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Renaissance

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What does the word "renaissance" mean?   rebirth  
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What were three key Italian city states at this time?   Florence, Venice, Genoa  
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What book did Machiavelli write?   "The Prince"  
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Who painted the "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper"?   Leonardo da Vinci  
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Who is considered the "father of humanism"?   Petrarch  
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Who wrote "Utopia"?   Sir Thomas More  
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Focusing on the individual or human, rather than the divine or supernatural   humanism  
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Who invented the printing press?   Johannes Gutenberg  
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Who painted the Sistine Chapel and sculpted David?   Michelangelo  
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interest on loans   usury  
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The first book printed on the printing press   Bible  
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less religious   secular  
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Who wrote "The Praise of Folly"?   Erasmus  
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With increase in trade, the first _____ were created   banks  
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The Northern Renaissance involved these three countries   France, Germany, England  
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Crusaders created interest in these three products they found in the Middle East   spices, silk, and cotton  
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rich citizens who sponsored artists   patrons  
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What quote was the overall lesson taught by The Prince?   "The end justifies the means."  
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Northern Renaissance thinkers merged _____ and _____.   humanism and Christianity  
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Renaissance ideas were largely spread with the invention of the _____ in Germany.   printing press  
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What book did Erasmus write?   "The Praise of Folly"  
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What book did Sir Thomas More write?   "Utopia"  
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Who wrote "The Prince"?   Machiavelli  
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What city was a center of the Northern Renaissance?   Flanders  
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Who wrote the "Divine Comedy"?   Dante  
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What book did Dante write?   The "Divine Comedy"  
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