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01/04/2016

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Indulgence
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A document whose purchase was said to grant the bearer the forgiveness of sins.
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Laissez-faire economics
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A European economic policy of the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries that held that there was a limited amount of wealth available, and that each country must adopt policies to obtain as much wealth as possible for itself; key to the attainment of wealth was the acquisition of colonies
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Scientific revolution
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A European intellectual movement in the seventeenth century that established the basis for modern science
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Parliament monarchy
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A government with a king or queen whose power is limited by power of a parliament
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N.W passage
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A passage through the North America Continent that was sought early by explorers to North America as a route to trade with the east
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Enlightenment
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A philosophical movement in 18th century Europe that was based on the reason and the concept that education and training could improve human society
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Viceroyalty
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A political unit ruled by a viceroy that was the basis of organization of the Spanish colonies
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Encomienda
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A practice in the Spanish colonies that granted land and the labor of native Americans on the land to the European colonists
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Devshirme
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A practice of the Ottoman Empire to take Christian boys from their boys from their home communities to serves as European colonies
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Protestant reformation
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A religious movement began by Martin Luther in 1517 that attempted to reform the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church; it resulted in the formation of new Christian denominations
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Caravel
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A small, easy steerable ship used by the Spanish and Portuguese in their explorations
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nation state
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A sovereign state whose people share a common culture and national identity
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Creoles
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A term used in colonial Spanish America to describe a person born in the Americas of European parents
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Ninety-five These
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Work by Martin Luther where he laid out his arguments against the Roman Catholic church
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Dutch learning
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Western learning embraced by some Japanese in the 18th century
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Estates General
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The traditional legislative body of France
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Catholic reformation
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The religious reform movement within the Roman Catholic Church that occurred in response to the Protestant reformation. It reaffirmed catholic beliefs and promoted education.
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Reconquista
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The recapture of Muslim-held lands in Spain by Christian forces; it was completed in 1492
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Excommunication
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The practice of the Roman Catholic and other Christian churches of prohibiting participation in sacraments to those who do not comply with church teachings or practices
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Middle passage
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The portion of the trans Atlantic trade that involved the passage of Africans from Africa to the Americas
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Purdah
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The Hindu custom of secluding women
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Tokugawa shogunate
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The feudal rulers of Japan who moved the capital to edo. They ruled from 1603 to 1868
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Commercial revolution
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The expansion of trade and commerce in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
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Colombian Exchange
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The exchange of foods, crops, livestock, and disease between Eastern and Western hemispheres after the voyages of Columbus
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Triangular trade
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The 18th century trade network between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
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Hellocentric Revolution
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The concept that the sun is the center of the solar system
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Deism
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The concept of God common to the scientific revolution; the God was believed to have set the world in motion and then allowed it to operate by natural laws
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Hagia Sophia
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The church in Constantinople that was converted to a mosque after the ottoman conquest
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Glorious revolution
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The bloodless overthrow English King James l and the placement of William and Mary on the English throne
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Predestination
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The belief of Protestant reformer John Calvin that God had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell
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Divine right
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The belief of absolute rulers that their right to govern is granted by God
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treaty of Tordesillas
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The 1494 treaty in which the pope divided unexplored territories between Spain and Portugal
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Sovereignty
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Self rule
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Cossacks
Definition
Russians who conquered and settled Siberia in the 16th and17th centuries
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Boyars
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Russian Nobility
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Mughal dynasty
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Rulers who controlled most of India in the 16th and 17th centuries
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Absolute Monarchy
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Ruled by a king or queen whose power is not limited by a constitution
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Natural Laws
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Principles that govern nature
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Manchu
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Peoples from North Eastern Asia who founded China's Qing dynasty
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Jesuits
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Members of the society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic missionary and educational order founded by Ignacio's of Loyola in 1534
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Janissaries
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Members of the ottoman army, often slaves, who were taken from christian lands.
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Qin Dynasty
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Manchurian rule of China beginning in 1644 and lasting until 1914
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Peninsulares
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In the Spanish colonies, those who were born in Europe
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Mestizo
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In the Spanish colonies, persons of mixed European and native descent
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Reparatamiento
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In the Spanish colonies, a replacement for the encomienda system that limited the number of working hours for laborers and provided fair wages
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Mulato
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In the Spanish and Portuguese colonies a person of mixed African and European descent
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Philosophies
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French enlightenment social thinkers
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northern Renaissance
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An extension of the Italian Renaissance to the nations of Northern Europe; the northern Renaissance took on a more religious nature than the Italian Renaissance
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Capitalism
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An economic system based on private ownership and opportunity for profit making
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Mercantillism
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An economic concept that holds that the government should not interfere with or regulate business and industries
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Factor
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An agent with trade privileges in early Russia
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Taj- Mahal
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A white marble mausoleum built at Agra, India, by the mogul emperor Shah Jahan for his favorite wife
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Empiral Research
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A way of gaining knowledge by means of direct observation or experience
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