The Renaissance

Question 1

Allegiance

Answer 1

Swearing your loyalty or commitment to a superior power, an individual or a group of people

Question 2

Anatomy

Answer 2

A field in science that revolves around the structure of the human body, the animals and other living organism.

Question 3

Aqueducts

Answer 3

water pathways that give people water. Built out of som

Question 4

Astronomy

Answer 4

The study of stars.

Question 5

Beliefs

Answer 5

The acceptance that a certain idea is true.

Question 6

Bills of Exchange

Answer 6

A person who sends an order for another to pay them a demanded price.

Question 7

Black Death

Answer 7

Also known as the Bubonic Plague, is a terrible and awful disease that struck Europe and killed 1/3 of its population.

Question 8

Christianity

Answer 8

A religion

Question 9

City-state

Answer 9

a city with its surrounding territory that makes up a state/independent country.

Question 10

Civic Humanism

Answer 10

study of history and political issues; rightful duty as a citizen to study about political issues and history to better their own society.

Question 11

Classic civilizations

Answer 11

Roman, Greek and Islamic civilizations

Question 12

Crusades

Answer 12

The crusades were a group of Christians who went to Jerusalem to claim the land they thought was holy and belonged to them.

Question 13

Cultural Contact

Answer 13

Contact between two people of different cultures leading to a change in both of their systems.

Question 14

Democracy

Answer 14

Introduced by the Greek and Romans, democracy is where they give people the power in the election and let them decide their political leaders.

Question 15

Excommunication

Answer 15

the act of officially excluding someone from the participation in church activities and offering services to the Christian Church.

Question 16

Exploration

Answer 16

the action of travelling to new lands in order to claim them as territory or learn about them.

Question 17

Feudalism

Answer 17

Feudalism was a hierarchy showing people ranked according to their importance in society.

Question 18

Heresy

Answer 18

Having an opinion against an official or popular belief.

Question 19

Hierarchy

Answer 19

A system where people are ranked one above another according to their importance.

Question 20

Hinterland

Answer 20

A place that exists beyond what they had discovered.

Question 21

Holy Land

Answer 21

The Holy Land is Jerusalem.

Question 22

Humanism

Answer 22

The idea that stresses the importance of Humans rather than a supernatural being.

Question 23

Indulgences

Answer 23

a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins according to Christianity.

Question 24

Islam

Answer 24

A religion followed by Muslims.

Question 25

Isolation

Answer 25

Separating yourself from others, either as a group or individual.

Question 26

Judaism

Answer 26

A religion followed by Jews.

Question 27

Manor/Fiefdoms

Answer 27

A whole plot or piece of land owned by the Lords.

Question 28

Middle Ages

Answer 28

A time of complete isolation for Europe.

Question 29

Monarchies

Answer 29

A country that is ruled by a monarch, head of state.

Question 30

Nobles

Answer 30

Knights, Fighting to protect their Fiefdoms.

Question 31

Oligarchy

Answer 31

a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

Question 32

Patrons

Answer 32

Someone who funds an organization or project. (Mainly Art)

Question 33

Peasants

Answer 33

Worked the land on fiefdoms.

Question 34

Perspective

Answer 34

An opinion or point of view on an idea or topic.

Question 35

Philosophers

Answer 35

Someone who asks questions about the society they live in and their way of life.

Question 36

Pilgrim

Answer 36

a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.

Question 37

Renaissance

Answer 37

The rebirth of old ideas.

Question 38

Rural

Answer 38

Living in the fiefdom.

Question 39

Scientific Method

Answer 39

Discovered during the Renaissance. (self explanatory)

Question 40

Serfs

Answer 40

peasants.

Question 41

Silk Road

Answer 41

A network of trade routes throughout Asia and Europe.

Question 42

Sovereignty

Answer 42

supreme power or authority.

Question 43

Trade

Answer 43

exchanging goods and ideas

Question 44

Urbanization

Answer 44

the process of making an area more urban.

Question 45

Usury

Answer 45

Borrowing money that proves to be unfair to whomever you borrowed it from.

Question 46

Values

Answer 46

What you believe.

Question 47

Vernacular

Answer 47

the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

Question 48

Worldview

Answer 48

The way a person views the world.

Question 49

Tithe

Answer 49

a portion (10%) of a persons crops and earnings to pay as charity for the church.