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7th Grade
11/22/2011

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estates
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social classes
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mercantilism
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trading...nations could earn weealth
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entrepreneurs
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risk money in hopes of earning a profit
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capitalism
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a system in which people, rather than governments, own property, make goods
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limited governments
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a system in which power is restricted by the people
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limited governments
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a system in which power is restricted by the people
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constitutional monarchy
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monarchy ruled by an elected assembly and limited by law
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unlimited governments
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monarchs exercised absolute total control
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enlightenment
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different from the age of faith----a period in the middle ages and after when most europeans placed their faith in religions
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social contracts - agreement between citizens and ruler
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seperation of powers
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division of power of the branches of government
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constitution
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plan of government, basically sets the terms of that gov.
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preamble
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introduction stating the purpose to be served by gov.
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geocentric
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earth centered universe
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heliocentric
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sun-centered univers
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nationalism
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line of demarcation
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an imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic from the North Pole to the South Pole
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compass
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uses a magnetized needle to determine direction
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astrolabe
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ancient greek may have invented
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caravels
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portugesse ship builders designed
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cash crop
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large estates products-one or two products grown for profit
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chartes
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written agreement promising rights and freedoms enjoyed in englad
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plantations
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the large agricultural estates that produced cash crops
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triangular trade
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enslaved africans become parts of what was called...
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columbian exchange
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movement of goods, people ideas across atlantic
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isolationism
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policy of turning inwards from the world
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middle passage
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the middle parts of the triangular trade-crammed people below decks
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mercantilism
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earn wealth
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