Feudalism• An organized system of

government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a greater lord.

ManorialismThe economy of medieval Europe, based on agriculture

Cultural Diffusion• interactions of cultures by

which a cultural trait (material objects, ideas, or behaviors) is spread from one society to another.

Filial Piety• In Confucian thought, love and respect for one’s parents and ancestors. (one of the virtues to be cultivated.)

Dynasty

•Ruling family, through generations.

Dynastic Cycle•The pattern of the rise and decline of transferring power.

Shogunate•The administration or rule of a shogun. (military leaders)

Epidemic•Affecting many people at once, especially meaning of a disease.

Pandemic•The spread of disease over a wide geographic area…World wide.

Renaissance The re-birth of art, learning and the humanities that began in Italy in the 1300’s and then later spread through Europe.

Humanism• thinkers studied classical

texts and focused on human potential and achievements (Put more emphasis on the individual and portrayed people in a realistic way.)

Vernacular•The everyday language of ordinary people.

Secularism•concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

Science• increased understanding of human anatomy, and thus, better representations of the human form

Perspective•artistic technique that gives the impression of depth and distance

Individuality•art showed individuality and different emotions for each person