<p> Chapter 10 Discussion Questions 1. What were the three great crisis of the Late(or High) Middle Ages? Which one was still a problem? 2. What does Renaissance mean? 3. Who is Jacob Burckhardt? Why is he important? 4. Describe Italy of the Renaissance Period in Geo-Political Terms. Provide a few examples. 5. Define Grandee, Popolo Grosso, Popolo Minuto, 6. Who are the Guelfs and the Ghibellines? 7. Define an Italian City State provide two examples. 8. Who are the deMedici? Why are they important? 9. What is Humanism? Who are its’ major definers/creators? 10.Petrarch? Major Works? 11.Dante? Major Works 12.Boccaccio? Major Works? Why is he so important to Literature teachers? 13.Education and the Renaissance? 14.Manuel Chrysoloras? Florentine Academy Purpose? 15.Platonism has been described as one of the driving factors of renaissance Why/ 16.Woman in the Renaissance Specifically Christine de Pisan and Artemasia Gentilleschmi? 17.Renaissance Man? 18.Chiaroscuro 19.Linear Perspective 20.Oil Paint 21.Who is Lorenzo Valla? 22.Who is Machiavelli? What does he create? 23.List at least 3 positives and/or negatives of Pope Alexander VI 24.List at least 3 positives and/or negatives of Pope Julius II 25.Choose one of the following countries and briefly explain how they became stronger/weaker during this period – France, Spain, England, The Holy Roman Empire 26.How did the Northern Renaissance differ from the Italian Ren? 27.Why is Gutenberg important? 28.Who was Erasmus? 29.Who is Comenius? And why is he responsible for putting you in this school? 30.Why do the Europeans Explore? 31.Achievements of Columbus, Magellen, Dias, and deGama 32.Fall of Aztecs and Incas 33.Who is Bartolome de Las Casas?</p><p> bgm D:\Docs\2017-12-29\0866ead8a1711f4b6d48136225b427d6.doc 4/20/2011</p>