2347485527 | Absolute Monarch | A system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power | 0 | |
2347485528 | Agrarian | Concerning farms, farmers, or the use of land | 1 | |
2347486371 | Atheists | People who deny the existence of God | 2 | |
2347486372 | Capitalism | An economic system based on private property and free enterprise | 3 | |
2347487120 | Cash Crop | A crop grown for direct sale, and not for use in a region, such as coffee, tea, and sugar in Africa | 4 | |
2347487121 | Circumnavigate | Sail completely around the world | 5 | |
2347488235 | Colonization | One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit | 6 | |
2347488236 | Commerce | Business; buying and selling | 7 | |
2347489559 | Commercial | A dramatic change in the economy of Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. It is characterized by an increase in towns and trade, the use of banks and credit, and the establishment of guilds to regulate quality and price | 8 | |
2347490804 | Commonwealth | A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 9 | |
2347491752 | Consequences | Events that follow an action | 10 | |
2347491753 | Continuity | A tendency for political preferences to remain generally stable over time | 11 | |
2347493105 | Convent | A house in which nuns live | 12 | |
2347493881 | Currency | Coins and paper bills used as money | 13 | |
2347493882 | Deists | Influenced by the spirit of rationalism, Desists believed that God, like a celestial clockmaker, had created a perfect universe and then had stepped back to let it operate according to natural laws. | 14 | |
2347494881 | Demography | Scientific study of human populations | 15 | |
2347494882 | Divine | Of, or pertaining to, God. | 16 | |
2347495851 | Divine Right | Belief that a ruler's authority comes directly from God | 17 | |
2347496643 | Dominant | Describes a trait that covers over, or dominates, another form of that trait. | 18 | |
2347497645 | Economy | A system for producing and distributing goods, and services to fulfill people's wants | 19 | |
2347497646 | Hedonism | An ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good | 20 | |
2347498438 | Hinder | Obstruct | 21 | |
2347498439 | Humanism | A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements | 22 | |
2347499510 | Insitution | Refers to the formal organization, rules, and structures that ensure the church and carry out its mission | 23 | |
2347499511 | Jurisdiction | An area of authority or control; the right to administer justice | 24 | |
2347500260 | Left-Wing | Those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare | 25 | |
2347500261 | Mercantilism | An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought | 26 | |
2347501211 | Monarchy | A government ruled by a king or queen | 27 | |
2347501212 | Monastic | A way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith | 28 | |
2347501213 | Monk | A man who has taken a solemn vow to devote his life to prayer and service in a monastery | 29 | |
2347502162 | Monopoly | A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller | 30 | |
2347502163 | Monotheism | Belief in one God | 31 | |
2347503106 | Morality | A system of learned attitudes about social practices, instituations, and individual behavior used to evaluate situations and behavior as right or wrong, good or bad | 32 | |
2347503107 | Nun | a woman who has taken a sacred vow to devote her life to prayer and service to the church | 33 | |
2347504322 | Papacy | The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head. | 34 | |
2347505213 | Parliament | A body of representatives that makes laws for a nation | 35 | |
2347508155 | Patriarch | Highest church official | 36 | |
2347508156 | Pope | Head of the Roman Catholic Church | 37 | |
2347509116 | Revolution | A forcible overthrow of a government or social order for a new system | 38 | |
2347509117 | Right-Wing | those who support political or social or economic conservatism | 39 | |
2347510476 | Salvation | Acceptance into Heaven | 40 | |
2347511010 | Sanctioned | Formally approved and invested with legal authority | 41 | |
2347517796 | Satire | A work that reveals a critical attitude toward some element of human behavior by portraying it in an extreme way. It doesn't simply abuse (as in invective) or get personal (as in sarcasm). It targets groups or large concepts rather than individuals. | 42 | |
2347517797 | Subsistence | Farming that provides only enough for the needs of a family or a village | 43 | |
2347518670 | Urbanization | An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements | 44 | |
2347518671 | Utopia | A work that presents a revolutionary view of society and describes an ideal socialistic community on an island somewhere off the mainland of the New World. He created the name utopia as a good place which is no place | 45 | |
2347519279 | Vassals | Members of the military elite who received land or a benefice from a lord in return for military service and loyalty | 46 | |
2347519280 | Venerate | To respect deeply | 47 | |
2347520564 | Vernacular | Everyday language of ordinary people | 48 |
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