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10133226120laissez-faire economicsEuropean economic policy of the 16th - 18th centuries that held that there was a limited amount of wealth available; key to the attainment of wealth was the acquisition of colonies0
10133226121indulgencea document whose purchase was said to grant the bearer the forgiveness of sins1
10133226122scientific revolutionEuropean intellectual movement in the 17th century that established the basis for modern science2
10133226123parliamentary monarchya govt with a king/queen whose power is limited by the power of parliament3
10133226124factoran agent with trade privileges in early Russia4
10133226125taj mahalwhite marble mausoleum built in Agra, India, by the mogul emperor shah Japan for his favorite wife5
10133226126mercantilismeconomic concept that holds that the govt shouldn't interfere with or regulate business and industries6
10133226127creolesa term used in colonial Spanish America to describe a person born in the Americas of European parents7
10133226128northwest passagepassage through the North America continent that was sought early by explorers to North America as a route to trade with the east8
10133226129enlightenmenta philosophical movement in 18th century Europe that was based on reason and the concept that education and training could improve human society9
10133226130viceroyaltya political unit ruled by a viceroy that was the basis of organization of the Spanish colonies10
10133226131encomiendaa practice in the Spanish colonies that granted land and the labor of native Americans on that land to European colonists11
10133226132devshirmepractice of the Ottoman Empire to take Christian boys from their home communities to serve as janissaries12
10133226133caravelsmall, easily steerable ship used by the Spanish and Portuguese in their explorations13
10133226134protestant reformationreligious movement began by matin Luther in 1517 that attempted to reform the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church; resulted from the formation of new Christian denominations14
10133226135capitalisman economic system based on private ownership and opportunity for profit making15
10133226136northern renaissanceextension of the Italian Renaissance to the nations of Northern Europe; the northern Renaissance took on a more religious nature than the Italian Renaissance16
10133226137philosophiesFrench enlightenment social thinkers17
10133226138mulattoin Spanish and Portuguese colonies a person of mixed African and European descent18
10133226139divine rightthe belief of absolute rulers that their right to govern is granted by god19
10133226140treaty of tordesillasthe 1494 treaty in which the pope divided unexplored territories between Spain and portugal20
10133226141sovereigntyself rule21
10133226142cossacksRussians who conquered and settled Siberia in the 16th and 17th centuries22
10133226143boyarsRussian nobility23
10133226144mughal dynastyrulers who controlled most of India in the 16th and 17th centuries24
10133226145absolute monarchyrule by a king/queen who's power is not limited25
10133226146natural lawsprinciples that govern nature26
10133226147manchuspeople from northeastern Asia who founded China's Qing dynasty27
10133226170Jesuitsmembers of the society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic missionary and educational order founded by Ignacio's of Loyola in 153428
10133226148janissariesmembers of the ottoman army, often slaves, who were taken from Christian lands29
10133226149qing dynastymanchurian rule of China beginning in 1644 and lasting until 191430
10133226150peninsularesIn the Spanish colonies, those who were born in europe31
10133226151mestizosin the Spanish colonies, persons of mixed European and native descent32
10133226152repartamientoin the Spanish colonies, a replacement for the encomienda system that limited the number of working hours for laborers and provided fair wages33
10133226153ninety-five thesework by Martin Luther where he laid out his arguments against the Roman Catholic church34
10133226154dutch learningwestern learning embraced by some Japanese in the 18th century35
10133226155estates-generalthe traditional legislative body of france36
10133226156catholic reformationreligious reform movement within the Roman Catholic church that occurred in response to the Protestant reformation. it reaffirmed catholic beliefs and promoted education.37
10133226157reconqistathe recapture of Muslim held lands in Spain by Christian forces; it was completed in 149238
10133226158excommunicationpractice of the Roman Catholic and other Christian churches of prohibiting participation in the sacraments to those who do not comply with church teachings or practices39
10133226159middle passagethe portion of the trans-Atlantic trade that involved the passage of africans from Africa to the americas40
10133226160purdahthe Hindu custom of secluding women41
10133226161tokugawa shogunatethe feudal rulers of japan who moved the capital to edo. ruled from 1603 -186842
10133226162commercial revolutionthe expansion of trade and commerce in Europe in the 16th and 17th century43
10133226163colombian exchangeexchange of foods, crops, disease and livestock between eastern and western hemispheres after the voyages of columbus44
10133226164triangular tradethe 18th century trade network between Europe, Africa and the Americas45
10133226165heliocentric revolutionthe concept that the sun is in the center46
10133226166deismthe 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 laws47
10133226167hagia Sophiathe church in Constantinople that was converted to a mosque after the ottoman conquest48
10133226168glorious revolutionthe bloodless overthrow of English king James and the placement of William and Mary on the English throne49
10133226169predestinationthe belief of protestant reformer John Calvin that God had chosen some people for heaven and others for hell50

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