Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

World History

World History vocab

TermDefinition
renaissance rebirth,a time of creativity and change in many areas: political, social, economic, and cultural
feudalism system in the middle ages of powerful lords dividing their estate to lesser lords, who pledged their loyalty
medieval period a time of war and plunder, hardship and suffering
Medici Family family in Florence that organized the banking business
humanism intellectual movement during the renaissance that focused on worldly subjects rather than religious issues
perspective an artistic technique used to give drawings and paintings a 3 dimensional effect
black death bubonic plague that wiped out 1/3 of the European population
flanders present day France, Belgium, and Netherlands
secular rulers Kings, Queens, and Princes
gravity the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass
indulgence a pardon from sins committed during a persons lifetime
Luther's 95 Thesis Martin Luther's list of arguments against indulgences in the Roman Catholic Church
recant to give up your views
excommunicated kicked out of the Catholic Church in 1521
anabaptists rejected infant baptism, believed in separation of church and state, included Baptists, Quakers, Amish
annul to cancel your marriage with your wife so you could marry someone else in order to have a son to succeed you
Peace of Augsburg 1555 allowed each German prince to decide which religion, Catholic or Lutheran would be practiced in their lands
inquisition the ecclesiastical tribunal for the suppression of heresy
ghetto separate quarters of the city
heliocentric a sun-centered universe
Created by: VickieJ10
Popular World History sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards