Unit 4 vocab honors world history

Mita

in the incan empire, the requirment that all able bodied subjects work for the state a certain number of days each year.

quipu

an arrangment of knotted strings on a cord, used by the incan to record numerical information

tributary state

independent state that has to acknowledge the supremacy of another state and pay tribute to its ruler.

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

Humanism

Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements

Indulgence

A pardon releasing a person from punishment due to a sin

simony

The selling of official positions in the medieval roman catholic church

Protestant

A member of a Christian church founded on the principles of reformation

predestination

The doctrine that God has decided all things beforehand, including  which people will be eternally saved.

Catholic Reformation

A 16th century movement in which the roman catholic church sought to make changes in response to the protestant reformation.

Jesuits

Members of the society of Jesus, A roman catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola

Council of Trent

A meeting of roman catholic religious leaders called by pope paul III to rule on doctrines criticized by   prostate reformers.

Calvinism

A body of religious teachings based on the ideas of reformer, John Calvin

Anglican

relating to the Church of England

Daimyo

A Japanese feudal lord who commander who ruled in the name of the emperor

Shogun

In feudal Japan, a supreme military commander who ruled in the name of the emperor

Alternate Attendance Policy

A policy used by the Tokugawa Shogunate to strengthen the authority of the central government and weaken the power of the diamyo

Conquistador

The Spanish soldiers, explores and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Americas

Mestizo

A person of mixed Spanish and Native American Ancestry

Triangular Trade

The transatlantic trading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies and the colonies in the Americas

Middle passage

The voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies and later to North and South America, to be sold as slaves, so called because it was considered the middle leg of triangular trade.

Mercantilism

an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.

Caravel

Small versatile sailing ship of the 15th and 16th centuries that Europeans used in exploration; it usually had three masts with three triangular (lateen) sails.

Columbian exchange

the widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations (Including slaves) incommunicable disease, technology and ideas between the american and afro-eurasian hemispheres following the voyage to the Americas by christopher columbus in 1492

Astrolabe

A compact instrument used in navigation to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant