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1. What is the literal meaning of “Renaissance”? 2. Why did the nobles in the country provide the king with protection?
3. What is another name for the bubonic plague? 4. What was the only way to avoid the plague? 5. How did the plague affect the economy? 6. Once the economy began booming again, what did the middle-class do for leisure?
7. What important tools developed in the Middle Ages helped improve life during the Renaissance? 8. Why was sea travel a better option than land travel?
9. When did Gutenberg invent the printing press? 10. Prior to the printing press, how was information recorded to make books and such? 11. Due to the high cost of books during the Middle Ages, who typically read and owned books? 12. With the invention of the printing press, the educated Middle class could afford books. What did they demand from the book makers?
13. What Italian city showed more characteristics of the Renaissance than Europe? Why?
14. What lined the walls of most homes? 15. Which item of furniture was given great attention to detail? Describe.
16. Where were plays originally performed? 17. Why were most plays performed during the day? 18. Despite the introduction of cannons and gunpowder, why did most men choose to use bow and arrow?
19. What was the average age of marriage for most women around 1566? 20. Why did couples typically get married at a later age? |