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show Towns were centrally located. They attracted merchants, craftsmen, and customers. They provided services for traveling merchants.  
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show Merchants, craftsmen, and bankers became more powerful. They used new wealth to commission art, new buildings, and to fund universities.  
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How did the growth of trade and commerce help the Renaissance begin?   show
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show City-states were powerful cities in Italy and surrounding towns and countryside. They were governed independently, often by elected councils. Some ruled by rich merchants, guilds, or powerful families.  
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How did Italian city-states become so powerful?   show
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show Wealth encouraged a growth in art and learning. Also, rich families supported the creation of art, new buildings, centers for learning (hospitals and universities).  
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show Humanists believed people shape their own lives and can achieve great things.  
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show Humanists studied and explored: ancient art, architecture, government, history, poetry, and language.  
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How did humanists' studies and ideas affect Renaissance life?   show
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Describe at least two Renaissance advances in painting styles.   show
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Describe at least two Renaissance advances in painting techniques.   show
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show 3-D, freestanding, looked real, and showed emotion.  
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show Donatello's "David" was life-size, showed personality, showed mood, and was very natural. Michelangelo's "David" was enormous (17 ft. tall), beautiful, and showed complex emotions  
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Describe at least two ways in which Renaissance literature differed from medieval literature.   show
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show Dante  
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show The study of science began to question old ideas, used careful observation, performed experiments, and analyzed results.  
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show Geometry, engineering, anatomy, motion, and sound.  
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show They had a strong military, they build palaces, they sponsored art, and they defeated their enemies.  
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What was Machiavelli's book "The Prince" about?   show
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What industries helped Florence become the center of the Renaissance?   show
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show The old market was crowded, smelly, and sold every-day items. The new market was orderly, clean, sold cloth, and banking was done there.  
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show An Italian painter and sculptor. He is best known for the painting of the Sistine Chapel and his statue of "David".  
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show An Italian painter known for his use of color. He created many paintings of myths and Bible stories, as well as portraits of royalty.  
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Who was Albert Duhrer?   show
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Who was Nicholaus Copernicus?   show
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Who was Andrea Vasalius?   show
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show She was the queen of Spain. She married Ferdinand and united Spain into one kingdom. She sponsored Columbus's voyages, which led to the discovery of America.  
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show She was the queen of England. She changed unpopular policies and strengthened England's economy. She had political skill and inspired love and loyalty. Under her rule, England became rich and powerful.  
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Who was William Shakespeare?   show
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Who was Miguel Cervantes?   show
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Who was Leondardo da Vinci?   show
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show He questioned the popes authority. He attacked indulgences and immoral behavior by clergy. He believed the Bible, not the Church, was the ultimate religious authority. He also translated the Bible into English.  
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What reforms did Jan Hus call for?   show
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show It showed people could lead spiritual lives that went beyond the norms of the Church. It emphasized personal experience of God over church practices.  
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show he was a humanist priest that wanted to reform the Church. He wrote "The Praise of Folly", a satire of society including abuses by clergy and church leaders. His attacks on corruption added to people's desire to leave Catholocism.  
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Why did Martin Luther write the Ninety-Five Theses and post them on the door of the church in Wittenberg?   show
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show He believed salvation came from faith, not good work. He believed the Bible, not the pope, was the ultimate religious authority. He thought all christians were priests and should read the Bible for themselves. He felt sacraments had no basis in Bible.  
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What happened when Luther was brought before the Diet of Worms?   show
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Name three things that helped the movement begun by Luther to spread across Europe.   show
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What two Protestant reformers began new churches in Switzerland?   show
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show He split from the Church so he could divorce and remarry. He would not have to share power and wealth.  
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Who was William Tyndale? What important contribution is he known for?   show
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show See Chapter 32.  
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What was the Council of Trent? What did the council do?   show
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What was the Society of Jesus?   show
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show They founded schools and colleges, brought Europeans back to the Church and spread Catholicism in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.  
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What other things did the Catholic Church do to stop the spread of Protestantism?   show
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show See Section 32.6.  
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Describe at least two key effects of the Reformation on Europe and the world.   show
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