scholars in Spain and how did they influence the Renaissance?
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Muslims of mixed Berber and Arab descent conquering Spain 711-1492. They are important because they ruled the heights of the renaissance.
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literature
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the printing press- gave us books
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the arts
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sculpting- statues architecture- designing buildings oil paint- a new way to create pictures
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science
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galileo galilei- that all of the planets revolve around the sun
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matematics
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understands what time of the year it is the use of mathematical perspective- represents space in paintings
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cartography
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navigation charts- so you could tell where you were globes-you can see what the world looks like and where everything is
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engineering
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hoist- way to move things
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astronomy
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someone learned that the heart pumped blood throughout the body
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Leonardo da Vinci
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was a painter, architect, inventor and student
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last supper
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was a painting that illustrated the last days of jesus christ
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Mona Lisa
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a half-length portrait of a woman. it was painted by the italian artist leonardo da vinci. it was leonardo da vincis and world's most famous painting.
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Michelangelo
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was a sculptor, painter and architect considered to be one of the greatest artist in the italian renaissance
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Sistine chapel
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is a large chapel in the vatican city
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the david
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a statue to admire the hero
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printing press with movable type
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a way to print words and letters made by johann gutenberg. it was the beginning of computers
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William Shakespeare
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was an english poet, playwright, and actor
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romeo and juliet
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to lovers who are forbidden to be together and risk it all
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hamlet
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a tragedy written about the prince of Denmark and his brother murdering him.
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mac beth
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a tragedy written about a scottish nobleman misled by the prophecy of three wiches and goated by his wife
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What new ways did the Renaissance period give us to: read and interpret new writings?
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it taught us to interpret readings and writings in a more real way using realism
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What new ways did the Renaissance period give us to:ability to manufacture paper?
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using factories to mass produce paper so it is much faster
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What new ways did the Renaissance period give us to:translate the Bible?
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to focus more on what the bible actually says than just reading it and not actually realizing it in a real way
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What new ways did the Renaissance period give us to:print new writings?
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to not paint each letter one by one and print it and it goes by a lot faster
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Sistine chapel
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is a large chapel in the Vatican city.
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theogoly
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stayed the most important course of study
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the main interest was...
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law, medicine, philosophy, engineering, and science
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was in the 1300s to the 1500s
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great cultural renewal
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means rebirth
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renaissance
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was birth place
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italy
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never formed feudalism
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italy
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divided in several states
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italy
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what was basically a trading center
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Italian peninsula
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.What was the Renaissance
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rebirth of europe...... it was a time when people started thinking differently at the world and looked at things in their own way....started better education and started to invent more
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When was the Renaissance
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1300s-1500s
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Where did the Renaissance start?
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italy city states
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Why did it start there?
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fuedalism never formed there
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What two ports were vital in jumpstarting the Renaissance? and why?
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florence and venice because
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4. During the Middle Ages life revolved around what?
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the church
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What happened to feudalism and manoralism during the Renaissance?
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they ended
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What two things caused this?
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the peasants and italys new factories
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What is a factory and why did they start to appear during the Renaissance?
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a huge building that has a lot of workers and they all work on a different park of something their building
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Why did peasants start to leave the manors and what effect did this have these 2 groups
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they weren't getting payed to work and factories in italy offered that caused them to become more wealthy b. nobles (kings, lords, vassals) they had to move because they had no one to work to take care of the fields
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What happened to the Churches power during the Renaissance and how did that change Europe?
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the church was very strict about what they read but the people wanted to learn and read more this caused there to be more education and better eucation
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What did the trade and commerce in the important ports of the Renaissance promote?
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it gave more wealth to the merchants and they would work with asia in trade for a long period
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What did the Muslim world contribute to the Renaissance?
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it gave italy access to the muslims science math and classical greece
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. What and who is a patron?
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someone who gives money and support to a person or another group
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How did they do this?
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memebrs of the noblety and mercantile class used their wealth to help artist and their stand in society
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How did did the wealthy being patrons effect the Renaissance?
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it helped other groups of people who didnt have money because the patrons who help others
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4. Where was the major artistic center of the Renaissance?
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florence
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Why?
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shipping through its port made venice rich became a showcase of renaissance art
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What else was the major artistic center of the Renaissance known for?
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very powerful banking system
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What family controlled this?
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medici family
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What profession was highly sought after in the artistic center of the Renaissance?
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art and wanted to help foundation of "new learning"
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During the Renaissance scholars considered Greek and Roman history what?
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the learning of ancient roman and greek history was preserved but the interest of leanring it was declined
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What 3 new viewpoints of learning did the Renaissance start?
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humanism , individualism, seculerism
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. What is a cultural movement based on the study of classical works?
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humanism
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What 2 cultures did Renaissance people want to study the most?
