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30 Cards in this Set
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Which country took the lead in exploration in the fifteenth century?
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spain
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renissance society first took on ots distinctive shape in the...
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merchant cities of Italy
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Erasmus wanted to...
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unite classical and christian ideals
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The writings of Las Casas contributed to the emergence of...
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the Black Legend
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The Black Legend
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emerged from Las Casas' criticism of Spainish conquests
according to it all Spanish treatmen of Native Americans was unprincipled and inhumane |
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the encomienda was...
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a grant of the right to the labor of a specific number of Indians
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humanists believed that education should...
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?
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Renissance means
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rebirth
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The Medici familt ruled fifteenth- century...
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Florence
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The studia humanitatis included...
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grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, politics, and moral philosophy
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Italy's decline at the end of the fifteenth century was precipicated by what?
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French invasions of Italy
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what was Machiavelli's solution to Italy's problems?
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to unify Italy under a strong ruler who would do anyhting to preserve his political power
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The marriage of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile allowed the two rulers to do what?
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subdue their realms, secure their borders, venture abroad militarily adn christianize all of Spain
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civic humanism
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hummanism under which the education promoted individual virtue and public service
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what drove the Portuguese to find a sea route to the East?
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hope of finding spices
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how did the natives columbus encountered on his first trip behave?
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they were friendly and cooperative
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waht aided the spanish conquest of the Aztecs?
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the numerical superiority of the Eupoeans to the Aztecs
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early conquistadors were primarily interested in what
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gold
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repartimiento
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requirement that male Indians work a certain number of days a year in spanish economic enterprises (followed encomienda)
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How did NOrthern Humanists differ from Italian humanists?
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they were more interested in religious reforms
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Francisco Petrarch
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father of the Renissaince (1304-1374)
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1527
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sack of rome by spain under charles v
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scholaticism
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medieval philosophy (concernign the church and religion)
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secular
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non religious, worldly
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anachronistic
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out of its time
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Why did the renaissance start in Italy?
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location and easy access to the east and west, urban centers,merchant cities that could expand at their own rate, classical heritage,
money to support (painters...) |
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dynastic democracy
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control political power from behind the scenes (Medici with their money and influence)
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chiarascuro
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using light and dark to give depth
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sfumato
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"fumy" type of brush stroke
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3 Gs of expolation
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gold, glory, god
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