1. Chapter 17
Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
Q1: How did the merchant class in northern Italy influence the Renaissance?
Quick Review:
Renaissance: Rebirth of classical Greek and Roman thinking
Why Italy:
Thriving city
Wealthy merchant class
Classical heritage of Greece and Rome

2. Answer: Dominated political life
Merit based, not inherit social status
FOCUS: individual acheivement

3. Chapter 17
Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance
Q 2: In what ways did literature and the arts change during the Renaissance?

4. Answer:
Literature & Art Classics led to humanism, history, literature, philosophy Enjoy life without offending God Led to a secular society (Here and now)
Lit: Vernaclular Machiavelli Art: 3D, Realist Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo

5. Chapter 17
The Northern Renaissance
Q1: What did northern European rulers do to encourage the spread of Renaissance ideas

6. Answer Hired artists from Italy
Follow up Question: Why did the artists leave? Italy sounds like a pretty cool place to live at this time.

7. Chapter 17
The Northern Renaissance
Quick Review
Q2: How were the Christian humanists different from the humanists of the Italian Renaissance?
Christian Humanists: Church needs to inspire people to live Christian lives Italian Ren: Revive classical thought

8. Answer
Reform society through education 1440: Gutenburg…THE PRINTING PRESS Decreased the cost of books which allowed for increase in distribution of books

9. Legacy of the Renaissance
Great Artistic change
Great social change: Church to the Individual
Increase education through books

10. Chapter 17 Lots of review:
Luther leads the Reformation
Lots of review:
Q1: Why did the Holy Roman emperor go to war against Protestant German princes?
Reasons for weak church:
Renaissance idea of individual
Printing press spread secular ideas
Merchants resented paying church taxes
Church leadership was accused of being corrupt

11. Answer
They threatened the church and followed the ideas of Lutheranism
Who was Martin Luther? 95 Thesis

12. Chapter 17
The Reform Continues
Quick Review:
Q1: In what ways was John Calvin’s church different from the Lutheran Church?
Calvin was Swiss (studied under Huldrych Zwingli and Luther) Luther was Germany

13. Answer Calvin brings order to the faith Luther began
He focused on the relationship between God…salvation…and man.

14. Chapter 17 Q1: What are three legacies of the Reformation?
The Reformation Continues
Q1: What are three legacies of the Reformation?

15. Answer Expansion of Protestant churches and new denominations
Increased role of education by both Catholics and Protestants
Increase of development of the nation-state
Questioning authority which laid groundwork to the Enlightenment

16. Chapter 18 Q1: Why were the Ottomans such successful conquerors?
The Ottomans Build a Vast Empire
Q1: Why were the Ottomans such successful conquerors?

17. Answer Warrior tradition Highly effective social structure
Efficient and enforced government with code of law
Freedom of religion

18. Chapter 18
The Ottomans Build a Vast Empire
Q2: Why was Selim’s capture of Mecca, Medina, and Cairo so significant?

19. Answer
They represented great cities and now they fell under the power of the Ottomans.

20. Chapter 19 Q1: What factors helped spur European exploration?
Europeans Explore the East
Q1: What factors helped spur European exploration?

21. Answer Battle for Empire Renaissance Technology and ideas
Expansion of trade (trade with East)
THE THREE G’s
GOD, GOLD, GLORY

22. Chapter 19
Europeans Explore the East
Q2: Why were the Dutch so successful in establishing a trading empire in the Indian Ocean?

23. Answer
They were a leading sea power and by 1600 had the largest fleet of ships in the world.

24. Chapter 19 Q1: Why did China undergo widespread industrialization?
China Limits European Contacts
Q1: Why did China undergo widespread industrialization?

25. Answer
Do to all the European exploration to the East, China was forces to industrialize to keep up as a trade partner. By the 1500s China’s official trade policy reflected isolationism. I wonder why?

26. Chapter 19 Q2: What did Christian missionaries bring to China?
China Limits European Contacts
Q2: What did Christian missionaries bring to China?

27. Answer
Knowledge of European science and technology, but Christianity did not take root.

28. Chapter 19
Japan Returns to Isolation
Q1: Why was the time between 1467 and called the period of the “Warring States”?

29. Answer
The centralized government fell to the decentralized territory lords or samurais. Civil war dominated this time.

30. Chapter 19
Japan Returns to Isolation
Q2: What was the difference between the Confucian ideal of society and the real society of Japan?

31. Answer
Confucian: agriculture centered society/farmers Real society: commerce/merchants

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