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greece and rome
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What did Middle Ages thinkers focus on?
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god and the church
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Renaissance thinkers?
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classical learning
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. The view that the Church need not be the center of life is called?
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individualism
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Its focus was to?
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have focus on their opinion "the individul is the oltimat jude of what is good and important
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22. Machiavelli wrote what book?
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the prince
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What was the book about?
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a highly influential work of political art in which machiavelli deserved how leaders described gained and lost power
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In his book he asked "the question is it better to be loved or feared leader?
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he means if everyone loves him they wont obey him but if everyone fears him they would obey him because they were scared of him
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23. What does individualism mean?
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the belief and the importants of the endividual as aposted to the larger community
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How was this different from Medieval times?
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they focused on the church and god and never had time to focus on them self
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How did it change artist and people looked at their work and their outlook on life?
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it freed the artist on the infesice on sin
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What major things did the people of Europe learn to do more?
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invention, education, art, archetecture, trade
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In the Renaissance people began speaking what new languages in Europe?
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italian in french
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What language did they go away from speaking?
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latin
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What did these new languages help do?
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lead to an increase in literacy
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The focus of art after the Renaissance was on what?
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people began to think of art the same or similar to the renaissance
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What did the trade and commerce in the important ports of the Renaissance promote?
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read and interpret new writings? Vernacular Languages came that taught people how to read and write. This led to a huge increase in literacy.
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What new ways did the Renaissance period give us to:
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ability to manufacture paper? Since the printing press was made, paper was made more often. You could finally print and copy books, so the manufacturing of paper increased.
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What new ways did the Renaissance period give us to:
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translate the Bible? Before, the Bible had to be handwritten. The printing press was then invented and the Bible could be made in copies. They could then get out to the public quicker
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What new ways did the Renaissance period give us to:
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print new writings? With the new languages we started learning and the printing press, we combined it all so we started printing new writings in new languages. This led to new writings and languages being printed.
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1 Who were the Moorish Scholars in Spain and how did they influence the Renaissance?
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The Moorish Scholars in Spain were a group of African Americans who brought new and huge learning to Spain and eventually throughout Europe. They advanced math, astronomy, art, and agriculture to help get Europe out of the Dark Ages. Systems of Education came to Europe from the moors.
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literature
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People started writing in non-religious ways. New topics, styles and languages were formed. Shakespeare and Cervantes were major in literature.
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the arts
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based on the new learnings of realism. advances in sculpting and painting. painters would bring more emotion into their paintings and make them look more realistic.
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science
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started studying the effect of the moon on tides. They also started studying anatomy and having stuff in birds eye view.
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mathmatics
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advances in algebra were made. New advancements in math helped find new medicines and improved them.
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cartography
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advances in this subject helped change the world forever. New ideas came and spread. Also they discovered that the world was round not flat. That was a huge discovery.
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engineering
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a new way to build a dome, the hoist, and the printing press were some new inventions of engineering. By creating these, it influenced the Renaissance and how we do things to this day
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the understanding of human anatomy
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Vesalius discovered that there were 4 hollow chambers in the heart. This changed how the human body was viewed and eventually he developed a textbook.
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astronomy
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Copernicus had a theory that the planets rotated around the sun. The pope declined this idea at first but then found out it was true. The first telescope was also constructed.
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Leonardo da Vinc
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He was a scientist, artist, architect, and inventor.
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leonardo da vinc
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He wrote many theories about painting, the flight of birds, and the human body. His most famous painting is the Mona Lisa.
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The Last Supper
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was painted on the wall of the monastery. It took him 2 years to finally finish. The Last Supper was the dinner
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Mona Lisa
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This was Leonardo's most famous painting. The picture is of a woman has a mysterious smile that interests other artist. He used a new style called sfumato.
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Michelangelo
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He was a painter, sculptor, architect, and poet. One of his greatest creations was painting the ceiling of the sistine Chapel.
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Sistine Chapel
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It took Michelangelo four and a half years to finally finish painting the ceiling. During this time, he was partially injured.
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The David
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It was a 14.0 foot statue made out of marble. It was built to admire the Biblical hero, David.
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Johann Gutenberg
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inventor during the middle ages that created the movable printing press.
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printing press with moveable metal type
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Johann Gutenberg created a printing press with a metal type. By creating this, you could now print books. Before everything had to be hand written. For example, The Bible had to be handwritten. Now you could make copies of the Bible and other books
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William Shakespeare
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is known for one of the worlds best known playwrights. He wrote many tragedies and some comedies. He wrote poems also.
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Romeo and Juliet
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this play is about the two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet. This play has became known worldwide and still is one of the most popular plays today.
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Hamlet
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This play starts out as Hamlet mourning his parents death. This was one of his more tragic and sad plays.
