WHAP ch 16 vocabulary Flashcards
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| 13874636 | Latin West | Western Europe | 0 | |
| 13874637 | Importance of Latin West | many achievements; emerged from economic and cultural shadow of Islamic neighbors | 1 | |
| 13874638 | Three-field system | Crops grown in two thirds of the field, other third left grew oats | 2 | |
| 13874639 | Black death | Bubonic plague | 3 | |
| 13876202 | Importance of black death | Wiped out 1/3 of European population; job openings, ended surfism | 4 | |
| 13876203 | Water wheel | Used flow of water to turn wheels | 5 | |
| 13876204 | Hanseatic League | an association of trading cities | 6 | |
| 13876205 | Guild | association of craft specialists | 7 | |
| 13876206 | Gothic cathedrals | architectural wonders of their times; huge cathedrals | 8 | |
| 13876207 | renaissance | "Rebirth"; intellectual and artistic renewal. | 9 | |
| 13876208 | Universities | degree-granting corporations specializing in multidisciplinary research and advanced teaching | 10 | |
| 13876209 | Scholasticism | synthesized reason and faith | 11 | |
| 13876210 | Humanists | Intrist in grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history and moral philosophy | 12 | |
| 13876211 | Importance of Humanists | focused on the individual | 13 | |
| 13876212 | printing press | A mechanical device that pressed inked type onto sheets of paper | 14 | |
| 13876213 | Importance of printing press | allowed fast and easy reproduction of books and papers | 15 | |
| 13876214 | Great Western Schism | rival papal claimants at Avigon vs papal claimants in Rome | 16 | |
| 13876215 | Importance of GWS | further eroded papal authority | 17 | |
| 13876216 | Hundred years war | King of France vs vassals | 18 | |
| 13876217 | Importance of HYW | first use of cannon; Joan of Arc | 19 | |
| 13876218 | New Monarchies | more centralized power, more fixed national boundaries and stronger representative institutions | 20 | |
| 13876219 | reconquest of Iberia | Spanish drove Muslim rule back | 21 |