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What was a major factor that marked the beginning of the Renaissance?
What was a major factor that marked the beginning of the Renaissance?
Which family is noted for their influence in the banking sector during the Renaissance?
Which family is noted for their influence in the banking sector during the Renaissance?
What was one significant outcome of the commercial revolution during the Renaissance?
What was one significant outcome of the commercial revolution during the Renaissance?
Which technological innovation improved the maneuverability of sailing ships during the Renaissance?
Which technological innovation improved the maneuverability of sailing ships during the Renaissance?
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What was a primary motive for exploration during the Age of Exploration?
What was a primary motive for exploration during the Age of Exploration?
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How did religious reformers, such as Martin Luther, impact society during the Renaissance?
How did religious reformers, such as Martin Luther, impact society during the Renaissance?
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What was an effect of the Columbian Exchange?
What was an effect of the Columbian Exchange?
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Which statement best describes the social hierarchy during the Renaissance?
Which statement best describes the social hierarchy during the Renaissance?
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What aspect of society was heavily patronized during the Northern Renaissance?
What aspect of society was heavily patronized during the Northern Renaissance?
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What advancement in navigation technology allowed for better sailing during the Age of Exploration?
What advancement in navigation technology allowed for better sailing during the Age of Exploration?
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Study Notes
Unit 1: The Renaissance
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Political:
- Rise of powerful monarchs
- Decline of feudalism
- Growth of cities
- Increased secularism
- Conflicts between the Church & monarchs
- Fall of the Roman Empire
Religious
- Secularism: Works or
- Seclusion of Judeo & Christian thought
- Protestant Reformation
- Religious ideas contested
- Ideas challenged the Church
- Religious persecution
Economic
- Growth of trade
- Rise of merchant class
- Expansion of trade routes
- Commercial revolution
- Increased wealth & prosperity
- Rise of Banking
- Increase in trade over seas (Exploration)
Social
- Emergence of a merchant class
- New social classes
- Decline of feudal society
- Growth of Humanism
- Renaissance Art and culture
- Patronage of the arts
- Emphasis on human potential
- Family structure changes
- Women's roles challenged
Technology
- Printing press
- Navigational tools
- Improved shipbuilding
- Development of new military technology
- Exploration and colonization
- Increased production and trade
Age of Exploration
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Reasons for Exploration:
- desire for spices
- desire for wealth (gold, silver)
- desire for land
- spread Christianity
- advancements in technology
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Key Explorers:
- Vasco da Gama – India
- Christopher Columbus – Americas
- Ferdinand Magellan – Circumnavigation
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European Colonization:
- Spain in the Americas
- colonization of various regions
- impact on native peoples
- introduction of new plants, animals, and diseases
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Effects of Exploration:
- global trade routes
- spread of European culture
- clash of civilizations (Europe vs. Indigenous peoples)
- impact on world economy
- new resources and plants
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Explore the transformative period of the Renaissance through its political, religious, economic, social, and technological aspects. This quiz covers the rise of powerful monarchs, the Protestant Reformation, the expansion of trade, and the emergence of new social classes. Test your knowledge of this pivotal era that shaped modern Europe.
