Niccolo Maciavelli
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. Florence
A. A city in central Italy on the Arno
2. Medici
B. People who make and enforce a country's laws
3. Politics
C. Aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century
4. Republic
D. A statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government
5. Machiavelli
E. The end of life
6. Reputation
F. The activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
7. Corrupt
G. A belief accepted as authoritative by some group or school
8. Support
H. Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
9. Government
I. A form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
10. Death
J. The study of government of states and other ___ units
11. Philosophy
K. The general estimation that the public has for a person
12. Genius
L. Lacking in integrity