Questions: As you work on your chosen project, be sure to think about the following

questions and make the answers evident in your work and your presentation:

1. What was the Renaissance all about?

2. How did the development of the printing press affect civilization in general, and
the lives of people specifically?

3. How were the lives of people living during the Renaissance similar to our lives
today? How were their lives different?

4. What impact did European domination have on various regions and the world?

5. How did change that took place in science, the arts, politics, religion, and
education accelerate global political and economic expansion?

6. How did politics, economics, geographic and social implications affect cultural
expansion during this period?

7. How are societies altered by the change from rural to urban society?

8. What effect did the new political and economic ideas have?

9. What were some of the advances in technology, education, literature and the arts?

10. How did religion change during this period? What effect has this had on world
religion as we know it today?