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Predestination

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a doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be eternally saved

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Calvinism

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a body of religious teaching based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin

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Theocracy

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a government controlled by religious leaders

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Presbyterian

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a member of a Protestant church governed by presbyters (elders), founded on the teachings of John Knox

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Anabaptist

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a group that only baptized who were old enough to decide to be a Christian; also believed the church and state should be separate

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Utopia

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is a imaginary land described by Thomas More in his book “Utpoia”; an ideal place

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William Shakespeare

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is the most famous writer of the Elizabeth Age, regarded by many as the greatest playwright of all time

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Johann Gutenberg

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is a craftsman from Germany who developed a printing press that enabled a printer to produce hundreds of copies of a single work; this also made books cheap enough that many people could buy them

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Potlatch

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A ceremonial feast used to display rank and prosperity in some Northwest Coast tribes of Native Americans

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Anasazi

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is a early native American people who lived in the American Southwest

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Pueblo

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a village of apartment like buildings made of clay and stone

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Indulgence

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is a pardon releasing a person from punishment due for sin

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Reformation

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a 16th century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of the Christian churches that rejected that popes authority

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Lutheran

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is a member of a Protestant church founded on the teaching of Martin Luther

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Protestant

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is a member of the Christian church founded on the principiles of the Reformation

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Peace of Augsburg

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a 1555 aggreement that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler

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Annul

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to cancel or set aside

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Anglican

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is relating to the Church of England

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Vernacular

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is the everyday language of people on a region or country

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Perspective

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is an artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface

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Patron

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is a person who supports artists, especially financially

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Secular

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is concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

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Humanism

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is a Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential a d achievements

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Renaissance

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is a period of European history (1300-1600) during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world

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What was the issue that caused tension between Thomas More and King Henry VIII?

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Thomas More wouldn’t let King Henry divorse his wife

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As a result of his decision to stick to his principles, what happened to Thomas More?

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He was beheaded

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How many words did Shakespeare invent?

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1700

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List 3 ways the Renaissance changed society?

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  1. made learning more avaliable
  2. changes in art
  3. changes in society
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Explain why the invention of the printing press was so important?

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It made it easier to buy books and made it eaiser to get books

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At the point in time, how did people feel about church leaders?

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They thought they were corrupt

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Give to examples pf the “forces” that weakened the Church

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Luther and the church authority was weakend

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Give 3 ecamples of how the church’s leaders, popes, were corrupt during the Renaissance

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They patronized the arts, spent extravagently personal pleasure, and faught wars

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Give 2 examples of the problems the clergy had at this time

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Many priests and monks were poorly educated and others broke their priestly vows by marrying and some drank a lot and gambled

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Who were the Christian humanist that spoke out in the late 1500’s on the same issue

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Desiderius Erasmus and Thomas Moore

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What was Martin Luther’s job, and where did he work

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He was a monk and a teacher. He taught scripture at the University of Wittenburg in the German state of Saxon

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In his 95 Thesus hpw did Martin Luther describe those who were selling indulgences

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pardon-merchants

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How did Martin Luther become known all over Germany so quickly

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Someone copied Luther’s words and took them to a printer

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How did Church officials in Rome view Luther

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Simply being a rebellious monk

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