| A | B |
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| Marco Polo | a trader that traveled on the Silk Road |
| interest | a fee that borrowers pay for the use of someone elses money |
| Renaissance | "rebirth" refers to the period that followed Europes Middle Ages |
| Cosimo de Medici | ruler of the city of Florence; the greatest banker in Florence |
| humanism | the study of history, literature, public speaking, and art led to the beginning of a new way of thinking and learning |
| Dante Alghieri | Italian Renaissance poet and politician; wrote " The Divine Comedy" |
| Niccolo Machiavelli | writer and politician; wrote "The Prince" |
| perspective | a method of showing a three-dimensional scene on a flat surface so that it looks real |
| Leonardo de Vinci | painter, sculptor, inventor, enginer,town planner, and mapmaker; painted the Mona Lisa |
| Michelangelo | Italian Renaissance artist; painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted a statue of David |
| petrarch | Early Italian Renaissance scholar |
| Johann Gutenburgh | developed the printing press |
| Christian humanism | the result of combining humanist and religious ideas |
| Desiderius Erasmous | dutch preist; published "The Praise of Folly" |
| Albrecht Durer | a famouse norther artist from Germany; created religious paintings and was famous for his prints |
| Miguel de Cervantes | a Renaissance writer; wrote "Don Quixote" |
| William Shakespeare | the greatest writer in the english language; wrote the play "Romeo and Juliet" |
