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Study Guide Answers
1. Name the mountains that surround the city of Florence.
the Apennine Mountains
2. What does "Florence" mean? What is the city's emblem?
"the flowering"/ lily or iris
3. What movement that was to transform the world began in Florence?
Renaissance
4. What group originally settled in the hills of Fiesole?
Etruscans
5. What is the name of the river that runs through Florence?
Arno
6. What group gained control of Florence in the First Century, B.C.?
Romans
7. What preserved civilization and culture in Florence?
the Church
8. Name two of Florence's most powerful rivals. For what did each fight?
Pisa wanted rule of the sea, Lucca wanted rule of the mountains.
9. Name the two opposing political factions. Tell what each represented, thus dividing the people of Florence for generations.
Guelphs--supporters of the Papacy; Ghibellines--partisans of German Emperor
10. What was the "mighty engine of Florence's financial power"?
gold florin
11. What served as the "Bible of the Poor"?
fresco paintings on walls of churches
12. Who helped to establish vernacular Italian as a spoken and written language?
Dante
13. Discuss ways in which art flourished, and identify the artists who contributed to the Renaissance. Tell what contributions they made.
discussion
14. Which family gradually gained control of Florence during the 14th Century--a time of frequent revolutions and family feuds?
Medici
15. Discuss some of the donations made to Florence by Cosimo the Elder.
discussion
16. Under which ruler did the prestige of the Medicis reach its peak?
Lorenzo the Magnificent
17. Discuss some of the disasters that occurred in Florence, and nearly ruined the city and its art
discussion
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