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Social Studies
The Renaissance Period
Term | Definition |
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Age of Exploration | The period of European exploration from about 1400 1600 |
Census | An official count of people at a certain place, certain time. |
Circumnavigate | To move completely around something |
Humanism | A system that focused on the nature, ideals, and achievements of humans, rather than the divine |
Patron | A person who gives financial support to a cause or activity. |
Renaissance | The period of rebirth of learning and the arts between 1300 and 1600 |
Scientific Method | A method involving careful observation of nature. |
Scientific Revolution | A time where scientist began to rely on the scientific method. |
Secular | Denotating activities that have no religious or spiritual basis. |