Unit 5 Test Study Guide
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mesoamerican | Name given to early Central American cultures (Mexico and Central) |
| Tenochitlan | Aztec capital |
| Humanist | People who specialize in studying the humanities, which includes grammar, history, poetry, and rhetoric |
| First to settle the Hudson River Valley | The Dutch |
| Middle Passage | the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade |
| MIssionaries | people who send out to carry a religious message |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world |
| Puritans | Protestant sect in England hoping to "purify" the Anglican church of Roman Catholic traces in practice and organization. |
| Baroque | ornate style of art and architecture popular in the 1600s and 1700s |
| Glorious Revolution | the bloodless overthrow of the English King James II and his replacement by William and Mary. |
| Calvinist | a follower of the teachings of John Calvin, a leader of the Protestant Reformation, anti-catholic, salvation through Predestination, desided heaven or hell at birth |
| Boyars | russian aristocrats; possessed less political power than did their counterparts in western Europe |
| Clan | a group of families who trace their roots to the same ancestor |
| Pueblo | a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States |
| Tribute | money paid for protection |
| Predestination | Calvin's religious theory that God has already planned out a person's life. |
| Indulgence | A pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin. |
| Gold Coast | Region of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward. (p. 428) |
| Encomienda | A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it |
| Divine Rights of Kings | A theory that assumed that God appointed all monarchs to rule on his behalf. Therefore, any policy, decree, plan, or approach adopted by royalty could not be questioned or disobeyed. |
| Mannerism | A distinctive behavioral trait; an idiosyncrasy |
| Where were the first people from N. America originally from? | Asia; crossed the landbridge between N. America and Russia |
| Mayan writing system | Maya glyphs or Maya hieroglyphs, the writing system of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization of Mesoamerica |
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