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 |