In Renaissance times, the region now known as Italy was not yet a country and differed from much of the rest of Europe in that it was not controlled by a monarch. Rather, Northern Italy was a collection of politically independent cities surrounded by rural 'hinterland'. These self-governing cities and their associated hinterland were known as:A) Municipalities.B) Manorial estates.C) City-states.D) Counties of the Kingdom.

The city-states of Northern Italy were often engaged in conflict with one another during the Renaissance. One of the reasons for frequent violent conflict between the city-states was attempts to expand their territories and control larger regions of the hinterland.Why did the city-states engage in battle with one another in an attempt to gain more hinterland territory?A) Based on the feudal system, practiced during the Renaissance in the city-states, the more land a noble controlled, the wealthier and politically influential he became.B) City-states relied on the hinterland region to grow crops that could be traded in the port cities for luxury items from the Far East and Africa.C) Most of the city-state population lived in the hinterland, so the greater the hinterland region a city-state controlled, the more income it had from tax-paying citizens.D) Each city-state was independent and had a different religion and culture from the other city-states. This led to frequent attempts by one city-state to capture and convert or assimilate another.

.Assertion : Italy was divided into seven states, of which only one was ruled by an Italianprincely house.Reason : The north was under the domination of the Bourbon kings of Spain

Which of the following statements describes the type of government which existed in Florence during the Renaissance? A. It was a city-state ruled by the wealthy Medici family. B. It was a small Italian town ruled by the king of Italy in Rome. C. It was the capital of Italy and had a large bureaucracy. D. It was completely under the control of the Catholic Church

How did Italian city-states become so powerful?

Who were the true ruling class of Italian City states? *1 pointPowerfulPopeWarrior KingsWealthy MerchantsNone of the Above