Chp 6 New Age in Europe Vocab
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- Francisco Pizarro
- the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas
- Renaissance
- the period of the rebirth of learning in Europe between 1300 and 1600.
- Strait of Magellan
- a waterway near the southern tip of South America
- Protestant
- referring to Christian religions that grew out of the Reformation because people protested against the power and abuses of the Catholic Church
- absolute monarch
- a king or queen with complete authority over the government and people
- circumnavigate
- to sail or fly completely around something, such as Earth
- tsar
- a Russian emperor.
- hierarchy
- group of persons arranged in rank
- encomienda
- system in which the Spanish king gave Spanish settlers the right to the labor of the Native Americans who lived in a particular area
- humanism
- a system of thought (philosophy) that focuses on the nature, ideals, and beings, rather than on the divine
- Age of Exploration
- the period of European exploration overseas from about 1400- 1600
- Reformation
- the effort to change or reform the Roman Catholic Church, which led to the establishment of Protestant churches.
- Northwest Passage
- a sea route through North America
- divine right of kings
- the belief that the authority of kings comes directly from God
- Machiavellian
- dishonesty in politics; crafty, deceitful
- conquistador
- a Spanish conqueror of the Americas
- heresy
- religious belief opposed to those of a church; any opinion opposed to official or established views
- Versailles
- the palace built for the French king, Louis XIV
- patron
- supporter; a person, usually a wealthy and influential one, who sponsors and supports some person, activity, institution, etc.
- Cape of Good Hope
- the southern tip of Africa
- Hernan Cortes
- the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
- Elizabethan Age
- a golden age of English history when Elizabeth I was queen, 1558-1603