Vocab Review

3. A man who received honor and land in exchange for serving a lord as a soldier.
6. Selling of forgiveness by the Catholic Church. It was common practice when the church needed to raise money. The practice led to the Reformation.
9. The capital and largest city of Greece.
11. a famous battle in 480 BC; a Greek army under Leonidas was annihilated by the Persians who were trying to conquer Greece.
14. Rebirth.
15. A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.
16. based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe.

1. A family's payment of one-tenth of its income to a church.
2. In feudal Europe, a person who controlled land and could therefore grant estates to vassals
4. A body of officials who perform religious services, such as priests, ministers, or rabbis.
5. A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars.
7. a fabulous monster of Crete that had the body of a man and the head of a bull.
8. To declare that a person or group no longer belongs to a church
10. Greek city-state that was ruled by an oligarchy, focused on military, used slaves for agriculture, discouraged the arts.
12. a city-state in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes.
13. Father of the Renaissance.