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AP World History Chapters 16 and 17 Vocab. Flashcards

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288558502Johannes GutenbergIntroduced movable type to western Europe greatly expanded availability of printed books and pamphlets.0
288558503European-style family patternsOriginated in 15th century among peasants and artisans of western Europe, featuring late marriage age, emphasis on the nuclear family, and large minority who never married1
288558504Martin LutherGerman monk; initiated Protestant Reformation in 1517 by nailing 95 theses to the door of Wittenburg church; emphasized primacy of faith over works stressed in Catholic church; accepted state control of church2
288558505The Edict of NantesGrant of tolerance to Protestant in France in 1598, granted only after lengthy civil war between Catholic and protestant factions3
288558506ProletariatClass of working class people without access to producing property; typically manufacturing workers, paid laborers in agricultural economy, or urban poor; in Europe, product of economic changes of 16th and 17th centuries4
288558507JesuitsA new religious order founded during the Catholic Reformation; active in politics, education, and missionary work; sponsored missions to South America, North America, and Asia5
288558508DeistsConcept of God current during the Scientific Revolution; role of divinity was to set natural laws in motion,not to regulate once process was begun6
288558509Cottage industriesA usually small- scale industry carried on at home by family members using their own equipment7
288558510EnlightenmentIntellectual movement centered in France during the 18th century; featured scientific advance, application of scientific methods to study of human society; belief that rational laws could describe social behavior8
288558511MercantilismEconomic theory that stressed governments' promotion of limitation of imports from other nations and internal economics in order to improve tax revenues; popular during 17th and 18th centuries in Europe9

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