World history vocab unit 3

Farming enough to feed a family without surplus

A system of knotted strings used by the Incas for record-keeping

Medieval epic poems about heroic deeds

A segregated area where minority groups, especially Jews, were often forced to live

A soldier hired to fight for money, not loyalty

sacred rituals like baptism and communion in Christian traditions

Deliverance from sin and its consequences in religious terms

holy objects associated with saints or religious history

A painting done on wet plaster, popular in the Renaissance

everyday language spoken by ordinary people

Renaissance movements that combined humanist ideals with Christians beliefs

A group of families with a shared ancestor

Extended families sharing a common ancestor

A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by nomadic Native Americans

Corn, a staple crop in many pre-Columbian civilizations

A government in which leaders are elected by citizens

A person believed to communicate with spirits or predict the future

A flat elevated area of land

Discrimination or hostility toward Jewish people

Tracing ancestry through the fathers lineage

African story tellers and historians who preserve oral traditions

To declare a marriage invalid as if it never existed

a medieval method combining faith and reason in education

beliefs or practices that go against Christians teachings

religious wars fought to reclaim the holy land from muslims

A grassy plain with few trees in tropical or subtropical regions

the study of religious beliefs and god

a term for someone who does not believe in the dominant religion

the apointment of religious officials by secular rulers

A middle-class townsperson, often involved in trade of commerce

Centralized royal power developed in late medieval Europe

A society without a centralized government or hierarchy

A direct tax on peasants in France

Renaissance focus on human potential, achievements, and classical learning

A protestant faith based on Martin Luther's teachings

language spoken by the general population (repeated term)

A large communal dwelling used by some Native American groups

The idea of being made right with God through faith

A payment to the church to reduce punishment for sin

The belief that God has already determined who will be saved

Tracing ancestry through the mothers lineage

An artistic technique creating depth and dimension in images

a church order that bans sacraments in a region to pressure rulers