Unit 5 & 6 Vocabulary

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humanism

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aRenaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts andfocused on human potential and achievements

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secular

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concerned with worldlyrather than spiritual matters

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patron

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a person who supportsartists, especially financially

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perspective

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anartistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flatsurface.

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indulgence

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a pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin

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reformation

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a 16th-century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding ofChristian churches that rejected the pope’s authority.

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Protestant

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a member of a Christian church founded on theprinciples of the Reformation.

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annul

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to cancel or put an end to.

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theocracy

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a government controlled by religious leaders.

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Catholic Reformation

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a 16thcentury movement in which the Roman Catholic Church sought to makechanges in response to the Protestant Reformation.

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Jesuits

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members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious orderfounded by Ignatius of Loyola.

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Council of Trent

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a meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule ondoctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers.

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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a 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newlydiscovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean wouldbelong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belongto Portugal.

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Colony

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aland controlled by another nation.

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conquistador

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the Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters who took part inthe conquest of the Americas in the 16th century

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Columbian Exchange

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the global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the Americas.

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. triangular trade

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the transatlantic trading network along which slaves and other goodswere carried between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the coloniesin the Americas.