Grade 8 Final Key Terms

2. The most influential institution in Europe during the Renaissance
7. The Spanish reconquering of Spain from the Muslims
8. Confirmed the discovery of the heliocentric solar system
9. A _______ humanist would believe that everyone should work towards the betterment of society
11. The silent weapon that greatly aided the Spanish in their defeat of the Mexica (Aztecs)
12. a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century
14. Renaissance paintings begin to focus more on nature, realistic details and the _____ form
16. The Indigenous Peoples of Japan, lived in the North, excluded from Edo Japan's social heirarchy
17. floating islands built in water around Tenochtitlan to grow crops
19. Greek and _________ writings were considered the Classics and were studied by Renaissance scholars
23. Non-Catholics in Spain were forced to convert or leave Spain and many were killed
24. A plague in Europe that killed millions

1. The common language spoken
3. a system of thought that centers on humans and their values, capacities and worth
4. Spanish soldiers
5. a system of political organization during the Middle Ages in which the lord owned the land and all others served him
6. connected the island to the mainland and separated freshwater from salt water, protecting the chinampas
10. A Mexica way of keeping information and history, often using both words and pictures
13. To keep one's emotions controlled and balanced, especially when great hardships arrive
15. The belief in the superiority of European people
18. A German monk who spoke out against the Church, starting the Protestant Reformation
20. Mesoamerica – meaning "middle of America" – is located in the mid-latitudes (between 10° and 22° N) of the Americas in the southern portion of North America,
21. a channel used to move water, usually supported by a bridge structure when it has to cross a valley
22. exclude someone from a society or group