Gacs world history
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lauren95_h on January 25, 2011
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15 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 mercantilism | becoming the dominate ecomonic philosopy of the renaissance and modern europe. |
| renaissance | French word for "rebirth" period of re-interest in present life |
| humanism | The philosophy of the renaissance |
| sonnets | structured poems |
| renaissance man | idea of having knowledge in many fields were prominent in the renaissance |
| frescoes | paintings on wet plaster |
| machiavellian | to describe a attitude of a politician |
| utopia | Sir Thomas Moor most famous work |
| Henry VIII | Hans Holbien younger's famous portrait |
| Albrechet Durer | Was a famous german famous for his woodcuts of martin luther and others. |
| Travels of Marco Polo | a book made by Marco Polo explaining his travels in his 20 year expedition |
| joint stock company | created so no one investor took all the risk or got all the profit |
| astrolabe | a divice that tells a ships lattitude |
| San Salvador | first landing in the Bahamas |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | the papl line of Demarcation; separated the colonies between Spain and Portugal |
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