Euro Renaissance Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Where did Renaissance start? Why? | Began in Italy because of the wealth from sea trade |
Florence | producers (textile), traders, bankers |
Renaissance | time of transition between medieval and modern times |
Midici's | Rules Florence |
Humanism (Individualism) | secular beliefs...lived up to one's highest potential...study of the Latin and Greek classics |
Petrarch | "Father of Humanism" |
Florentine Platonic Academy | Founded by Cosimo de' Medici...Plato's philosophy with Christian teachings |
Bladassare Castiglione | The Courtier...gentlemanly behavior |
Renaissance Art | proportioned, emotions, symmetry, shading, perspective |
Leonardo da Vinci | "Renaissance Man"...Mona Lisa, Vitruvian Man |
Michelangelo | David |
Mannerism | Michelangelo's later works...strange/abnormal |
Pope Julius II | "Warrior Pope" |
Machiavelli | The Prince...ends always justifies the mean...rule with whatever mean possible |
Isabella and Ferdinand of Aragon | marriage united Spain and France |
War of Roses | England...Yorks vs. Lancasters |
Effect of the War of Roses | Tudor Dynasty came to rule England |
Northern Renaissance | emphasized religion |
Spread of Northern Renaissance | People from the North went to Italy during the Renaissance and came back with new ideas |
Printing Press | Johann Gutenburg...spread ideas & encouraged literacy |
Erasmus | Wanted to unite Classical and Christian ideas |
Thomas More | Utopia...imagined an ideal society |
1st Country to start sailing | Portuguese |
Reason for the era of exploration | looking for a trade route to the West Indies |
Christopher Columbus | Spanish sailor trying to discover a quick route to the West Indies...came upon America instead |
Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese sailor...circumnavigated the world |
CAM | Cortez defeated Aztecs (leader: Moctezuma) in Mexico |
PIC | Pizarro defeated Incas in Cuzco (Peru) |
Encomienda System | a grant of the rights to the labor of a specific number of Indians |
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