Unit 1

Renaissance: The Origins of a Western Worldview

Activity

1. Download the document, Reading/Study Guide Unit 1: Chapter 2, Lesson 3.
   Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to.


2. Click on one of the links provided to download the document.
• You will then be able to view the Reading/Study Guide Unit 1: Chapter 2, Lesson 3 worksheet.
  
  
  

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3. Read "Voices" on page 51 of your textbook.
   
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• Which business model would you prefer if you were a worker?
  
• Which would you prefer if you were a merchant or importer?
• Which model do you think would lead to the most growth in trade? Why?

1. Read pages 52 and 53 of the textbook.
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• Why did the nobles, bankers, shopkeepers, craftspeople - almost everyone - want more political power?
• What did they do to see that their interests to keep business growing were valued by the governments?

1. Read pages 54 and 55 of your textbook.
   
• Answer the following questions in your Reading/Study Guide.
  
  
• What did very rich people such as the Medicis do that resulted in the production of great works of art and literature?
• Do rich people continue to do this today? Should they?

1. When you are finished, proceed to the next page.