Chapter 1 Quiz - The Renaissance

Why did cities grow? Trade - exotic silk - knowledge was acquired City-states - self-governed Peasants + nobles left over from the plague moved to the cities - there’s hardly anyone left Mountains - protected them - Catholic Chruch moved to France Republics - despots and oligarchies After years of fighting - Treaty of Lodi - stabilized Marriages were often for political reasons

Glossary: Papacy - the Pope and the government of the Roman Catholic Church Republic - a state in which power is held by the people or their representatives Despot - a leader with unlimited power; a tyrant or oppressor Oligarchy - a form of government in which a few people have the power Court - the families, advisors, and other members of a royal or noble household Urbanization - the movement of population away from the countryside and into cities Value judgement - an opinion based on a person’s individual values and beliefs City-states - a city that governs itself and the countryside surrounding it