CBMS Renaissance

1. ________ and commerce increased, cities grew larger and wealthier, and newly wealthy merchants and bankers supported the growth of arts and learning.
3. Some city-states were ruled by a single rich family, such as the ________ family in Florence.
6. ________ believed in the worth and potential of all individuals and balanced religious faith with belief in the power of the mind.
9. The cultural and intellectual movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century in Europe, characterized by a revival of interest in the classical art, literature, and learning of ancient Greece and Rome.
11. The Renaissance began in this country.
12. Trade made the Italian city-states dazzlingly wealthy.
14. The Renaissance is the bridge that connects the Middle Ages to the ________ Era.
15. A technique used in painting and drawing to create the illusion of depth and three-dimensionality on a two-dimensional surface. Linear perspective was a notable innovation during the Renaissance.

2. Renaissance is a French word that means “________.”
4. “________” refers to the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome.
5. As a result of all this activity, craftspeople, merchants, and ________ became more important in society.
7. The increase in trade led to a new kind of economy. This was called a ________ economy.
8. An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
10. From the city-states of Italy, Renaissance ideas spread to the rest of ________.
13. The Renaissance began with the rediscovery of the classical world of ancient Greece and ________.