The Renaissance Begins

The diplomat who wrote The Prince in 1513 was _____.

• diplomacy

• Medici

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Renaissance

• secular

___________ means being more interested in this world than in religion

• diplomacy

• Medici

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Renaissance

• secular

The rich banking family from Florence was the

• diplomacy

• Medici

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Renaissance

• secular

____________ is what we call the period from about 1350 to 1650 in Europe that saw major developments in art, culture, architecture, learning, and science.

• diplomacy

• Medici

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Renaissance

• secular

____________ is the art of negotiating or making deals with other countries.

• diplomacy

• Medici

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Renaissance

• secular

During the Renaissance, there was a renewed interest in

• art and learning.

• religion.

• military strategies.

• political freedom.

Because of Italy's long coastlines, Italian city-states became wealthy through

• farming.

• fishing.

• shipbuilding.

• trade.

Which of the following cities is considered the first major center of the Renaissance?

• Florence

• Genoa

• Milan

• Rome

Europe's kings allowed the Italian city-states to remain independent so the kings could

• borrow money from them.

• pay tribute.

• hire mercenaries.

• use their ports.

Which person was an Italian writer who believed that keeping power by any means was the only way to rule?

• Kublai Khan

• Lorenzo de' Medici

• Marco Polo

• Niccolo Machiavelli