World HistoryLecture Notes
The Renaissance
Chapter 11, Section 1
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Main Ideas
- European trade with ______increased in the 1300s.
- Trade cities in ______grew wealthy and competed against each other.
- As Florence became a center for arts and learning, the ______began.
TRADE WITH ASIA
•It seems strange that the Black Death could have any ______results, but that is what happened.
•The disease did not ______farmland, buildings, ships machines, or gold.
•People who survived could use these things to ______more food or make new products.
•Europe’s economy began to ______again.
•Prices went down and new products appeared in the ______.
•Some of these goods came from ______, ______, and other lands to the east.
•Traders brought many of these new goods across the ______, an old caravan route from the Mediterranean Sea to China that had fallen into disuse.
•When the ______conquered China in the 1200s, they re-opened the Silk Road.
•A traveler named ______spent 20 years in Asia and reignited an interest in the Far East.
•Marco Polo wrote a book on his travels, describing the many ______of Asia, from coal to wonderful new spices.
•The book ______many traders to seek those products themselves in Asia.
Identify What was the route of the Silk Road?
Contrast While large numbers of people died during the Black Death, property was not damaged. How does this type of disaster affect people differently than one in which property is damaged?
Predict As trade increased, priced of goods dropped How do you think lower prices affected average people?
TRADE CITIES IN ITALY
•By the 1300s four Italian cities had become major ______centers—Florence, Genoa, Milan, and Venice.
•Venice and Genoa were port cities. Huge ships brought ______and other luxuries from Asia into the cities’ harbors.
•These cities were also manufacturing centers. Different cities ______in certain products.
•Venice produced glass. In Milan workers made ______and ______. Florence was a center for weaving wool into cloth.
Define Create a for “trade city.”
Analyze Why did the location of Genoa and Venice on the seacoast give them a commercial advantage over most inland cities?
Predict How might people living in Italy’s trade cities have been affected by seeing people from different lands and hearing a variety of languages on the streets?
Define What was a signoria?
Analyze How did the signoria form of government contribute to European culture?
Predict How do you think your life might be different if a single family controlled your community?
FLORENCE
•Florence developed a ______system that was use by merchants all over Europe.
•The richest of the bankers were the Medici family. By 1434 ______(KOH-zee-moh day MED-I-chee) ruled Florence.
•Cosimo de’ Medici wanted Florence to be the most ______city in the world. He spent a great deal of ______to make Florence a center of art, literature, and culture.
•In other cities, ______families tried to outdo the Medicis in support of the arts and learning.
•This love of art and education was a key future of the ______, which means “rebirth.”
•The Renaissance is the period following the ______. An interest in what the Greeks and Romans had learned and written was reborn.
•There was also a new emphasis on people as ______.
Explain Why were the bankers in Florence so powerful?
Analyze The wealth generated by trading wasused to support education and cultural activities that led to the Renaissance. Do you think that only wealthy societies can support these things?
Evaluate Why did Italian families try to outdo each other in supporting culture and learning?
Closing Prompt
List four changes that occurred at the beginning of the Renaissance.
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