Unit
Readings:
Western Heritage – Chapter 10 - pp. 355-377; 382-397
Modern European History – Chapters 2, 3, & 6
Sophie’s World – "The Renaissance"
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Terms – Identify each of the following terms in complete sentences
(who, what, when, where!). Then write a sentence explaining why the item is
historically significant.
- Renaissance
- Jacob Burckhardt
- Oligarchy
- Medici Family
- Patron
- Secular
- Humanism
- Civic Humanism
- Pope Julius II
- Vernacular
- Dante & The Divine Comedy
- Petrarch
- Boccaccio & Decameron
- Machiavelli & The Prince
- Castiglione & The Book of the Courtier
- Erasmus & Praise of Folly
- Thomas More & Utopia
- Lorenzo Valla & the Donation of Constantine
- Chiaroscuro
- Linear Perspective
- Giotto
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Raphael
- Michelangelo
- Johannes Gutenberg
- Ludovico il Moro
- Savonorola
- Capitalism
- Prince Henry the Navigator
- Bartholomew Diaz
- Vasco da Gama
- Ferdinand Magellan
- Treaty of Tordesillas (Line of Demarcation)
Paragraph Questions - Respond to the following questions in one or more
well-written paragraphs. Remember to begin your paragraphs w/ strong topic
sentences!
- Define humanism in as much detail as you can, discussing the many forms
that it took. (WH pp. 360-367)
- Describe the innovations & changes in the techniques and subject
matter of art introduced during the Italian Renaissance. (WH pp.
367-371; MEH pp. 25-28)
- Explain the motivations for the early European voyages of overseas
discovery and explain the impact these voyages had upon Europe. (WH
pp. 387, 395-397; MEH pp. 82-83)
- Discuss how the Northern Renaissance differed from the Italian
Renaissance. (WH 382-383; MEH pp. 33-35)
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Write
a paragraph discussing the major concerns and ideas of each of the following
humanists (2 paragraphs total). Use your texts as well as primary sources
that will be distributed.
a) Machiavelli
b) Erasmus
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