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Vocab: World History

Vocab and Important People for World History

QuestionAnswer
Epidemic Outbreak of rapidly spreading disease
Inflation Economic cycle that involves a rapid rise in prices linked to a sharp increase in the amount of money available
Vernacular Everyday language of ordinary people
Predestination Calvinist belief that God long ago determined who would gain salvation
Theocracy Government run by religious leaders
Cononize Recognize a person as a saint
Schism Permanent division in church
Indulgences Pardoning for sins committed during a person's lifetime in the Roman Catholic Church
Heliocentric Belief that the sun is the center of the universe
Scientific-Method Careful, step-by-step process used to confirm findings and prove or disprove a hypothesis
Galileo Views contradicted the church
Isaac Newton Discovered the law of gravity
Johannes Gutenberg German inventor who invented the printing press with a movable type
Martin Luther German monk who wrote the 95 thesis and objected the Catholic Church
Henry III Broke away from the Catholic church. Wanted a divorce but the church refused
Copermicus Proposed the heliocentric theory
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