| A | B |
| Humanism | new intellectual movement focusing on secular themes |
| secular | worldly themes rather than religious ideas |
| individualism | emphasis on the dignity and worth of the individual person |
| sonnets | short poems |
| Book of the Courtier | gave advice to men and women on the Renaissance ideal of good behavior |
| Condottieri | hired soldiers |
| Rome, Florence, Venice | 3 cities which played a leading role in the Renaissance |
| doge | an elected leader |
| The Last Supper, Mona Lisa | Leonardo da Vinci |
| chateaux | castles |
| The Low Countries | present-day Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands |
| Justification by Faith | good simply by faith in God's mercy and love |
| indulgences | reduce or cancel punishment for a person's sins |
| vocations | callings in which people could serve God and neighbor |
| theocracy | church-run state |
| predestination | god determines the fate of every person |
| seminary | theological school |
| baroque | new style of art and architecture |
| Jesuits | new religious order, the Society of Jesus, Founded by Ignatius of Loyola |