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Patron

Answer 0

A person who provides financial support for arts.

Question 1

Humanism

Answer 1

Movement in Renaissance that focused on worldly subjects rather than on religious issues.

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Utopia

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Ideal society.

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Predestination

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Idea that God long ago determined who will gain salvation.

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Theocracy

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Government run by religious leaders.

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Canonize

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Recognize one as a saint.

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Heliocentric

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Based on belief that sun is the center of the universe.

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Scientific Method

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Method used to confirm findings and prove or disprove a hypothesis.

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Astrolabe

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Instrument used to determine latitude by measuring stars’ positions.

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Astronomy

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Branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the universe as a whole.

Question 10

Columbian Exchange

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Trade of people, plants, animals, technology, and disease between Europe and the Americas.

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Caravel

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Improved type of sailing ship in the 1400s.

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Circumnavigate

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Travel all the way around the Earth.

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Conquistador

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Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s.

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Mercantilism

Answer 14

Policy by which nation spit to export more than import in order to build its supply of gold and silver.

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Capitalism

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Economic system in which means of production are privately owned and operated for profit.

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Small Pox

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Contagious viral disease that spread from Europe to the Americas during the Columbian Exchange.

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Movement in Renaissance that focused on worldly subjects rather than on religious issues.

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Humanism

Question 18

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A person who provides financial support for arts.

Answer 18

Patron

Question 19

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Ideal society.

Answer 19

Utopia

Question 20

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Idea that God long ago determined who will gain salvation.

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Predestination

Question 21

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Government run by religious leaders.

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Theocracy

Question 22

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Recognize one as a saint.

Answer 22

Canonize

Question 23

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Based on belief that sun is the center of the universe.

Answer 23

Heliocentric

Question 24

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Method used to confirm findings and prove or disprove a hypothesis.

Answer 24

Scientific Method

Question 25

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Instrument used to determine latitude by measuring stars’ positions.

Answer 25

Astrolabe

Question 26

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Branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the universe as a whole.

Answer 26

Astronomy

Question 27

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Trade of people, plants, animals, technology, and disease between Europe and the Americas.

Answer 27

Columbian Exchange

Question 28

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Improved type of sailing ship in the 1400s.

Answer 28

Caravel

Question 29

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Travel all the way around the Earth.

Answer 29

Circumnavigate

Question 30

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Spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s.

Answer 30

Conquistador

Question 31

Newer Cards

Policy by which nation spit to export more than import in order to build its supply of gold and silver.

Answer 31

Mercantilism

Question 32

Newer Cards

Economic system in which means of production are privately owned and operated for profit.

Answer 32

Capitalism

Question 33

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Contagious viral disease that spread from Europe to the Americas during the Columbian Exchange.

Answer 33

Small Pox