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Macbeth
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In this play, three witches predict macbeth's future throughout the play. This is also one of Macbeths plays.
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read and interpret new writings
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Vernacular Languages came that taught people how to read and write. This led to a huge increase in literacy.
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ability to manufacture paper
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Since the printing press was made, paper was made more often. You could finally print and copy books, so the manufacturing of paper increased.
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translate the Bible
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Before, the Bible had to be handwritten. The printing press was then invented and the Bible could be made in copies. They could then get out to the public quicker
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print new writings
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With the new languages we started learning and the printing press, we combined it all so we started printing new writings in new languages. This led to new writings and languages being printed.
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merchantile
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related to commerce or trade
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vernacular
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everyday spoken language
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utopia
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an imaginary ideal place
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satire
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work of liturature that makes fun of its subject
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engraving
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an art form in which an artist etches a disign on a metal plate
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censor
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to ban dangerous or offensive ideas
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proportion
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using balance or symmetric elements to form a pleasing design
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linear perspective
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a mathematical system for representing three dimensional space on a flat surface
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sonnet
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a poem with fourteen lines fixed rhyming pattern
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picaresque
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a series of comic episodes usually involving a mischievous character
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rationalism
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the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience
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heliocentric theory
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a cosmological model in which the Sun is assumed to lie at or near a central point
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scientific method
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a method of research in which a problem is identified
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natural rights
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any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
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seperation of powers
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the principle or system of vesting in separate branches
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social contract
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the voluntary agreement among individuals
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tolerance
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The capacity for or the practice of recognizing and respecting the beliefs or practices of others.
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feminism
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Belief in or advocacy of women's social, political, and economic rights
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What was the Renaissance
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the rebirth of europe. it was a time period when people started thinking differently about the world and looked at things in their own way ( came up with their own ideas of life) they started better education and started to invent more things and improve stuff
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When was the Renaissance
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1300s to the 1500s
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where did the renaissance start
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in italy's city-state
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Why did the renaissance start where it did?
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because it never formed feudalism
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What two ports were vital in jumpstarting the Renaissance? and why?
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florence and venice because they were by the peninsula and it started all the factories
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During the Middle Ages life revolved around what?
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the church
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What happened to feudalism and manoralism during the Renaissance?
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they ended
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What two things caused feudalism and manoralism to end
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the peasants and italy and new factories
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What is a factory and why did they start to appear during the Renaissance?
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a huge building that has ALOT of workers and they all work on a different part of something that they are building they appeared because italy realized that the peasants would work for them if they payed them
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Why did peasants start to leave the manors and what effect did this have these 2 groups
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because they weren't getting payed to work and factories in italy offered that
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when the peasants left the manor how did it affect them
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it caused them to become wealthier
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what affect of the peasants leaving did it have on the nobles
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they had to move because they had no one to work for them and take care of the fields
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What happened to the Churches power during the Renaissance and how did that change Europe?
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the church was very strict about what they read, but the people wanted to learn and read more. this caused there to be more education and better education
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What did the trade and commerce in the important ports of the Renaissance promote?
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it gave more wealth to merchants and they would asia and trade for a long period
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What did the Muslim world contribute to the Renaissance?
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it gave italy access to the muslims- science, math, and classical greece
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What and who is a patron?
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someone who gives money and support to a person or another group
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What two groups competed for power in the new Renaissance Europe?
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the old aristocrats and wealthy merchants and bankers
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how did the 2 groups compete for power
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members of the nobility and the mercantile class used their wealth to support artists and to elevate their own status in society
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How did the wealthy being patrons effect the Renaissance?
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it helped other groups of people who didn't have money because the patrons would help others
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Where was the major artistic center of the Renaissance?
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florence
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why was the major artistic center of the Renaissance?
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shipping through its port made venice ritch and because a showcase of renaissance art
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What else was the major artistic center of the Renaissance known for?
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very powerful banking system
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What family controlled this?
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the medici family
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What profession was highly sought after in the artistic center of the Renaissance?
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art and wanted to help the foundation of "new learning"
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During the Renaissance scholars considered Greek and Roman history what?
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the learning of ancient roman and greek history was preserved but the interest of learning it was declined
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What 3 new viewpoints of learning did the Renaissance start?
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humanism, secularism, and individualism
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What is a cultural movement based on the study of classical works?
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humanism
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What 2 cultures did Renaissance people want to study the most?
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greece and rome
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What did Middle Ages thinkers focus on?
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god and the church
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What did renaissance thinkers focus on?
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concentrated on learning and education
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The view that the Church need not be the center of life is called?
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individualism
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Machiavelli wrote what book?
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The Prince
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What major things did the people of Europe learn to do more?
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focus on inventions education art architecture and trade
