Historical Thinking
A first-person account from the time of an event
Primary Source
A large estate owned by a noble.
Manor
Name for a king or a queen
Monarch
A Spanish soldier/ explorer. 'Conqueror'
Conquistador
Study of the Natural world
Science
A preference or pre-judgement
Bias
Peasant; someone who works the land on a Manor
Serf
Invention by J. Gutenberg that spread knowledge and ideas.
Printing Press
First European to find the Americas
Christopher Columbus
Study of Planets and Stars
Astonomy
An interpretation or analysis of a primary source, from after the event took place
Secondary Source
A series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims.
The Crusades
The French word 'Renaissance' means this in English
Rebirth
The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds. (Europe and Americas)
-Often cited as one of the most important events in human history.
The Columbian Exchange
A pardon (forgiveness) of sins sold by the Church, a way to ‘buy your way into heaven’.
Indulgence
Reading, analysis, and writing that is necessary to develop our understanding of the past
Historical Thinking
A system where lords give land to vassals and peasants in exchange for loyalty.
Feudalism
Italian inventor, painter, sculptor, scientist. Painted the Mona Lisa.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Establishing settlements in new lands.
Colonization
Astronomer who improved the telescope and proved that the sun was at the center of the Solar System.
Galileo
When media frames an event a particular way to persuade you to believe something
Media Bias
Document that balanced power between Kings and citizens
Magna Carta
A Renaissance philosophy focusing on human potential instead of religion
Humanism
The belief that trade builds a nation’s wealth.
Mercantilism
Theory that ‘reason’ should be the source of learning, not religion.
Rationalism