Renaissance Review Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Humanism | the belief in the self-worth of each individual |
| Where did the Renaissance begin? | Italian city-states (Genoa, Florence, Venice, etc.) |
| Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy? | *served as trading/distribution centers of goods coming from the Middle East to Europe *independent city-states that were governed as republics |
| What does the term Renaissance refer to? | Rebirth of Roman and Greek culture |
| usury | charging interest on money loaned |
| How did the economy change during the Renaissance? | increased trade led to banking (including usury and letters of credit), money-based economy, mercantile practices, |
| Classicism | return to the ideals of Greek and Roman intellectual thought--apparent in art, literature, architecture |
| Flanders | modern-day Belgium, home of the Northern Renaissance; important trading center |
| How did the Northern Renaissance differ from the Italian Renaissance? | Northern humanists blended the ideas of humanism with Catholicism leading to a new way of looking at religion |
| What was the impact of the invention of the movable type printing press? | allowed for ideas to be spread more quickly and cheaper (more efficient); increased the access to literature and the Bible to the masses |
| Dissemination | spreading |
| Secular | worldly--non-religious |
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