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| Status Quo | The way things have always been continues |
| Reform | A change meant to improve a system (usually related to government, society, or economics) |
| Secular | Not based on religion |
| Colonization | Moving your people to an area in attempt to settle there and control indigenous people and resources |
| Social Class | A group in society that has a common income level/job; this can also be called socio-economic class |
| Feudal System | A social class system that was rigid, established by the government, and dictated what individuals could do based on their social class; dominated the Middle Ages |
| Hierarchy | An organized ranking system |
| Boycott | To refuse to use a given product usually as a form of protest |
| Innovation | New way of doing thing (method), idea, or product |
| Equality | Having the same rights, status, and/or opportunities |
| Disenfranchisement | Having a right taken away (often used to refer to the loss of the right t vote) |
| Rights | Things people are allowed to do under the government/legal system; specific freedoms |
| Oppression | Prolonged unjust treatment; often times cruel treatment is involved |
| Absolute Monarchy | When a king (or queen) believes he (or she) is all powerful; no limits to the monarch’s power |
| Rule of Law | The government and members of the government (even kings, queens, and presidents) have to follow the rules/laws |
| Due Process | There is a legal process - often referred to when discussing trial rights and the rights of the accused |
| Serf | Another word for peasant; the lowest class n the feudal system |
| Humanism | A philosophical idea that emphasizes the power of the individual person; often the person is seen as more important than religion |
| Realism | Used in art to show what something actually looks like; being accurate with your representations |
| Renaissance | Rebirth; starting fresh/new - Used especially to address the 1500s in Europe when education rose and the middle class was created as feudalism declined |
| Reformation | A system of changes - Used specifically to refer to the period in the 1500s when the Chrisitian Church split into Catholic (traditional) and Protestant (new branches of Christianity) |
| Enlightenment | A philosophical movement in the 1700s and 1800s that focused on using logic and reason instead of relying on traditional ideas |
| Divine Right of Kings | The monarchs were chosen by God; and the monarchs were given their power by God. This meant they could not be challenged or it would be like challenging God. |
| Patron | Someone who supports the arts; usually someone who financially contributes to artists/arts |
| Middle Class | The social class of people that rose due to fewer people being needed to farm and more skilled trades and laborers needed; the result of the Agarian Revolution/ Industrial Revolution |
| Scientific Revolution | The change from obtaining ideas about nature from religious text to observation and experiment |
| Geocentric | Earth centered model of the universe |
| Heliocentric | Sun centered model of the universe |
| Protestant | Christian denominations that are not Catholic |
| Catholic | The "original" Christian Church; centered in Rome; most text and teachings were done in Latin |
