Chapter 9

Question 1

abdicate

Answer 1

to give up power; discard

Question 2

adhere

Answer 2

to give support/loyalty to a cause

Question 3

advocate

Answer 3

one who pleads the case of another

Question 4

analyze

Answer 4

study of the separation of things into their parts

Question 5

Annates

Answer 5

a church’s first year of profits given to the papal treasury

Question 6

annex

Answer 6

to attach/incorporate

Question 7

apex

Answer 7

the highest point

Question 8

aristocracy

Answer 8

government where a small group/family have most of the power (usually passed down by generation)

Question 9

assess

Answer 9

to determine the importance

Question 10

avarice

Answer 10

excessive desire for wealth

Question 11

belligerent

Answer 11

showing aggression and hostilities

Question 12

bourgeois

Answer 12

characteristics of the middle class

Question 13

canonization

Answer 13

act of a Christian church declaring a dead person a saint

Question 14

classical

Answer 14

of or relating to ancient Greek and Roman arts (literature, architecture, art, or ideals)

Question 15

clerical

Answer 15

member of the clergy

Question 16

common law

Answer 16

an unwritten law based on customs/court decision (esp. England)

Question 17

conservative

Answer 17

wanting minimal change to social or political norms

Question 18

conscription

Answer 18

forced enrollment (military)

Question 19

despot

Answer 19

ruler acting with absolute power and authority; tyrant

Question 20

Diaspora

Answer 20

scattering Jews to countries outside of Palestine after Babylonian captivity

Question 21

divergence

Answer 21

seperation

Question 22

dogma

Answer 22

a specific doctrine authoritatively set (church)

Question 23

ecclesiastical

Answer 23

of or related to a church

Question 24

eradicate

Answer 24

to get rid of completely

Question 25

evolution

Answer 25

set of dangerous movements; change

Question 26

extol

Answer 26

praise highly

Question 27

hegemony

Answer 27

strong influence over another nation

Question 28

heretical

Answer 28

relating to someone who holds beliefs that are other than the ones accepted by the church

Question 29

illuminate

Answer 29

to spiritually enlighten

Question 30

inept

Answer 30

incompetent

Question 31

liberal

Answer 31

favorable for reform in political or religious affairs

Question 32

partition

Answer 32

action/state of being divided

Question 33

Petrine supremacy

Answer 33

pope is highest Catholic official

Question 34

Power of the Purse

Answer 34

a group’s ability to manipulate another by withholding their funding

Question 35

preeminent

Answer 35

having outstanding rank/dignity

Question 36

prevailing

Answer 36

prove more powerful than opposing forces

Question 37

purge

Answer 37

to get rid of

Question 38

oscillation

Answer 38

move from one point to another

Question 39

repudiate

Answer 39

to refuse to be a part of; break away from (marriage)

Question 40

secular

Answer 40

something that is not related to religion

Question 41

sovereign

Answer 41

unlimited/independent power

Question 42

tenet

Answer 42

principle/idea that is believed to be true

Question 43

Usury

Answer 43

charging unreasonable interest on loans

Question 44

validity

Answer 44

state of being true

Question 45

wane

Answer 45

gradually fall in power or size

Question 46

zenith

Answer 46

the highest point

Question 47

A.D.

Answer 47

anon domini (within Christian era)

Question 48

B.C.

Answer 48

before Christ

Question 49

B.C.E.

Answer 49

before common era