1. STANDARD WHII.2a
The student will demonstrate an understanding of the political, cultural, and economic conditions in the world about 1500 a.d. by
a) locating major states and empires.
b) describing artistic, literary, and intellectual ideas of the Renaissance.
c) describing the distribution of major religions.
d) analyzing major trade patterns.
e) citing major technological and scientific exchanges in the Eastern Hemisphere.

2. STANDARD WHII.2a
Location of some of the major states and empires in the Eastern Hemisphere:
England
France
Spain
Russia
Ottoman Empire
Persia
China
Mughal India
Songhai Empire

3. Russia
England
France
Spain
Ottoman Empire

4. Persia
China
Mughal India

6. Mughal India

7. STANDARD WHII.2a
Location of major states and empires in the Western Hemisphere
Incan Empire
Mayan Empire
Aztec Empire

8. STANDARD WHII.2b Renaissance (1350-1600)
“Rebirth” of classical knowledge, “birth” of the modern world
Rebirth of the study of Greek and Roman culture
Rebirth in education (secular)
Spread of the Renaissance from the Italian city states to northern Europe
Starts out in Sothern Italy and works it way north through trade

9. STANDARD WHII.2b Contributions of the Renaissance
Accomplishments in the visual arts—Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci
Accomplishments in literature (sonnets, plays, essays)—Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth
Accomplishments in intellectual ideas (humanism)—Erasmus
Erasmus lived through the Reformation period and he consistently criticized some contemporary popular Christian beliefs. In relation to clerical abuses in the Church, Erasmus remained committed to reforming the Church from within.
-is an approach in study, philosophy, or practice that focuses on human values and concerns.

10. Renaissance: R.E.B.I.R.T.H.
R. Rebirth of Greek & Roman classic culture
Classics – ideas of ancient Rome & Greece

11. Renaissance: R.E.B.I.R.T.H. E.Established in Italian city-states
Strategically located
ALL trade between Asia, Europe & Africa
Merchants became very wealthy – art patrons
New banking practices
Credit / checking accounts
Why not carry cash?

12. Renaissance: R.E.B.I.R.T.H. B. Birth of the “modern” world
Less superstition
Education, literature encouraged
Sports, art, music important
Study of history & science

13. Renaissance: R.E.B.I.R.T.H.
I. Italian Artists – Michelangelo & Leonardo Da Vinci
invented new style of painting based on perspective
Called the “Renaissance Man” (scientist, inventor, etc.)
painted ceiling of Sistine Chapel
Sculpted David

14. Renaissance: R.E.B.I.R.T.H.
Renaissance spreads from Italy Northern Europe
How do ideas spread?
Invention of the printing press by Gutenberg (1440)

15. Renaissance: R.E.B.I.R.T.H.
TTheater – Shakespeare wrote plays & sonnets
Shakespeare – best know English playwright
Romeo & Juliet
Macbeth
Hamlet
Other accomplishments in literature
Machiavelli – The Prince
Guidelines for obtaining & maintaining absolute power

16. Renaissance: R.E.B.I.R.T.H. Humanism
driving philosophy of the Renaissance
Emphasis on the “secular world,” not “afterlife”
Individual has importance
Questioning spirit
Drew inspiration from classical civilizations
Greco-Roman
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
Wrote The Praise of Folly
Made fun of church practices

17. Use the next few slides to complete your visual guide.
Renaissance Art
Lifelike
looked realistic; artists studied the body
Perspective
had depth; 3D
Emotion
revealed artist’s feelings
Sometimes secular
(non-religious)
Use the next few slides to complete your visual guide.

18. Sistine Chapel
Vatican City
Michelangelo

20. David
Michelangelo

21. La Pieta
Michelangelo

22. Man is the Measure Leonardo Da Vinci Man is the Measure

23. The Last Supper
Leonardo Da Vinci

24. Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci

25. Shakespearean Theater

26. The Praise of Folly
Erasmus

28. STANDARD WHII.2c
Location and importance of world religions in 1500 a.d.
Judaism—Concentrated in Europe and the Middle East
Christianity—Concentrated in Europe and the Middle East
Islam—Parts of Asia, Africa, and southern Europe
Hinduism—India and part of Southeast Asia
Buddhism—East and Southeast Asia

29. Essential Understandings
By 1500 a.d., major states and empires had developed in various regions of the world.
New intellectual and artistic ideas that developed during the Renaissance marked the beginning of the modern world.
By 1500 a.d., the five world religions had spread to many areas of the Eastern Hemisphere.

30. STANDARD WHII.2d
Traditional trade patterns linking Europe with Asia and Africa
Silk roads across Asia to the Mediterranean basin
Maritime routes across the Indian Ocean
Trans-Saharan routes across North Africa
Northern European links with the Black Sea
Western European sea and river trade
South China Sea and lands of Southeast Asia
Importance of trade patterns
Exchange of products and ideas

32. STANDARD WHII.2e Advancements exchanged along trade routes
Paper, compass, silk, porcelain (China)
Textiles, numeral system (India and Middle East)
Scientific transfer—Medicine, astronomy, mathematics

33. Essential Understandings
By 1500, regional trade patterns had developed that linked Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.
By 1500 a.d., technological and scientific advancements had been exchanged among cultures of the world

34. Where were the five world religions located around 1500 a.d.? 1. 2. 3.
What were the artistic, literary, and intellectual ideas of the Renaissance?
On the world political map, where were some of the major states and empires located around 1500 a.d.?
What technological and scientific advancements had been made and exchanged by 1500 a.d.?
STANDARD
WHII.2
Where were the five world religions located around 1500 a.d.? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
What were the regional trading patterns around 1500 a.d.?
Why were the regional trading patterns important?