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14682891139tributeGoods given to rulers by subjects as a form of payment/taxes0
14682891140matriarchyPower inherited through female lines of authority (e.g. Iroquois Confederacy)1
14682891141animismBelief of spirits infused in the natural world (primary religion of Native Americans and also represented in African+European cultures)2
14682891142patriarchyProperty and social identity descended in male lines of family (common European practice)3
14682891143primogenitureFathers bestowed all land and property upon eldest son (common European practice that created poor peasants that would become immigrants)4
14682891144peasantsFarmers living in villages surrounded by fields that were cooperatively farmed- families were very poor and centered their lives around a seasonal schedule for farming (much like Native Americans)5
14682891145RepublicsCity-states governed by merchant coalitions ruled by moneyed elites (e.g. Italian city-states during the Renaissance)6
14682891146Civic HumanismIdeology praising virtue and service to the state7
14682891147GuildsArtisan organizations regulating trade8
14682891148RenaissanceArts and learning associated with 1300-1450 (influenced European, Asian, and African cultures during economic revolution)9
14682891149ChristianityReligion that grew from Jewish monotheism that believes Jesus Christ is divine10
14682891150IslamReligion considering Muhammad to be God's last prophet11
14682891151CrusadesSeries of Christian Wars from A.D. 1096-1291 to reverse the spread of Islam and take back the Holy Lands where Christ had lived12
14682891152predestinationIdea that God chooses souls for damnation or salvation before birth (John Calvin preached this in "Institutes of Christian Religion" (1536), which prompted the Protestant Reformation)13
14682891153heresiesDoctrines inconsistent with the teachings of the Church14
14682891154Protestant ReformationRadical reformers (Luther&Calvin) started a war between Northern Principalities and the traditional Roman Catholic Church15
14682891155Counter ReformationCatholic Church sought change from within (due to the Protestant Reformation) creating new monastic and missionary orders (e.g. Jesuits)16
14682891156Trans-Saharan TradePrimary Avenue for West African trade before being connected to the Atlantic by European traders17
14682891157Reconquistaspanish-Catholic campaign to expel Muslims from Europe and persecute any and all non-Catholic Christians, Muslims, and Jews18

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