Unit 1 - The Renaissance

Question 1

Allegory

Answer 1

a work in which the characters and events are meant to be understood as representing other things and symbolically expressing a deeper moral or political meaning

Question 2

Anatomy

Answer 2

science that deals with the structure of animals and plants

Question 3

Anglophones

Answer 3

people whose first language is english

Question 4

Astrology

Answer 4

science of the stars

Question 5

Caliphate

Answer 5

the area of jurisdiction of Islamic rulers

Question 6

Cartographer

Answer 6

a person who draws maps

Question 7

City-state

Answer 7

a politically independent city and the rural area or hinterland around it

Question 8

Epidemic

Answer 8

a disease that spreads rapidly and affects many individuals at the same time

Question 9

Excommunication

Answer 9

official exclusion from the Catholic Church

Question 10

Expansionism

Answer 10

the actions and attitudes of a state or country whose goal is to expand its power and territory

Question 11

Feudalism

Answer 11

the system of political organization during the Middle Ages in which the lord owned the land and all others served him

Question 12

Heresy

Answer 12

opposing Church teachings

Question 13

Humanist

Answer 13

a person who adopts a system of thought that centres on humans and their values, capacities, and worth; concern with the interests, needs, and welfare of humans

Question 14

Immunity

Answer 14

resistance to a disease (immune)

Question 15

Imperialism

Answer 15

the extension of power over a territory, including its resources and people

Question 16

Indulgences

Answer 16

certificates that reduced the time people would be punished for their sins after they died

Question 17

Journeyman

Answer 17

a person who has learned a trade and joined a guild

Question 18

Machiavellian

Answer 18

a crafty, unscrupulous person who seeks and holds power by any means possible

Question 19

Manor

Answer 19

a piece of land, sometimes called a fief

Question 20

Martyr

Answer 20

a person who is willing to die for his or her convictions or beliefs

Question 21

Missionaries

Answer 21

men and women from religious orders with the authority to teach and convert people to Christianity

Question 22

Monarchies

Answer 22

countries ruled by a king or queen

Question 23

Monastery

Answer 23

building and lands in which monks lived and carried out their religious duties

Question 24

Monastic

Answer 24

how monks / nuns lived that involves spending time each day studying religious texts, praying, and carrying our religious work and duties

Question 25

Mosque

Answer 25

a sacred place of worship in the Islamic faith

Question 26

Pandemic

Answer 26

an infectious disease that affects many people over a large geographical area

Question 27

Patron

Answer 27

someone who pays artists to produce works

Question 28

Philosopher

Answer 28

one who studies the truth and principles underlying human conduct and knowledge and the nature of the universe

Question 29

Principalities

Answer 29

small areas often ruled by princes

Question 30

Reformation

Answer 30

religious movement to change or reform the Roman Catholic Church that resulted in the establishment of some other Christian religions (ex. the Lutheran Church)

Question 31

Rhetoric

Answer 31

the art of making speeches

Question 32

Scientific Method

Answer 32

the process of making observations, experimenting, and drawing conclusions based on evidence

Question 33

Scribe

Answer 33

a person who copied books

Question 34

Serf

Answer 34

peasants who worked the land for the lord and were not allowed to leave the manor without the lord’s permission

Question 35

Sonnet

Answer 35

a poetic form that consists of 14 lines

Question 36

Sumptuary Laws

Answer 36

laws that controlled consumption or how people spent their money

Question 37

Tithe

Answer 37

a portion of crops or percentage of earnings paid to the Church

Question 38

Usury

Answer 38

the practice of charging interest when loaning money to someone

Question 39

Vernacular

Answer 39

the language commonly spoken by the people who live in that region