Question

QUESTION – 41

With reference to the causes of the Renaissance, answer the following:


a) What is meant by Renaissance ? From where did it begin? (2+1)

b) Invention of the Printing Press (3)

c) New Trade route between Europe and East​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Historians have identified several causes for the emergence of the Renaissance following the Middle Ages, such as: increased interaction between different cultures, the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman texts, the emergence of humanism, different artistic and technological innovations, and the impacts of conflict

Answer 2

Ans=(a) The Renaissance is generally considered to have started in Florence, Italy around the years 1350 to 1400. The start of the Renaissance also was the end of the Middle Ages. Humanism. One of the big changes in the Renaissance was in the basic way people thought about things.

(B)= In Germany, around 1440, goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press, which started the Printing Revolution. Modelled on the design of existing screw presses, a single Renaissance printing press could produce up to 3,600 pages per workday, compared to forty by hand-printing and a few by hand-copying.

(C)=The Silk Road is a name given to the many trade routes that connected Europe and the Mediterranean with the Asian world. The route is over 6,500 km long and got its name because the early Chinese traded silk along it.