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Many see the Renaissance as an exciting time in Europe. Why?
because it is a time of new trade
because it is a time of great riches
because it is a time of freedom of thought
because it is a time of new governments
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Correct answers: because it is a time of new trade; because it is a time of great riches; because it is a time of freedom of thought.
Explanation in one line each:
- New trade: revival of commerce, overseas routes and urban markets fueled economic growth and contact with other cultures.
- Great riches: merchant and banking wealth (e.g., Medici) funded art, learning and luxury in cities.
- Freedom of thought: humanism, rediscovery of classical learning and more critical inquiry challenged old ideas and stimulated science and the arts.
"New governments" is less central — there were political changes (rise of city-states and stronger monarchies), but the Renaissance is primarily a cultural/intellectual and economic flowering rather than defined by wholly new forms of government.
Explanation in one line each:
- New trade: revival of commerce, overseas routes and urban markets fueled economic growth and contact with other cultures.
- Great riches: merchant and banking wealth (e.g., Medici) funded art, learning and luxury in cities.
- Freedom of thought: humanism, rediscovery of classical learning and more critical inquiry challenged old ideas and stimulated science and the arts.
"New governments" is less central — there were political changes (rise of city-states and stronger monarchies), but the Renaissance is primarily a cultural/intellectual and economic flowering rather than defined by wholly new forms of government.
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