Setting up the Renaissance Webquest Directions Complete the

Setting up the Renaissance Webquest

Directions: Complete the “activity” on each slide. Use the links and instructions in the notes section below each slide.

What’s in a name? 1. When was the Renaissance period? 2. What does the term Renaissance mean? 3. Why is the period called that? 4. On which continent did the Renaissance largely take place?

Getting the party started! 1. How did the Crusades contribute to the start of the Renaissance? 2. Where did the Renaissance begin? Why? 3. Besides monarchs, what kinds of people gained power at the end of the Middle Ages (and into the Renaissance)?

The Renaissance begins: Northern Italy 1. Define “city-state”: 2. How do you think Northern Italian cities benefitted from their geographic locations? 3. Florence, Genoa, and Venice were the most powerful Italian city-states in this region. Find a map that includes all three cities. Copy/paste it onto the bslide on the next page.

Florence Genoa Venice (map goes here)

Government in the Italian city-states 1. Initially, the Italian city-states governed as independent republics. What is a republic? 2. Florence was not a republic. It was ruled by a powerful, wealthy merchant family named ____. What was this family especially known for doing? 3. What made the geography of Venice unique?