Early Modern Era Vocabulary

period of European history when ideas and scholarship from the Classical Era were rediscovered

• Enlightenment
• Industrial Revolution
• Middle Ages
• Renaissance

secular philosophy centered on people, their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity and freedom

• rationalism
• humanism

• existentialism
• empiricism

the process of interconnecting the world's economies, cultures, and political power

• globalization
• isolationism
• localization
• internationalization

forgiveness sold by the Catholic Church

• Sacraments
• Papal Bulls
• Vestments
• Indulgences

the commonly used form of a language

• jargon
• slang
• vernacular
• dialect

theory that the earth is the center of the universe

• planetary geocentrism
• heliocentric model
• solar-centric theory
• geocentric model

theory that the earth revolves around the sun

• Heliocentric theory
• Ptolemaic theory
• Geocentric theory
• Yolk-in-the-Middle

having to do with non-religious matters

• Nonspiritual
• Secular
• Heretical
• Atheistic

economic system where a nation must export more than it imports, often leading to laws that protect that nation's trade

• Mercantilism
• Capitalism
• Communism
• Socialism

economic theory and system that puts the generation of profit above all other endeavors

• Socialism
• Capitalism
• Communism
• Feudalism