13.1 Chapter Review

1) Explain the importance of:

• Silk Roads: was a trading route that connected Europe with China. Silk road helped to develop the trading in the Renaissance times/era. 
• Humanism: was thoughts that focused on what human beings could achieve. The humanism's job was to make individuals that could encourage people to achieve everything in their life, that they could.

2) How did humanism differ from earlier beliefs about the place of individuals in society? 

• In the Medieval times Kings and Churches were at the very top of the society pyramid. People had to put kings and churches before themselves. But now in Renaissance the people put the humanists in the top society pyramid. The Humanists were leading the Christian life. The Humanists tried to make individuals that were examples for other people to show that they need to achieve everything they can in their life. Humanists taught the people to enjoy their life and focus on achieving things in their life. 

3) What were the key factors that led to the decline of feudalism? 

• The 3 main factors that led the feudalism to its end is the Bubonic Plague, Hundred year war, Growth of Nations.

4) What 2 regions did the Silk Road Connect? 

• Europe and China

5) what was the main goal of the humanism?

• To make individuals that will be an example to others and will show others that they need to achieve as many of the achievements that they can in their life.

6) How did the reopening of the silk roads contribute to new ways of thinking among europeans?

• The people had chances to meet other people and culture. They could now make relationships with other cultures. 

7) How did the teachings of humanism weaken the power of the church?

• i think the humanism weakened the power of the church because humanism taught people to look more at themselves then to the higher society people. I think people started to look more deeper into themselves rather then listening to the people from the higher society.