| A | B |
|---|
| Renaissance | rebirth |
| The Renaissance began in Italy because | it had been the center of the Roman Empire |
| secular | more interested in the world than in religion |
| The years from 1350-1550 in European history, are called the Renaissance because | there was a rebirth of interest in art and learning |
| By the 1300's, Italy's cities had become | very wealthy |
| Italy was divided into | small city-states |
| Some of the most important cities of the Renaissance were | Rome, Florence, Milan, Venice, and Milan |
| The Renaissance began in | Italy |
| More people in Italy lived in | the city |
| mercenary | A person who fights in an army for money |
| The Italian city-states obtained their wealth through | trade, banking, and shipbuilding |
| Why were merchants in Italian city-states so successful? | Most city-states had a coastline and ports, and they were located on the Mediterranean Sea |
| doge | the head of state, or duke, in Venice |
| Medici | Florence's richest, family who were bankers |
| diplomacy | the art of negotiating, or making deals |
| Machiavelli | the diplomat who wrote "The Prince" |
| How did the Mongols' protection of the Silk Road help the trade of the Italian city-states? | Using the Silk Road made it cheaper and easier for caravans to transport goods from Asia |
| How were Renaissance nobles different from medieval nobles? | Renaissance nobles obtained their wealth from trade; Medieval nobles obtained their wealth from land |
| Why did the Italians begin to use diplomacy? | to deal with other city- states around them |
| Marco Polo | his stories about travels in China made many Europeans wan to buy China's goods. |
| republic | a government controlled by its citizens |
| In most of Europe, the majority of people lived in | the country |
| It was the first city to grow wealthy and produce many famous artists | Florence |
| It was the wealthiest city-state and the city where Marco Polo was born | Venice |
| The Venetians were great | shipbuilders and sailors |
| gondolas | a type of long, narrow boat |
