Book 2 Unit 1 - The Renaissance: A Period of Change

1 What are the Dark Ages?

2 Where did many "new" ideas come from during the Renaissance?

3 What caused the Church to lose power on the eve of the Renaissance?

4 What caused feudalism to decline around 1500?

5 What effect did the growth of trade have?

6 Where did the Renaissance begin?

7 How did the rich merchants in the Italian city-states help artists?

8 How did Italy's past help increase interest in art and learning?

9 How did the fall of Constantinople help learning in Italy?