| Term | Definition |
| salvation | everlasting life |
| feudalism | a ruler grants parts of his lands to lords in exchange for military and financial assistance |
| republic | a form of government which people choose representatives to govern them |
| Henry the navigator | hoped to spread portuguese power and spread Christianity. set up navigation centers at SAGRES where sailors learned to use maps, magnetic compass's and astrolabe |
| martin luther | a german monk that demanded catholic church's reform itself |
| protestants | people who protested with martin luther where called |
| moses | made the 10 commandments to teach people that every ruler had to obey god |
| jesus | from Nazareth he preached about god. some saw him as the Messiah |
| direct democracy | a form of government in which an assembly of ordinary citizens make a decision |
| crusades | the Pope Urban 2nd declared a holy war to win control of the holy land from the Muslims |