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When was the Middle Ages?

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Fourth century-fourteenth century

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What was a Hierarchical?

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Based on classes of status or authority ranked one above the other

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What is a republic?

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State in which power is held by the people or their representatives

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What is a oligarchy?

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Form of government n which few people have power

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What is a sovereignty?

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Supreme power or authority

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Guild

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Organization of craftsmen or merchants

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Worldview

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Collection beliefs and values

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Papacy

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Pope and government of RCC

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Feudal system

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Political economic social system of landholding in place in much of Europe in the Middle Ages

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What was the Silk Road

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Network of trade routes stretched through Asia to Europe. People traded silk, spices, resources, etc…

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How did the Silk Road collapse

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China-end of civil war and instability
Mongolian Empire-starts to break apart
Middle East- instability, raiding parties, caliphate(Muslim ruler) rise and fall

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Black Death

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Disease that changed Europes feudal system and was from 1347-1352 and people moved to the city and middle class people can grow more wealth.

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Crusades

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Series of religious wars

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Factors that worldview affects

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Culture, social systems, political and economic systems

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Factors that shape worldview

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Ideas and knowledge, contact with other groups, geography

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Why Italy in the renaissance

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It had good wealth and a good location

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Urbanization

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When an area gets more urban such as after the Black death the city had urbanization come to it or Italian city’s.

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Was the feudal system common during the Middle Ages

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Yes

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Was the Silk Road was the name for the network of trading routes between Europe and America.

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No

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Did merchants and trades travel by caravan to China, India and the Middle East to bring back goods that were not available in Europe

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Yes

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Did many cities of the Islamic civilization were centres of learning

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Yes

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Did ideas from the Chinese, Indian and Muslim civilizations had an influence on the European worldview

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Yes

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During the medieval times were Europeans members of the Christian church

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Yes

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By serving in the Crusades people from many parts of Europe learned more other cultures, true or false

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True

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In the feudal system was there was a definite hierarchy
Yes
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Did people believe that their position in life was Gods will, and that they must just accept it and hope they would end up in heaven during the Middle Ages?
Yes
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With the Black Death did the influence of the church lessen
Yes
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V,F,G, in Northern Italy
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F,V,G built on a group of islands
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F,V,G built on thin strip of land between the Alps mountain and Tyrrhenian Sea
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F,V,G on the sea coast
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F,V,G Marco Polo sailed from here
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F,V,G on the Arno river
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F,V,G connects Europe with the Mediterranean
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F,V,G began as a republic
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F,V,G head of government was the doge who was selected by a small group of wealthy noblemen
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The Medici family (bankers) became the most powerful
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F,V,G ruled by an oligarchy
F,V,G
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F,V,G maintained a strong navy
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F,V,G different families controlled different sections of the city state
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F,V,G depended on trade between Europe and Asia
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F,V,G banking became very important
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F,V,G sometimes used violence to gain control of more territory
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F,V,G wealthy people gained more political power
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F,V,G based on a class system
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F,V,G merchants able to move up the social ladder
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F,V,G merchants formed guilds which controlled various industries
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F,V,G peasants and then common people usually had limited rights and usually could not own land
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F,V,G scoule looked after the needy and those in unfortunate situations
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F,V,G art and architecture became important under the rule of Andrea Doria
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F,V,G merchant class supported the arts
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F,V,G became the centre of the European book trade
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F,V,G the merchant class supported the building of centres of learning
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F,V,G home of Leonardo de Vinci and Michaelangelo
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Why did Venice’s location make it a great trading city
It was between the eastern Mediterranean and Western Europe and controlled lots of trading posts
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Venice political system 2 points
-stable government -republic
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Venice economic system 1 point
-successful in sea trade
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Venice social system 3 points
Highest aristocracy Original citizens Lowest common people
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Venice culture 2 points
Meeting hall filled with art Scoule
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Florence political system 1 points
Started as republic Got controlled by Medici
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Florence economic system 3 points
Trading Banking Merchants
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Florence social system 2 points
Nobles owned most of the land Class system
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Florence culture 2 points
Major centre of renaissance culture Medici family supported arts architecture and sculpture
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Why did Genoa become a great trading state
It had lots of crossing traffic between Europe and Mediterranean so the location and willpower of the citizens made it a trading city state
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Political Genoa 1 point
Was a republic government by rival families eventually each struggling family controlled a bit each
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Economic Genoa 2 points
Developed markets at ports in Constantinople Traded olive oil, wool, wine, furs, spices, corn, Persian goods, funded a bank
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Social system Genoa 1 point
Richer paid for architecture, controlled by struggling families
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Genoa culture 1 point
Experienced art later in the renaissance later than other parts of Italy

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