1. Renaissance Beginnings
7.43 I can trace the emergence of the Renaissance, including influence from Moorish (or Muslim) scholars in Spain.

2. Learning Target 7.43--Front
Divide and label your paper as shown.
In the labeled boxes, write a short paragraph explaining how each factor led to the Renaissance starting in Italy.
In the small, unlabeled boxes, draw a picture or symbol to help you remember the information.
Location
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Politics
Wealth (Money)
Scholars

3. Renaissance: Beginnings
AD 1350s to 1700
Mongols reopen Silk Road
Marco Polo visits China, returns to Europe, writes a book
Causes people to want to go there and get Chinese goods
Positives of Black Death
No damage to farmland, goods, metals
People are happy to be alive and spend money to erase memories of the plague (Medici Family)
Ottoman Turks conquer Byzantine Empire
Scholars flee to Italy with ancient texts of the Greeks and Romans

4. Italy’s Location
Italy’s location made it a center of trade and commerce.
The Italian peninsula is surrounded by seas, making it a major area for ports.
Both products and new ideas passed through Italy.
Major trading cities: Milan, Florence, Genoa, Venice

5. Renaissance Italy: Politics
Italy was divided into city-states during the Renaissance.
They did not want to be one country because they did not want a single leader, instead, each city-state had its own form of government.
They also did not want the Pope to have complete control of the entire area.
City-states became rich and powerful from trade.

6. Renaissance Italy: Wealth
City-states became rich and powerful through trade and commerce.
The city of Florence became wealthy from wool and banking.
The Medici Family were wealthy bankers with political power.
Individuals who had a great deal of wealth hired artisans to create paintings, buildings, and other items.
The Roman Catholic Church also controlled much of the wealth and power.

7. Renaissance Italy: Scholars
When the Byzantine Empire was conquered, scholars brought ancient Greek and Roman texts to Italy.
Muslim scholars in Spain were also responsible for preserving and translating ancient Greek and Roman texts.
Other European scholars eventually used these Arabic texts and translated them into Latin, the language of most European schools at the time.

8. Learning Target 7.43--Back
Label the following and color blue:
Adriatic Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Color each city-state a different color.
Glue the map onto the back of page 7.43.
Below the map, create a key for your map. Use page 287 as a guide.
Finish drawing the western side of the map and label Spain, Portugal, and France. Use pages as a reference (see next slide).
Below the map and key, write a paragraph explaining why Italy’s location made it a good place for the Renaissance to begin.

9. Draw the areas outlined in red
Draw the areas outlined in red. Be sure they are correctly placed in relationship to the map of Italy you glued into your LTN.