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True
True or false: Peasant women worked the type of hard labour jobs that their husbands did.
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Venice and Genoa
Which two city-states competed for control of the sea routes in the Mediterranean?
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Archbishops / bishops
Who came directly below the Pope on the hierarchical pyramid of the Catholic Church?
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Leonardo da Vinci
He painted one of the world's most famous paintings, the Mona Lisa.
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Giovanni de Medici
Which Medici family member gambled on a pirate becoming the Pope?
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They wanted protection from barbarian tribes.
Why were peasants so willing to be serfs (slaves) to the nobles that owned the land they lived on?
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The hinterland.
What is the area around a city-state called?
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Churches / cathedrals
Historians estimate that between the years 900 and 1000, more than 1500 _______________ were built in France alone.
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Galileo Galilei
He was a famous astronomer who proved the sun was at the centre of our universe.
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Filippo Brunelleschi
Cosimo de Medici hired __________________ to finish the cathedral dome in Florence.
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They were dependent on the loyalty of their nobles.
Why did kings realize that the feudal system did not give them any real power?
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Partnerships/joint stock companies, banking, bills of exchange, or insurance
Name 1 business practice that was started in the Italian city-states during the Renaissance.
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Jerusalem
The place that that Knights of the Holy Templar wanted to regain from the Muslims during the first Crusade.
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Marco Polo
He wrote a book about his travels to the land we know call China.
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The Albizzi family.
Who were the Medici family's rivals in Florence?
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Pepper
What Silk Road trade good was "worth its weight in gold"?
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Usury
What is the practice of charging interest on a loan called?
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Pope Urban II
What is the name of the pope that commissioned the first Holy Crusade in 1095?
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Michelangelo
He painted beautiful murals on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel; he is also a Ninja Turtle.
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Lorenzo
The most famous Medici was Cosimo's grandson, who was known as ____________ the Magnificent.
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Bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic
What are the three types of plague that made up the "Black Death"?
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Ciompi
The "wool carders" who started a revolt and took over the government of Florence are best known by their Italian name: ________________.
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Indulgences
What are _______________________, the payments the Church charged believers in exchange for their salvation?
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Martin Luther
He translated the Bible into German and was critical of the corruptions within the Catholic Church.
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Republic
The Medici were able to control the government in Florence because it was a ________________ (a state in which power is held by the people).
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