| A | B |
| annul | to cancel |
| gravity | the force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun |
| patron | person who provides financial support for the arts |
| perspective | artistic technique that creates a three dimensional appearance |
| theocracy | government run by church leaders |
| heliocentric | centered around the sun |
| humanism | intellectual movement that focused on worldly objects rather than on religios issues |
| indulgences | a pardon for sins committed |
| predestination | the idea that God determined long ago who would achieve salvation |
| recant | to give up one's views |
| astrolabe | a device used to measure the angle of the sun and the stars above the horizon |
| caravel | a ship with triangular sails |
| catographer | a mapmaker |
| Boer | Dutch farmer in sourn Africathe |
| capitalism | investment of money to make a profit |