Modern World Civilizations Unit 1 Terms and Concepts

A comprehensive collection of vocabulary terms and key concepts for Modern World Civilizations Unit 1, covering Chapter 11 (The Americas), Chapter 12 (The Renaissance and Protestant Reformation), Chapter 13 (Age of Exploration), and Chapter 14 (European Absolutism and Culture).

longhouse

A key term listed on page 370 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

adobe

A key term listed on page 371 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

pueblo

A key term listed on page 371 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Bering Strait

A geographic location listed on page 368 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Inuit

A key group listed on page 368 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Hopewell

A key group listed on page 369 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Cahokia

A key location listed on page 370 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Iroquois

A key group listed on page 370 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Plains Indians

A key group listed on page 371 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Anasazi

A key group listed on page 371 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Mesa Verde

A key location listed on page 371 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

tribute

A key concept listed on page 378 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Mesoamerica

A region listed on page 372 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Olmec

A key civilization listed on page 372 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Teotihuacán

A key location listed on page 373 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Yucatán Peninsula

A geographic location listed on page 374 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Maya

A key civilization listed on page 374 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Tikal

A key location listed on page 375 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Toltec

A key civilization listed on page 376 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Chichén Itzá

A key location listed on page 377 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Aztec

A key civilization listed on page 377 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Tenochtitlán

A key city listed on page 377 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Lake Texcoco

A key body of water listed on page 377 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

maize

A key crop listed on page 383 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

quipu

A system of record-keeping listed on page 385 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Caral

A key city/civilization listed on page 382 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Chavin

A key culture listed on page 382 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Nazca

A key culture listed on page 382 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Moche

A key culture listed on page 383 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Inca

A key civilization listed on page 384 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Cuzco

A key city listed on page 384 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Pachacuti

A key historical figure listed on page 384 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Machu Picchu

A key archaeological site listed on page 385 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

Urubamba River

A river listed on page 385 of Glencoe Chapter 11 (The Americas).

urban society

A concept listed on page 398 of Glencoe Chapter 12 (The Renaissance and Protestant Reformation).

mercenaries

A term listed on page 400 of Glencoe Chapter 12 (The Renaissance and Protestant Reformation).

secular

A concept listed on page 398 of Glencoe Chapter 12 (The Renaissance and Protestant Reformation).

dowry

A term listed on page 403 of Glencoe Chapter 12 (The Renaissance and Protestant Reformation).

Italian Renaissance

A historical period listed on page 398 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Leonardo da Vinci

A key Renaissance figure listed on page 398 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Milan

An Italian city-state listed on page 399 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Venice

An Italian city-state listed on page 399 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Florence

An Italian city-state listed on page 399 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Francesco Sforza

A historical figure listed on page 400 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Cosimo de´ Medici

A historical figure listed on page 400 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Lorenzo de´ Medici

A historical figure listed on page 400 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

humanism

An intellectual movement listed on page 406 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

vernacular

A key term listed on page 407 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

fresco

An art technique listed on page 409 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Petrarch

A key humanist figure listed on page 406 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Dante

A key author listed on page 407 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Chaucer

A key author listed on page 407 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Christine de Pizan

A key author listed on page 408 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Raphael

A High Renaissance artist listed on page 410 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Michelangelo

A High Renaissance artist listed on page 410 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Jan van Eyck

An artist known for oil painting listed on page 411 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Albrecht Dürer

An artist listed on page 411 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Niccolò Machiavelli

The author of The Prince, listed on page 401 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Martin Luther

A Reformation figure listed on page 412 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Christian humanism

An intellectual movement listed on page 412 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Desiderius Erasmus

A Christian humanist listed on page 412 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

salvation

A religious concept listed on page 414 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

indulgence

A church practice concept listed on page 414 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Ninety-five Theses

A document by Martin Luther listed on page 415 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Edict of Worms

A decree listed on page 415 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Lutheranism

A Protestant branch listed on page 416 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Peace of Augsburg

A religious agreement listed on page 417 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Ulrich Zwingli

A Reformation leader in Zürich listed on page 418 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

John Calvin

A Protestant reformer listed on page 418 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

predestination

A Calvinist doctrine listed on page 419 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

annul

A term regarding marriage listed on page 420 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

King Henry VIII

An English monarch listed on page 420 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

Ignatius of Loyola

Founder of the Jesuits listed on page 423 of Glencoe Chapter 12.

conquistadors

Spanish conquerors listed on page 434 of Glencoe Chapter 13 (Age of Exploration).

encomienda

A system of labor/land rights listed on page 435 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

Columbian Exchange

The trade network between the Americas and Europe listed on page 436 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

Hernán Cortés

A Spanish conquistador listed on page 431 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

Vasco da Gama

A Portuguese explorer listed on page 432 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

Christopher Columbus

An explorer listed on page 432 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

Ferdinand Magellan

An explorer listed on page 432 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

John Cabot

An explorer listed on page 433 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

Amerigo Vespucci

An explorer listed on page 433 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

Montezuma

An Aztec ruler listed on page 434 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

Francisco Pizarro

A Spanish conquistador listed on page 435 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

King Afonso

An African ruler listed on page 442 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

colony

A settlement concept listed on page 440 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

mercantilism

An economic theory listed on page 440 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

balance of trade

An economic concept listed on page 440 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

subsidies

An economic payment concept listed on page 440 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

plantations

Large agricultural estates listed on page 441 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

triangular trade

A trade pattern connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas listed on page 442 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

Middle Passage

The journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic listed on page 442 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

peninsulares

A colonial social class listed on page 444 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

creoles

A colonial social class listed on page 444 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

mestizos

A person of mixed European and Native American descent listed on page 444 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

mulattoes

A person of mixed African and European descent listed on page 444 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

mita

A labor system in Peru listed on page 446 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

Juana Inés de la Cruz

A Latin American literary figure listed on page 447 of Glencoe Chapter 13.

armada

A fleet of warships listed on page 456 of Glencoe Chapter 14 (European Absolutism and Culture).

King Philip II

A Spanish monarch listed on page 454 of Glencoe Chapter 14.