Unit 1

Renaissance: The Origins of a Western Worldview

Targets
Skill Builders

Chapter 2 Overview

At the end of Chapter 2, you should be able to answer the following Big Question.

  • How would increased trade and business change a society's worldview?


The following smaller questions will help you answer the Big Question.

  1. What factors influenced the increase of trade between Western Europe and the East during the Renaissance?
  2. How did increased trade lead to the emergence of powerful city-states?
  3. How did a changing business model affect society?
Chapter 2 of the textbook, Worldviews: Contact and Change.