Analyze the ITALIAN RENAISSANCE c. 1300-1550 — humanism, city-states (Florence, Venice, Milan, Rome), and the Medici family's patronage system
Exercise Difficulty 2 ~5 min hist.g7.s.ex_18

Labeling

MG-2 Map
RENAISSANCES-EVERYWHERE Atlas — 24x36 inch wall display showing 1500 CE world with six early-modern formations color-cod

RENAISSANCES-EVERYWHERE Atlas — 24x36 inch wall display showing 1500 CE world with six early-modern formations color-coded: (1) Italian/Northern Renaissance Europe — yellow; (2) Mughal India — green; (3) Ming/Qing China — red; (4) Songhai West Africa — orange; (5) Ottoman Empire — purple; (6) Tokugawa-precursor Sengoku Japan — blue. Each formation labeled with major cities — Florence/Venice/Wittenberg/Antwerp; Agra/Delhi/Fatehpur Sikri; Beijing/Nanjing/Hangzhou; Timbuktu/Djenné/Gao; Istanbul/Cairo/Aleppo; Kyoto/Osaka/Edo. Time-period bands show 1450/1500/1550/1600/1650/1700/1750. Atlantic Triangular Trade overlaid with arrows. Pueblo + Maya + Inca + Mexica + 19 Pueblos + Vilcabamba present-tense Indigenous regions distinctly marked. Scale bar, modern country outlines in faint gray.

Prompt

Locate on MG-2 Atlas: Songhai capital Gao + Timbuktu (scholarly center) + Niger River + Sankore University + Trans-Saharan trade routes to Marrakesh + Cairo. Name Songhai's major emperor + dates.

How it's presented
mode text
Answer criteria
type labeling with description
key answer
Askia Muhammad I r.1493-1528
correct labels
GaoTimbuktuNiger RiverSankoreTrans-Saharan trade
Hints
  1. Songhai 1493-1591; capital Gao on Niger River.
  2. Sankore University Timbuktu had ~25,000 students at peak ~1450-1591.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Confusing Songhai with Mali (earlier empire)
  • Placing Sankore in Mecca
Used in lessons