Chapter 9 Vocabulary

A cultural movement based on the classical works that stressed the importance of human actions and abilities.

• Humanism

• Reformation

• Perspective

• Sonnet

A poem with 14 lines recited to a rhythmic pattern, popularized by Shakespeare.

• Rationalism

• Patron

• Indulgence

• Sonnet

A reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church in the 1500s.

• Renaissance

• Reformation

• Scientific Revolution

• Indulgence

Someone who gives money or other support to a person or group.

• Perspective

• Patron

• Censor

• Theocracy

A government ruled by religious leaders.

• Renaissance

• Censor

• Theocracy

• Rationalism

The scientific belief that knowledge is gained by using reason.

• Rationalism

• Renaissance

• Humanism

• Perspective

A document approved by the Pope that excuses a person from the penalties of sinning.

• Reformation

• Indulgence

• Censor

• Predestination

The scientific idea that the sun is in the center of the solar system.

• Scientific Revolution

• Scientific Method

• Heliocentric Theory

• Geocentric Theory

A series of events in the 1500s and 1600s that led to the birth of modern science.

• Scientific Revolution

• Scientific Method

• Heliocentric Theory

• Reformation

A cultural "rebirth" that swept through Europe from the 1300s to the 1500s.

• Reformation

• Renaissance

• Scientific Revolution

• Perspective