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Renissance
Definition
a historical period that originated in Italy in the 14th century,known for the revival of classic art,architecture,literature and learning.
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Hierarchical
Definition
based on classes of status or authority ranked one above another.
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Middle ages
Definition
a historical period in Europe streching from the fall of thye Roman empire in the 4th century to the beggining of the Renissance in the 14th century.
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Political Systems:
Social Systems
Definition
the organization and relationships amung people such as education,medical, and socail services a society provides
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Political Systems:
Political and Economic
Definition
political:realting to the way the government is organized, the role of citizens in the government(eg.voting)and the rights given to individuals and groups;economic:relating to the methods by which people produce and distribute the goods and services they need.
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Political Systems:
Culture
Definition
the way of life of a group of people, incuding language,rules of behavior,religion,spirtual,arts,
literature,sciences ,traditions and other everyday aspects of life that can be observed.
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Political Systems:
Geography
Definition
where a group lives:the climate,land formation,plants and animals,bodies of water, and natural resorces.
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Political Systems:
Ideas and Knowledge
Definition
what a group knows:the scientific intellectual,technologic,artistic and spiritual knowledge of the times;the common understandings a group has,base on shared history.
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Political Systems:
Contact with other Groups
Definition
whao a group comes in contact with;contact and interations between societys and between different groups in a society.
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Bubonic Plaque/Black Death:
Definition
and epidemic caused by rats and mice transferring fleas onto the boat.The fleas then bit the crew then grew black sores that pused in the armpits and groins then experienced chills,vomiting,prostration,and delirium.
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Serfs
Definition
serfs also known as peasents are at the bottom of the hierachical latter.Also under the lesser Nobles,Knights and Lower Clergy
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Names of artists
Definition
Da vinci,Marco polo,sonsovina,Bellini,Mauntius,
Tinoretto.
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Leonardo Da Vinci
Definition
was an Italian,: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer.He is known as the Renaissance man.
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Crusade
Definition
a campagne in favor of a cause ;historically a medieval Christian military expedition to recover the Holy Land from the muslims.
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The Crusades
Definition
armies in Europe tryed to recapture areas of the Middle East that were under Muslim control.
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Holy Land
Definition
in the Crusades the middle east was Holy Land to the Jews,Christians,and Muslims.
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The Silk Road
Definition
In the 300 BCE when the roman empire extended into what is now the Middle East, people in the west came over with exotic rare goods and traded them from trader to trader then the movement of goods went both ways so that would be the route of the Silk Road
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Astrolabe
Definition
It located and predicting the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars; determining local time
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The Medici Family:
Definition
The family:
-funded
artists+churches+buildings+monuments
-powerfull influence in florence
-support the most famous painters,sculptors and architechs
-had a role in controlling the government
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Role of Religion:
Definition
The main and in some areas christianty was the only option.The other two were Judasim and Islam.
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Age of Exploration
Definition
The period when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of trading partners, new goods, and new trade routes.Along with learning about the world for what ever reason they had. Began in the early 15th century and lasted until the 17th century.
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Ethnocentrism:
Definition
a belief thats one's own race or culture is superior to others
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Feudal Systems:
Definition
a political economic-social system of landholding in place in much of europe in the middle ages.Class structures and roles were very ridgid.
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Trinity:
Definition
a christian belief thaqt god concists of three parts:The father,The son(Jesus), and the Holy Spirit.
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Humanism:
Definition
a system of thought that centres on humans and there values,potential, and worth;concerned with the needs and welfare of humans
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Nicolaus Copernicus:
Definition
was a polish mathmatician and astronomer.He made up differnt theroys about the universe.He proved that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun and earth was not the centre of the universe.
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Feudal System:
Definition
a political economic-social system of land holding,in place in much of euroepe in the Middle ages.Class strucature and roles were very rigid.
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Sir Thomas More:
Definition
was an important advisor to king henry the VIII of England.he as executed by tye king for his refusal to denounce the Roman Catholic Church.
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Vernacular
Definition
local,common, or native reffering in particular to languages.
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Erasmus
Definition
he was a Strong defender of the Roman Catholic Church.He belived the role of the church was to tech and support faith and that faith was a nessarsay thing in human life.He also thought that students should be thought to discover,reason,argue and aplly their knowledge.
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Concumerism
Definition
focaing on collecting and using material goods or products.
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Indigenous
Definition
originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country
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Popolo Minuto
Definition
they were known as "the little people".They are a grounp of store keepers and workers
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Quality of Life
Definition
the sense of safety and comfort,security health and happiness that a person ahs in his or her family.
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Expansionism
Definition
a government policy encourging territorial or economic expansion tyo other countries,often by force
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Imperialism
Definition
the policy of a country or empire to extend its authority or domination by political,economic,or military means.
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Heresy
Definition
an opinion against the beliefs of a given religion.
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Genoa
Definition
one of the city states of itay that prosper because of the major cenrtes of trading
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Venice
Definition
one of the most prosperist citys in europe controlde many ports and goods adeas and knowledge from the easts were inroduced
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Florence
Definition
it became the centre of highly succesfull merchants and bankers
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worldview ideas that we allready have
Definition
the freedome to practice own reigion,ideas of personal freedoma and leadership and f you worked you could move out of the class you were in.
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Nationalism
Definition
country comes together
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city states
Definition

florence,genoa,venice.

A city that governs itself from the country side

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factors affecting worlvews
Definition
cultuee,political and economic,Socail Systems,geo,ideas+knowledge,contact with other groups
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Asian Empire
Definition
where asia,japan,china's goods.silk and spices were sold
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Silk Road
Definition
giant trade route from east to west this road traders exchanged many goods and knowldge
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islamic empire
Definition
the centre of trade on silk road.Where the Muslims controlled.
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economic system
Definition
how money is made
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social systems
Definition
the rankings of citizens
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what slowed rennissance
Definition
mountains,war religion and feudual systems
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