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World History Midterm
Termonologies
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History
9th Grade
01/22/2009

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Indulgence
Definition
A release from punishment
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Enlightened Despot
Definition
Kings who believed in the enlightenment an ruled justly
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Autonomy
Definition
Self-Governing
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Patron
Definition
One who supprts artist fanancially
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Nepotism
Definition
Giving jobs to those who are family yet underqualified
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Enlightenment
Definition
The condition of being enlightend; knowledge
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Indigenous population
Definition
An ethnic group who was one of earliest to inhabit geographic region
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
Favoring ones ethnic group
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Socialism
Definition
When the government and people rule together; equally between Capitolism and Communism
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Sept 7, 1522
Definition
Elcano finished Maggelens trip become the first to circum navigat the world. Learned that earth rotates becasue they lost a day
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Divine right
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A theory that monarchs have the right to rule from god
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Assymalation
Definition
To establish new customs after realeasing your own.
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Microcosm
Definition
small representaition of a large group
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Absolute Monarchy
Definition
A king or queen with unlimited power and seeks to control all aspects of society.
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Salon
Definition
Social gathering of intulects, artist and wealthy men and women
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General Will
Definition
refering to deires or interest of people as a whole
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Vernacular
Definition
Ones own language or languages
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Reformation
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the religious movement in the 16th century that had for its object the reform of the Roman Catholic Church, and that led to the establishment of the Protestant churches.
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Nonage
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A lack of maturity
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John Locke
Definition
An english philosipher who's writing influenced decloration of independence and the constitution
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