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Why did the Renaissance happen first in
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1) Italy was the heartland of the old roman empire
2) Italy still used Roman law which made business and trade easier.
3) Roman ruins, sculpture, and mosaics inspired Italian Artists.
4) Geography -mild climate
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| What were the two largest Italian ports? |
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Venice - East coast
Genoa - West coast |
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| What made Florence a prosperous and growing city? |
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| Florence made it fortune in the cloth trade and controlled the kingdom at Naples |
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| What was Italy's climate? |
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| Mild climate meant trade way not disrupted and food was plentiful |
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| A city-state was a city with a rural area surrounding. |
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| In what way did Florence control control the Italian Renaissance? |
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| Florence had Rich patrons who were patrons to artists. |
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| Who were the powerful families in Italy? |
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| What was the most serene republic? |
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| Who were the Medici family? |
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| Most powerful Renaissance family/ Controlled Florence/ Made fortune wooly/ Silk and bankers / Patronized famous artists |
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| What was a true Renaissance Man? |
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| A well-rounded person who knew about and was skilled in many different areas |
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| A painting technique that makes everything the right size in relation to other objects |
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| An artists who engraves a picture on a metal plate |
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| A heavy beam driven into the earth to support a structure |
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| A leader of mercenary soldiers in Renaissance Italy |
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| Painted with water color on fresh wet plasters |
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| Astronomer/ Discovered the moons of Jupiter |
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| Author/ wrote 'the prince' |
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| Astronomer mathematician/ used math to prove earth revolves around the sun in 1543 |
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| Artist/ discovered the laws of perspective |
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| Flemish Artists/ began trend of using light and shadows to achieve realism |
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| Artists/ painted "The Mona Lisa" / Was the Ideal renaissance man |
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| German Artists/ Master Etcher and Woodcutter |
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| Artist/ painted Sistine chapel |
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| Preacher/ Known for the "Bonfire of the Vanities" |
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| German inventor/ Invented the " printing press" with movable type |
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| Female portrait painter / Painted "Judith Slaying Holofernes" |
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