STANDARD WHII.2a
The student will demonstrate an understanding of the political, cultural, geographic, and economic conditions in the world about 1500 A.D. (C.E.) by
– a) locating major states and empires.
Essential Understandings
• By 1500 A.D. (C.E.), major states and empires had developed in various regions of the world.
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Portugal Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Japan Russia Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
England
France
Spain
Russia
Ottoman Empire Aztec
Maya
Inca
China
Songhai Mughal
Persia
Holy Roman Empire
Italy
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Portugal Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Japan Russia Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Portugal Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Japan Russia Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Portugal Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Japan Russia Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
England
France
Spain
Russia
Ottoman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Italy
Portugal
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Portugal Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Japan Russia Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Portugal Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Japan Russia Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
China
Mughal
Persia
Japan
Arabia
Ottoman Empire
Russia
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Portugal Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Japan Russia Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Portugal Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Japan Russia Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
Aztec
Maya
Inca
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Portugal Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Japan Russia Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
European Empires England France Spain Russia Italy Portugal Holy Roman Empire Ottoman Empire
Asian Empires Persia China Japan Russia Mughal Empire Ottoman Empire Arabia
American Empires Mayan Incan Aztec African Empires Songhai Empire
Songhai
Essential Questions
On the world political map, where were some of the major states and empires located about 1500 A.D. (C.E.)?
STANDARD WHII.2b
The student will demonstrate an understanding of the political, cultural, geographic, and economic conditions in the world about 1500 A.D. (C.E.) by
– b) describing artistic, literary, and intellectual ideas of the Renaissance.
Essential Understandings
New intellectual and artistic ideas that developed during the Renaissance marked the
beginning of the modern world.
The word Renaissance means “Rebirth”
– It was a time of rebirth of classical knowledge and art
It also became known as the “birth” of the modern world
The word Renaissance means “Rebirth”
– It was a time of rebirth of classical knowledge and art
It also became known as the “birth” of the modern world
Renaissance
Rebirth of classical knowledge
The word Renaissance means “Rebirth”
– It was a time of rebirth of classical knowledge
Europe was recovering from the Dark ages and the plague, they were beginning to expand their thinking again.
Renaissance Spreading
The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states.
City-State
a city and its surroundings which act independently from anything else
Renaissance Spreading
The Renaissance began in the Italian city-states.
Soon, it began to spread to northern Europe too!
Contributions of the Renaissance
• Patrons, wealthy from newly expanded trade, sponsored works which glorified city-states in northern Italy.
Contributions of the Renaissance
• Patrons, wealthy from newly expanded trade, sponsored works which glorified city-states in northern Italy.
Patron
A wealthy person who used their money to support the arts
Contributions of the Renaissance
• Renaissance art and literature focused on individuals and worldly matters, not just Christianity.
• It became more secular
Contributions of the Renaissance
• Renaissance art and literature focused on individuals and worldly matters, not just Christianity.
• It became more secular
Secular
concerning worldly rather than spiritual matters
Contributions of the Renaissance
• Renaissance art and literature focused on individuals and worldly matters, not just Christianity.
• It became more secular – concerning worldly rather than spiritual matters
• They wanted their subjects to be realistic and focused on humanity and emotion – This is known as Humanism
Contributions of the Renaissance
• This meant people were more focused on human things rather than spiritual (religious)
Humanism
Intellectual movement in which thinkers focused on human potential and
achievements
Contributions of the Renaissance
• New Techniques emerged
• Sculpture emphasized realism and the human form
Frescoes
Painting done on wet plaster became popular because it gave depth to the
paintings
Contributions of the Renaissance
• New Techniques emerged
• Frescos: Painting done on wet plaster became popular because it gave depth to the paintings
• Sculpture emphasized realism and the human form
Contributions of the Renaissance
• New Techniques emerged
• Frescos: Painting done on wet plaster became popular because it gave depth to the paintings
• Sculpture emphasized realism and the human form
Contributions of the Renaissance
• New Techniques emerged
• And many artists no used perspective in their work
Perspective
artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat
surface
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Renaissance Art Characteristics
• Proportional, realistic, life-like
• Perspective, shadowing and depth
• Individual identities, emotional
• Bright colors, oil paints
• Free-standing statues
• Religious subjects, daily life, mythology
Contributions of the Renaissance
• Accomplishments in the visual arts: Great artists began to show their stuff including:
Contributions of the Renaissance
• Accomplishments in the visual arts: Great artists began to show their stuff including:
– Michelangelo & Leonardo da Vinci
Born in 1475 in a small town near Florence, is considered to be one of the most inspired men
who ever lived
Sistine Chapel About a year after creating
David, Pope Julius II summoned Michelangelo to Rome to work on his most famous project, the ceiling
of the Sistine Chapel.
A study of siege defenses. Studies of water-lifting
devices.
Leonardo, the Engineer: Pages from his Notebook