Unit 1
Terms
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- Predestination
- the doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be eternally saved
- Calvinism
- a body of religious teachings based on the ideas of the reformer John Calvin
- Anabaptist
- in the Reformation, a Protestant group that believed in baptizing only those persons who were old enough to decide to be Christian and in separation of church and state.
- Kangxi
- The first emperor (1661) of the Qing Dynasty who ruled for 60 years
- Reformation
- a 16th century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the Pope's authority.
- Daimyo
- the warrior-chief in japan who became lords in the new kind of Japenese feudalism
- Yonglo
- Hongwu's son
- Annul
- to cancel or put an end to
- Peace of Augsberg
- a 1555 agreement declaring that the religion of each German State would be decided by its ruler.
- Printing press
- a machine for reproducing written material by pressing paper against arrangements of inked type
- Lutheran
- a member of a Protestant church founded on the principles of the Reformation.
- Ming Dynasty
- A Chinese Dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644
- Perspective
- an artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.
- Presbyterian
- a member of a Protestant Church governed by elders (Presbyters) and founded on the teachings of John Knox
- Indulgence
- a pardon releasing a person from punishment due for a sin.
- Renaissance
- a period of European history lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far reaching changes in art, learning and views of the world.
- Zheng He
- A Chinese Muslim admiral who led seven voyages of exploration, more than a half century before Europe
- Vernacular
- the everyday language of people in a region or country.
- Patron
- a person who supports artists, especially financially.
- Catholic Reformation
- a 16th century movement in which the Roman Catholic Church sought to reform itself in response to the Protestant Reformation.
- Hongwu
- the son of a peasant, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty
- Gutenberg Bible
- the first full-sized book printed with movable type and a printing press
- Manchus
- The people of the region Manchuria who invaded China in 1644
- Protestant
- a member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation.
- Anglican
- relating to the Church of England
- Utopia
- an imaginary land described by Thomas More in his book "Utopia" - hence, an ideal place
- Secular
- concerned with worldly rather than spiritual achievements.
- Qing Dynasty
- Manchu dynasty in China that ruled for 260 years and brought Taiwan, Chinese Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet into China
- Humanism
- a Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievement.
- Council of Trent
- a meeting of Roman Catholic leaders, called by Pope Paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by the Protestant reformers
- theocracy
- a government controlled by religious leaders
- Jesuits
- members of the society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola.