AP World History- Chapter 14 Flashcards
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| 6079728598 | Latin West | Territories of Europe that adhered to the Latin rite of Christianity and used the Latin language for intellectual exchange in the period ca 500-1500 | 0 | |
| 6079728599 | Three-Field System | Rotational system for ag in which 2 fields grow food crops and one lies fallow |  | 1 |
| 6079730692 | Black Death | An outbreak of bubonic plague that spread across Asia, North Africa, and Europe in the mid-14th century |  | 2 |
| 6079730693 | Water Wheel | Mechanism that harnesses the energy in flowing water to grind grain or power machinery | 3 | |
| 6079733109 | Hanseatic League | An economic and defensive alliance of free towns in Northern Germany; most powerful in the 14-th century |  | 4 |
| 6079733110 | Guild | Association of men (such as merchants, artisans, and professors) who worked in a particular trade and banded together to promote their political and economic interests |  | 5 |
| 6079735384 | Gothic Cathedrals | Large churches originating in 12th century France; built in an architectural style featuring pointed arches, tall vaults and spires, flying buttresses, and large stained glass windows |  | 6 |
| 6079737407 | Renaissance (Europe) | Period of intense artistic and intellectual activity said to be a "rebirth" of Greco-Roman culture | 7 | |
| 6079737408 | Universities | Degree granting institutions of higher learning | 8 | |
| 6079739717 | Scholasticism | Philosophical and theological system; devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology |  | 9 |
| 6079739718 | Humanists (Renaissance) | European scholars, writers, and teachers associated with the study of the humanities | 10 | |
| 6079743039 | Printing Press | A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a wood block or type to paper using ink |  | 11 |
| 6079743040 | Great Western Schism | A division in the Latin Christian Church when rival claimants to the papacy existed in Rome and Avignon (in France) |  | 12 |
| 6079745448 | Hundred Years' War | Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving English and French royal families and French noble families |  | 13 |
| 6079745449 | New Monarchies | Historians' term for the monarchies of France, England, and Spain | 14 | |
| 6079748681 | Reconquest of Iberia | Military campaigns by various Iberian Christian states to recapture territory taken by the Muslims |  | 15 |