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7th Grade
02/19/2009

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Doge
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The head of state, or duke, in Venice
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Medici
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Florence's riches family who were bankers

 

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Diplomacy
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The art of negotiating, or making deals
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Machiavelli
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The diplomat who wrote The Prince
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Renaissance
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The rebirth of interest in art and learning
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Secular
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People became more interested in this world than in a religion.
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Marco Polo
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Helped Increase trade between Europe and China
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Venice
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A very famous city in Renaissance Italy where people used boats to get around the canals of the city.

 

 

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Florence
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This famous Italian city was famous for trading cloth and for banking.
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Dante Alighieri
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Wrote The Divine Comedy
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Developed a moveable type printing press.
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Miguel de Cervantes
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wrote Don Quixote de la Mancha
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Humanism
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The idea that the individual and human society were important
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Leonardo da Vinci
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One of the best scientists and artist during the Renaissance
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Greeks and Romans
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Renaissance artists and thinkers looked back to these two civilizations for inspiration.
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Cartography
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The art of making maps
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Vernacular
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Language of the people.
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Printing Press
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Helped the spread of ideas throughout Europe.
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