CHAPTER 10 VOCABULARY

RENAISSANCE

• It was the spread of art and culture that began in the 1300 in Italy
• Later in time it spread the rest of Europe
• An example of Renaissance is European rules, supported by the Catholic Church..
• They wanted to spread their religious beliefs and win converts to Christianity

WESTERNIZATION

• Basically it is the spread of ideas and values from the Europe to the western world
• Ex: in the end of the 18th century, Europe had become a dominant force
• Europe's culture began to spread around the world

ABSOLUTISM

• It is a system of a rule
• Which means that a monarch or any ruler gets to enjoy unlimited power
• Ex:Louis XIV of France embodied the principle of absolutism

DIVINE RIGHT

• The notion believe that the rulers power is derived by god not questioned
• Ex: in china there rulers had claimed the Mandate of Heaven,
• They supported their rule.

COMMERCIAL REVOLUTION

• In the 16th century,there was a big expansion.
• Caused trade and business to expane in Europe
• Ex:new methods of business and banking went too there countries

CAPITALISM

• An economic system based on private enterprise
• Ex:living standard rose while wealth increased

SECULAR

• It is about concern for the world and not about religion
• Ex:principles of science

CONQUISTADORS

• They are Spanish leaders over the America
• Ex:Francisco Pizarro led his army to conquer the inca empire

MESTIZOS

• A mixed person both European and Native American
• Ex:in the Spanish social structure, second to the last mestizos were bottom

INFLATION

• An increase of money supply
• Ex:trade and it increased in the money by how much they traded

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGED

• The transfer of stuff like plants,animals and also diseases
• Ex:Americans traded with Europeans on food,plants,and animals.
• Also disease between eastern and western hemispheres

GREAT DYING

• diseases brought over by Europe.
• Which cause a devastation of American Indian population
• Ex:a lot of people dead before the disease come.
• But when it did more then ten million people died from the disease

HUMANISM

• Balancing religious faith with secular learnings,
• Also belief in the value of you self or individual
• Ex:arts and thinkers helped shape new views of the world

REFORMATION

• A movement in 16 and 17 century,a birth of Protestant religion.
• Also the split of Catholic Church
• Ex:matin Luther helped and believed that the church grown corrupt

SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION

• It was the shift of thinking of studies.
• About nature,which it started in the mid 1500's
• Moved beyond religious teachings

ENLIGHTENMENT

• A movement in 18th century,
• About the scientific methods that studied.
• Studied about society and its problems

WHAT CHANGED THE WORLD MORE BETWEEN 1400 AND 1800

• The one that changed the world more is trade.
• The reason it is trade is that nothing would have gone to other places.
• Also if trade never happen they would have the stuff they had that time
• The last reason is that the stuff that the people had during that time was all because of trade