West Civ-Renaissance Vocab
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napoleonwrasse on April 28, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 patron | person who financially supports the arts |
| recant | to withdraw a statement or belief to which one has previously said; renounce; retract |
| ghetto | in Italy, separate area of the city where Jews were forced to live |
| astrolabe | an instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets |
| hypothesis | a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations |
| humanism | an intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics as well as teaching that the interests and values of human beings are of primary importance |
| predestination | the belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by some higher power |
| heliocentric | sun-centered |
| caravel | type of ship that combined square European sails with triangular Arab ones |
| utopian | founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world |
| perspective | a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally |
| theocracy | government run by religious leaders |
| gravity | the force of attraction between all masses in the universe |
| circumnavigate | to sail around the world |
| indulgence | the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution; often given in exchange for money |
| annul | declare invalid |
| cartographer | mapmaker |
| compromise | an accommodation in which both sides make concessions |
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