*BASIC FACTS ABOUT THE RENAISSANCE*

HOW THE RENAISSANCE SPREAD NORTH, PART 1

Question #1: What is a city-state?

Answer: A city-state is an independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory. A city-state
stands as its own authority, and does not answer to a higher federal law.

Question #2: What does cultural diffusion mean?

Answer: Cultural diffusion means the spreading out of ideas from one central point to another.

Question #3: What does the term Classics or Antiquities reference?

Answer: The term Classics or Antiquities reference ancient Greece or Rome.

Question #4: What does patron mean?

Answer: Patron means a person who gives financial support to a person, cause, or activity.

Question #5: What is Humanism?

Answer: Humanism is the belief that man has beauty, worth, and dignity. Humanism also holds that lfie
should be based around reason and humanity, not church regulations or church power.

Question #6: What is the birthplace of the Renaissance?

Answer: Italy is the birthplace of the Renaissance.

Question #7: What human families visited Italy?

Answer: Northern Merchants, Diplomats, and Soldiers visted Italy.

Question #8: What did the Northern Renaissance focus on?

Answer: The Northern Renaissance focused on depictions of everyday life.

Question #9: What did the North Renaissance lack?

Answer: The North Renaissance lacked Classic Culture, but retained Anitique culture. It also focused on
illustrating the natural world with highly detailed paintings.

Question #10: What is Christian Humanism?

Answer: Christian Humanism is a mixing of the knowledge of the antiquities with the moral teachings of
Jesus.

Question #11: What is the greatest difference between the Northern and Italian Renaissance?

Answer: The Northern Renaissance focused on studying older works of the Catholic church more than the
Italian Renaissance did.