SOCIAL Vocab
Fettig's Class
Terms
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- growth of cities and the migration of people into them
- urbanization
- philosophy based on the idea that people give meaning to their lives through their choices and actions
- existentialism
- a placing of high value on acquiring material possessions
- materialism
- 20th century artistic movement that focuses on the workings of the unconcious mind
- surrealism
- agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights
- social contract
- period of european history during which renewed interest in classical culture led to changes in art, learning, and veiws of the world
- renaissance
- a deliberate and public refusal to obey a law considered unjust
- civil disobedience
- an adoption of the social, political, or economic institutions of the Western countries
- westernization
- the rights that all are born with: life, liberty, and property
- natural rights
- movement in which 19th century artists reacted against realism by seeking to convey their impressions of subjects or movements in time
- impressionism
- every day language of people in a region or country
- vernacular
- relating to a simple elegant style of art based on themes of the greeks and romans
- neoclassical
- document requiring that a prisoner be brought before a court or judge so that it can be decided wether their imprisonment is legal.
- habeas corpus
- 19th centruy movement in art and thought which focused on emotions and nature
- romanticism
- concerned with wordly rather than spiritual matters
- secular
- doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, like salvation
- predestination
- a grand, ornate style of european art in the 1600's and early 1700's
- baroque
- 18th century european movement in which thinkers attempt to apply the principles of reason and the scientific method to all aspects of society
- enlightenment
- idea that it was right and duty of US to rule over North America
- manifest destiny
- 19th century movement in which writers and painters sought to show life as it is
- realism
- an artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface
- perspective
- strict belief in the basic truths and practices of a particular religion
- fundamentalism