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world history vocab
unit 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Geocentric | The Ptolemaic system is a theory about astronomy that places Earth at the very center of the universe. |
| Humanities | It is a field that concerns humans and their culture. |
| City-state | made up of a city surrounding territory under its control as a political unit. |
| Humanism | is a worldview that combines faith and deep connection for human agency, reason, and potential. |
| Sovereignty | a region supreme to govern itself. |
| Heretic | people who hold religious belief teachings that are opposite to the teaching usually. |
| printing press | Johannes Gutenberg invented one of the most significant inventions because it increased the material output. |
| Huguenots | Ultra Catholics who faced fierce opponents during the French Wars of Religion. |
| Diversity | An assortment of different things. |
| Calvinism | John Calvin taught a belief and now christians follow it. |
| Heliocentrism | places the Earth not in the middle but the Sun. |
| Scientific method | scientists use to make precise theories about the world. There are a total of 4 stages: observation, description, phenomenon, and formulation. |