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