Ch. 1 Vocab Modern World History
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emileighsanger on January 12, 2009
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All the Chapter One terms to define that were assigned by my personal teacher. Summarizes chapter.
Book: McDougal Littell
Title: Modern World History - Patterns of Interactions
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Renaissance | A period of European history, lasting from about 1300-1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and view of the world |
| humanism | a Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements |
| secular | concerned with worldly rather than spiritual |
| patron | a person who supports artists |
| perspective | an artistic technique that creates a three dimensional appearance |
| Michelangelo Buonarroti | artist who used a relistic style when depicting the human body |
| Leonardo da Vinci | a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist; studied muscle movement and vein arrangement; Mona Lisa and The Last Supper; wrote backwards |
| Utopia | an imaginary land described by Thomas More |
| William Shakespeare | most famous writer; wrote many plays including Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet |
| Johann Gutenberg | craftsman who developed the printing press |
| printing press | object or machine used to make copies of books or other works |
| Gutenberg Bible | Gutenberg's complete printed Bible (1455); first full book printed |
| Martin Luther | monk and teacher who taught scripture and wrote the 95 Theses |
| indulgence | pardon for one's sins |
| reformation | 16th century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the Pope's authority |
| Lutheran | a member of a Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther |
| Protestant | a member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation |
| Peace of Augsburg | a 1555 agreement declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler |
| Henry VIII | king who wanted sons and had many wives; children included Mary, Elizabeth, and Edward |
| annul | to cancel or set aside |
| Queen Elizabeth | daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; restored the Protestant church |
| Angelican | relating to the Church of England |
| Spanish Armada | the attempted Spanish invasion |
| Sir Francis Drake | pirate |
| John Calvin | influenced the spread of Protestantism; published institutes of the Christian religion |
| predestination | doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people are to be saved |
| Calvinism | a body of religious teachings based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin |
| theocracy | a government controlled by religious leaders |
| presbyterian | a member of a Protestant church governed by Presbyterians and founded on the teachings of Knox |
| anabaptist | a member of Protestant group that believed in baptizing only thosed old enough to decide |
| Catholic Reformation | a 16th century movement n which the Roman Catholic Church sought to make changes in response to protestant reformation |
| Jesuit | a member of Society of Jesus |
| Council of Trent | a meeting of Roman Catholic leaders called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines critized by the Protestant reformers |
| vernacular | the everyday languages of people in a region or country |
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