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Chapter 7 Vocabulary
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Social Studies
7th Grade
03/13/2012

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Renaissance
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("Rebirth") Period of renewed interest in art and learning in Europe
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Secular
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Interested iin worldly rather than religous matters
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Doge
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The head of state in Venice
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Diplomacy
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The art of negotiating, or making deals, with other countries
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Humanism
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A new approach based on the values of he ancient Greeks and Romans where people believed that the individual and human society were important
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Vernacular
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The everyday language people speak in a region
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Chiaroscuro
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A painting techinique that creates softened edges by using light and dark
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Fresco
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A painting done on wet plaster with watercolor paint
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