Sol vocab part two

Question 1

1. Renaissance

Answer 1

“a period of European history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world. ”

Question 2

2. Humanism

Answer 2

“a Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.”

Question 3

3. Theological

Answer 3

the study of the nature of God and religious belief.

Question 4

4. Usury

Answer 4

the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.

Question 5

5. Corruption

Answer 5

dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery.

Question 6

6. Indulgences

Answer 6

“a pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin.”

Question 7

7. Predestination

Answer 7

“the doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be eternally saved.”

Question 8

8. Appropriated

Answer 8

The act of appropriating.
2.
a. Something appropriated, especially public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
b. A legislative act authorizing the expenditure of a designated amount of public funds for a specific purpose.

Question 9

9. Colonialism

Answer 9

“a land controlled by another nation.”

Question 10

10. Hapsburg family

Answer 10

“The future Holy Roman emperor, Ferdinand II, was head of the Hapsburg family.”

family controlling the holy roman emperor ( supporting )

Question 11

11. Jesuits

Answer 11

“members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola.”

Question 12

12. Inquisition

Answer 12

“a Roman Catholic tribunal for investigating and prosecuting charges of heresy—especially the one active in Spain during the 1400s. ”

Question 13

13. Secularism

Answer 13

“concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters.”

Question 14

14. Literacy

Answer 14

the ability to read and write.

Question 15

15. Diffusion

Answer 15

the spreading of something more widely.

“the diffusion of Duchamp’s thought and art”

Question 16

16. Indigenous

Answer 16

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
“the indigenous peoples of Siberia”

Question 17

17. Demise

Answer 17

a person’s death.

a country or leader falling from power

Question 18

18. Enclaves

Answer 18

a portion of territory within or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally or ethnically distinct.
a place or group that is different in character from those surrounding it.
“the engineering department is traditionally a male enclave”

Question 19

19. Isolation

Answer 19

“a policy of avoiding political or military involvement with other countries. ”

far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.

Question 20

20. Mercantilism

Answer 20

“an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought. ”

Question 21

21. Divine Right

Answer 21

“the idea that monarchs are God’s representatives on earth and are therefore answerable only to God.”

Question 22

22. Westernization

Answer 22

“ an adoption of the social, political, or economic institutions of Western—especially European or American—countries.”

Question 23

23. Fanaticism

Answer 23

filled with excessive and single-minded zeal.
“fanatical revolutionaries”

obsessively concerned with something.
“he was fanatical about security at night”