Renaissance Terms

4. Rock art carvings made by scratching or pecking the surface of exposed stone.
6. Extending the nation beyond its existing borders.
7. A portion of crops or percentage of earnings paid to the Church.
8. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
10. The study of body structure.
11. The term meaning "rebirth" in French that is used to describe the revival of art and knowledge that occurred after the Middle Ages in Europe.
13. The illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest.
15. The art of using language effectively and persuasively.
16. Building and lands in which monks lived and carried out their religious duties.
17. Sailing all the way around.
18. To spread information.
19. The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.
21. European scholars, writers, and teachers associated with the study of the ancient Greek and Roman humanities (grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, languages, and moral philosophy), influential in the fifteenth century and later.
22. A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.
24. A person who has learned a trade and joined a guild.

1. Pictures that stand for words or ideas; picture writing.
2. Loyalty
3. Having to do with the business of a town or community.
5. Bridge-like stone structures that carry water from the hills into Roman cities.
9. A piece of land, sometimes called a fief.
12. The taking away of a person's right of membership in a Christian church.
14. Peasants who worked the land for the lord and were not allowed to leave the manor without the lord's permission. Were hereditarily bound to the land.
15. A form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting.
20. Study of the stars.
23. Peasants who rented land or worked for pay.