Name Class 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 6 th 7 th AKS 38 Renaissance & Reformation Activity Packet Instructions: This packet will be completed in class on Wednesday November 28 th and Thursday November 29 th. Some of the sections are done with your textbook, some are done with outside reading. This will count as a mini-project grade! Part One Renaissance Geography Directions: Use the map on page 469 to fill in the map with the following information: Locate the following cities and label them on your map: o Venetian Republic, Florence, Milan, Madrid, Paris, London, Worms, Wittenberg. Locate the Holy Roman Empire: Shade it green on your map and label it. Locate the Papal States: Shade them red and label them. Label Rome. Locate the following countries on your map. Shade each a different color and label it. o Spain, France, and England. Locate the city of Avignon: Label it on your map. Label the following rivers in blue (trace any rivers): Elbe River, Rhine River, and Danube River.
Part Two What changes in Europe led to the Renaissance? Examine the diagram of the Renaissance Plant at right. Then answer the questions below: 1. which root grows straight up? 2. Which roots branch out? 3. What might this tell us about how the two time periods medieval and classical influenced the growth of the Renaissance? Medieval Times influenced the growth in the Renaissance by: Classical Age influenced the growth of the Renaissance by: 4. Plants need soil, sunlight, and water to grow. In the diagram, what THREE things seem to be contributing to the growth of the Renaissance? 1. 2. 3. 5. Why do you think that the soil is labeled Europe? 6. What was finally able to blossom in Europe due to its strong roots and contributing factors? Part Three Florence: The Cradle of the Renaissance Read Part Three Florence: The Cradle of the Renaissance and answer the following questions. 1. Name 4 famous people that were born in Florence: 2. How did the city s location make it an important center for trade and commerce? 3. By the early 14 th Century, how many people were living in Florence? 4. What family lived in Florence? 5. Why did so many travelers come to Florence? 6. How did the Florentines benefit from the travelers coming through their city? 7. What inspired the people living in Florence? 8. What industries helped Florence become the center of the Renaissance? 9. What were two differences between Florence s Old Market and New Market?
Part Four The Medici Family Read Part Four The Medici Family and then answer the following questions. 1. How did the Medici family influence and rule in Renaissance Florence? 2. How did the Medici family become the Godfathers of the Renaissance? 3. How did the Medici Families bank become the Pope s Bank? Did this help them or hurt them? 4. Which of the five public scandals interest you the most? Why? Part Five Machiavelli Task: Using page 477 in your textbook, answer the following questions: 1. What political guidebook did Machiavelli write? 2. What does this book examine? 3. Machiavelli stated that most people are,, and. 5. How does someone survive in such a wicked world? 6. Why would a ruler have to trick his enemies? 7. Rewrite each quotation from The Prince below in your own words. A prince should have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study, but war and its organization and discipline, for that is the only art that is necessary to one who commands. Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed [ready] that when it is merciful to be otherwise, you may be able to change to the opposite qualities. Quotation # 1 Quotation # 2 My Interpretation: My Interpretation: In the actions of men, and especially of princes, from which there is no appeal, the end justifies the means. My Interpretation: Quotation # 3
Part Six Humanism Directions Read Part Six Humanism to fill in the missing information. 1. Define Humanism: 2. Petrarch was the first. 3. What was Petrach s vernacular? 4. Who was his ideal woman? 5. Dante: Where was he from? What is his most famous work? What is the Divine Comedy? 6. Explain the divisions of the afterlife in your own words: Inferno: Purgatorio: Paradiso: Part Seven Art Directions Read Part Seven Art and fill in the chart below with the various characteristics Classical Art Middle Ages Art Renaissance Art
Part Eight Part Ten Important Men & Women Activity
Closure Activity You are hosting a dinner party for leading Renaissance figures. The guest list will include the nine figures you learned about in this lesson. Your goal is for all your guests to enjoy lively conversation throughout a Renaissance feast. You must decide where your guests will sit INCLUDING YOU!!! As you decide where to place each guest, consider what you know about his or her language, personality, training, talents, and achievements so that everyone has something to talk about with nearby guests at the table. At each chair, create a place card that has the guest s name, or sketch the face, and come up with a creative title for each based on what they are known for. Leave space around the table to write one or two sentences that answer the following question for each guest: Why did you seat this person where you did?