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Ren., Ref., and Expl
Renaissance, Reformation and Exploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Feudalism | System of government in the Middle Ages used to provide protection and security. Included clergy, nobility and the peasantry. |
| Perspective | A painting technique that shows the differences between things that are close and things that are far away. Shows three dimensions |
| Patron | A wealthy person who pays artists and writers to produce their work. |
| Guild | Organizations that crafts-people of the Renaissance joined. Helped to get workers better training, wages and rights |
| Scientific Method | A system of observing and experimenting to determine whether an idea should be accepted as true |
| Humanism | The belief that humans are important. New thought of the Renaissance |
| Middle Class | A social class between the very wealthy and the very poor made up of skilled workers, professionals and merchants. (This class grew as cities grew in the Renaissance) |
| Renaissance | The from about 1350 to 1600 in which Europeans entered an age of thought, learning, art and science; a French word meaning "rebirth" |
| Printing press | A machine that used "moveable type" to create books, Bibles, etc. Was invented by Johannes Gutenberg |
| Monarch | A king or queen |
| Heliocentric | The belief that the sun is the center of the Universe |
| Renaissance Man | An individual who is knowledgeable about all subjecs and who excels in art, math and science |
| Economics | The study of wealth, money and trade in society |
| Catholic Church | The only Christioan church before the Reformation |
| Pope | The leader of the Catholic Church |
| Reformation | A religious movement that began in Europe in the 1500s as an attempt to change the Catholic Church |
| Protestant | Name of the churches that were formed as a result of protests against the Catholic Church |
| Heresy | Denying the beliefs of the Church (A heretic is a a person who denies the beliefs) |
| Indulgences | Pardons for sins that were sold by the Catholic Church |
| Puritan | Members fo the Church of England that wanted to "purify" it of Catholic practices; very strict Protestants |
| Circumnavigate | To travel all the way around the earth by ship |
| Conquistadors | A Spanish adventurer who came to the Americas in search of gold |
| "New World" | Land "found" by European explorers. North and South America |
| Columbian Exchange | Food and goods that were exchanged between the "Old" and "New" worlds by the explorers |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | The treaty that created an imaginary line showing which lands the Spanish and the Portuguese could claim as colonies |
| Spanish Armada | A large group of warships; in this case a group of warships built by King Philip II of Spain |
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