Vocabulary GCA WHII
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| Renaissance | rebirth | Renaissance
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| crusades | simulated trade by introducing Europeans to desirable products | Renaissance
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| banks | created by new economic institutions; lent money to businesses | Renaissance
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| partnerships | created by economic institutions; when 2 people invest in a business together | Renaissance
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| insurance | created by economic institutions; reimbursement of funds if damage or loss occurs | Renaissance
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| credit | created by new economic institutions; loaning on money to be paid back with interest | Renaissance
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| usury | loaning of money | Renaissance
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| interest | charging someone for using your money | Renaissance
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| Italian city-states | Florence, Venice, Genoa | Renaissance
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| Florence, Venice, Genoa | 3 popular Italian city states for trade | Renaissance
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| republics | type of government where people vote | Renaissance
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| Machiavelli | Wrote "The Prince"; a book on how to get and maintain absolute power | Renaissance
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| The Prince | written by Machiavelli on how to get and maintain absolute power | Renaissance
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| absolute rule | using your force to keep your power | Renaissance
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| treatise | essay | Renaissance
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| absolute power | unlimited power for a ruler | Renaissance
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| patrons | people who spend money | Renaissance
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| “the end justifies the means” | do what you have to do to stay in power; idea by Machiavelli | Renaissance
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| Renaissance | means rebirth of the Classics | Renaissance
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| “Rebirth” | Renaissance | Renaissance
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| The Classics | classic greek and roman | Renaissance
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| secular | non-religious | Renaissance
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| Scholasticism | not under control of the church | Renaissance
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| Leonardo da Vinci | painted the Mona Lisa; engineer, and architect. "Renaissance man" | Renaissance
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| Mona Lisa | painting by Leonardo da Linci | Renaissance
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| The Last Supper | fresco by Leonardo da Vinci | Renaissance
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| Charles V | Holy Roman Emperor, king of Spain | Renaissance
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| Renaissance Man | master, good at everything; well rounded | Renaissance
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| maestro | of many talents | Renaissance
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| David | sculpture by Michelangelo | Renaissance
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| Michelangelo | Painted the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted David | Renaissance
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| sonnets | short love poems | Renaissance
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| Raphael | Painted The School of Athens and many paintings of the Madonna | Renaissance
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| Humanism | a philosophy that thinks humans are capable of anything | Renaissance
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| Petrarch | Father of Humanism. wrote sonnets | Renaissance
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| Dante | Wrote The Divine Comedy | Renaissance
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| commission | paying for a work of art | Renaissance
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| Printing Press | invention by Johannes Gutenberg; movable type; increased literacy and learning | Renaissance
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| Johannes Gutenberg | Invented the printing press in Germany | Renaissance
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| The Bible | first book printed printed by Johannes Gutenberg | Renaissance
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| Paper | invention introduced by China to print on | Renaissance
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| Erasmus | Wrote The Praise of Folly | Renaissance
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| The Praise Of Folly | written by Erasmus | Renaissance
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| Sir Thomas Moore | Wrote Utopia | Renaissance
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| Utopia | written by Sir Tomas Moore | Renaissance
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| Globe Theater | theater located in England, hosted many of Shakespeare's plays | Renaissance
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| Shakespeare | Wrote sonnets, plays, and essays to discuss the events of his time | Renaissance
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