World Unit 2 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. Primary idea behind Calvinism. The doctrine that all events have been willed by God, usually with reference to the eventual fate of the individual soul.
  2. 4. The practice of the Roman Catholic and other Christian churches of prohibiting participation in the sacraments to those who do not comply with church teachings or practices.
  3. 6. The diet issued the Edict of Worms, which forbade anyone to shelter Martin Luther or provide him with aid. The edict stated that Luther should be captured and punished as a heretic.
  4. 7. List of ninety-five debating points about the abuses of the Church, posted by Martin Luther on the door of a church in Wittenberg in 1517.
  5. 9. The extensive movements of plants, animals, diseases, and peoples between the Old and New Worlds after Columbus made his famous voyage in 1492.
  6. 11. An economic system that was developed in Europe during the 16th century. It is based on the idea of a country exporting more than they import.
  7. 12. An organization created to pool the resources and skills of many merchants, thereby distributing the costs and risks of colonization and reducing the danger for individual investors.
  8. 15. The exchange of goods and people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
  9. 16. The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the Pope is head, held an unrivaled position as Europe’s preeminent religious and intellectual authority.
  10. 17. Author of The Prince (16th century); emphasized realistic discussions of how to seize and maintain power; one of most influential authors of Italian Renaissance.
  11. 19. Agreement between Spain and Portugal dividing the rights to colonize all lands outside of Europe.
  12. 20. A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it.
Down
  1. 1. An adventurer or conqueror (especially one who led the Spanish conquest of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century).
  2. 3. Also called the Catholic Reformation, religious reform movement within the Latin Christian church, begun in response to the Protestant Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical training and discipline.
  3. 5. The effort by Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain, lasting from the 1100s until 1492.
  4. 8. Focus on humankind as the center of intellectual and artistic endeavors.
  5. 10. A belief or action at odds with what is accepted religious belief.
  6. 13. A council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trenton in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 that redefined Roman Catholic doctrine and abolished various ecclesiastical abuses and strengthened the papacy.
  7. 14. The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean between the coasts of East Africa and the Americas.
  8. 18. A monetary payment of penalty which, supposedly, absolved one of past sins and/or released one from purgatory after death.