Freshmen Mid-Year Vocab Review

Question 1

Painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints

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Fresco

Question 2

Intellectual movement of the Renaissance based on the study of the humanities (grammar, poetry)

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humanism

Question 3

Peasant legally bound to the land who provided labor services, paid rent, and obeyed his lord

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serf

Question 4

Member of the middle class in Renaissance times - shopkeepers, artisans, guild members

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Burgher

Question 5

Under feudalism, a man who served a lord in military capacity

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vassal

Question 6

Movement that combined classical learning and individualism with the goal to reform the Church

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Christian Humanism

Question 7

The middle class in the Middle Ages, including merchants, industrialists, and professionals

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bourgeoisie

Question 8

Representative government that emerged in England in the 13th century; still in place today

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Parliament

Question 9

In medieval Europe, an agricultural estate that a lord ran and peasants worked

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manor

Question 10

Belief God has predetermined who will be saved (go to heaven) and who will be damned (hell)

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Predestination

Question 11

Under feudalism, a grant of land made to a vassal; vassal held political authority on the land

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fief

Question 12

Declare Invalid

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Annul

Question 13

heavy, wheeled plow with an iron plowshare

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carruca

Question 14

The ideal of civilized behavior that developed among nobility; code of ethic knights followed

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chivalry

Question 15

Uniform system of law that developed in England; replaced law codes that varied place to place

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Common Law

Question 16

Religious doctrine Martin Luther developed; believed salvation was achieved through faith alone

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Lutheranism

Question 17

A release from all or part of punishment for sin purchased from the Catholic Church

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Indulgence

Question 18

Soldiers who fought primarily for money, not because they had a connection to the country

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mercenary

Question 19

A form of government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens can vote

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Republic

Question 20

Process of being deemed worthy of salvation by God

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Justification

Question 21

Political & social order during the Middle Ages; nobles offered protection for peasant service

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feudalism

Question 22

The "Great Charter" of rights which King John was forced to sign by English nobles in 1215

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Magna Carta

Question 23

The language of everyday speech in a particular region

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Vernacular

Question 24

The unwritten rules that determined the relationship between a lord and his vassal

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feudal contract

Question 25

A social or political class

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Estate

Question 26

Under feudalism, a member of the heavily armored cavalry

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knight

Question 27

Something from or related to the Middle Ages

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medieval

Question 28

The state of being saved (going to heaven) through faith alone or through faith and good works

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Salvation

Question 29

Artistic techniques used to give the effect of 3D depth to 2D surfaces

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Perspective

Freshmen Mid-Year Vocab Review

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