World History Vocab

Question 1

Renaissance

Answer 1

the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.

Question 2

City State

Answer 2

a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

Question 3

Humanism

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Secular

Answer 4

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

Question 5

Patron

Answer 5

A person who supports artists, especially financially

Question 6

Renaissance Man

Answer 6

a person with many talents or areas of knowledge.

Question 7

Perspective

Answer 7

An artist technique that creates the appearance of 3 dimensions on a flat surface

Question 8

Vernacular

Answer 8

The everyday language of people in a region or country

Question 9

Utopia

Answer 9

An imaginary land described by Thomas More in his book Utopia- hence, an ideal place

Question 10

Printing Press

Answer 10

a machine for printing text or pictures from type or plates.

Question 11

Gutenberg

Answer 11

German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)

Question 12

Indulgence

Answer 12

A pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin

Question 13

Lutheran

Answer 13

A member of a Protestant church founded on the teachings of Martin Luther

Question 14

Protestant

Answer 14

A member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation

Question 15

Annul

Answer 15

to cancel or set aside

Question 16

Predestination

Answer 16

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