Unit 5 Vocabulary

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What was the Renaissance?

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The French word for rebirth and a period of artistic and intellectual growth in Europe

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Name the movement that focused on human beings and their potential during the Renaissance

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Humanism

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What's a city-state?

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A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

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What was the type of painting called that was done on fresh, wet plaster?

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Fresco

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Who was Niccolo Machiavelli?

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An Italian author who wrote a book on leadership called The Prince

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Francesco Petrarch

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The father of Humanism

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What does the word "secular" mean?

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It refers to all things non-religious

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When a person lives in an_____ place, it means living in a city.

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urban

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During the Renaissance, merchants became a new, wealthier class.

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True

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What was the name of the most famous book on power of the Renaissance?

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The Prince