8650882046 | Cultural relativism | the practice of judging a culture by its own standards | 0 | |
8650884106 | Deism | belief in a God who created the world but has since remained indifferent to it. | 1 | |
8650887401 | Enlightenment | a movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly | 2 | |
8650890047 | Feminism | The belief that women should have economic, political, and social equality with men | 3 | |
8650892741 | High culture | the cultural patterns of a society's elite | 4 | |
8650895042 | Laissez-faire | Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs. | 5 | |
8650897462 | Natural laws | Laws that govern human nature | 6 | |
8650901138 | Natural rights | The rights of all people to dignity and worth; also called human rights. | 7 | |
8650901140 | Neoclassicism | the revival of a classical style or treatment in art, literature, architecture, or music. | 8 | |
8650904122 | Philosophes | A group of French "radicals" who focused on human reason and making critical changes in society | 9 | |
8650908838 | Pietism | 17th and 18th-century German movement in the Lutheran Church stressing personal piety and devotion | 10 | |
8650911572 | Popular culture | Cultural patterns that are widespread among a society's population | 11 | |
8650911573 | Rococo | very highly ornamented; relating to an 18th century artistic style of elaborate ornamentation | 12 | |
8650914484 | Romanticism | 19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason | 13 | |
8650914485 | Salons | Informal social gatherings at which writers, artists, philosophes, and others exchanged ideas | 14 | |
8650917782 | Separation of powers | an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies. | 15 | |
8650917783 | Skepticism | a doubtful or questioning attitude, especially about religion. | 16 |
Chapter 17 (AP World History) Flashcards
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