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Mr. De Gree, 8th Grade American History, MacArthur Fundamental
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8th Grade
09/07/2011

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Marco Polo
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Traveled to Asia from Europe to meet Kublai Khan
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Technology
Definition
the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
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Astrolabe
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measured the position of the stars to find latitude
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Venice and Genoa
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Formerly the leading trade centers in Europe before oversea business
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The Medici or Fugger Family
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Loaned money as part of their buisness
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Bartolomé de Las Casas
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Suggested replacing native american slaves with african slaves
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Joint-stock Company
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organizations that sold stock, or shares, in a venture
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Entrepreneurs
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combined money, ideas, raw materials, and labor to make goods or profits
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Mercantilism
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Wealth depended on getting as much gold as possible for the king
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Bullion
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Gold and silver
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Colony
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A settlement of people living in a new territory controlled by their home country
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Columbian Exchange
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A global exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases
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Thomas Aquinas
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Catholic priest known for the idea of natural law
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Martin Luther
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German monk known for forming Protestantism
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John Calvin
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Believed that God already planned who would get saved
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Thomas Hobbes
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known for his idea of a "sea-monster like" force to give people direction
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John Locke
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Known for his idea that government's main purpose was to protect people's natural rights
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Charles de Montesquieu
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Known for the idea for separation of powers
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Greece
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Had direct democracy
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Rome
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Began as republic and made idea "rule of law"
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Rule of Law
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the idea that law should apply to everyone equally
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Covenant
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agreement between the Jews and their God
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Theology
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the study of religion and God
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Renaissance
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the renewed interest in classical Greek and Roman learning
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Scientific Method
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an orderly way of collecting and analyzing evidence
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Philosophe
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Philosophers - were writers, teachers, observers etc.
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Was first to land on the mainland of North America
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The Nation
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Replaced the city and village as the basic economic unit
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