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| 306216772 | Chartered cities | A charter city is a city in which the governing system is defined by the city's own charter document rather than by state, provincial, regional or national laws. | 0 | |
| 306216773 | Usury | the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest | 1 | |
| 306216774 | Sacrament | a formal religious act or oath | 2 | |
| 306216775 | Caravel | A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic. (p. 427) | 3 | |
| 306216776 | Tariffs | Taxes on imports or exports | 4 | |
| 306216777 | Conquistadors | spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain | 5 | |
| 306216778 | Absolutism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | 6 | |
| 306216779 | Joint-stock companies | an association of individuals in a business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business | 7 | |
| 306216780 | Trade diasporas | Networks of interconnected commercial communities living and working in major trade cities throughout Africa, Europe, and Asia. | 8 | |
| 306216781 | Excommunication | the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church | 9 | |
| 306216782 | Slave Trade | European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas, Africa, and Europe. | 10 | |
| 306216783 | Manumission | The freeing of individual enslaved persons | 11 | |
| 306216784 | Renaissance | The great period of rebirth in art, literature, and learning in the 14th-16th centuries, which marked the transition into the modern periods of European history | 12 | |
| 306216785 | Protestant | One of the three major branches of Christianity (together with the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church). Following the widespread societal changes in Europe starting in the 1300s CD, many adherents to the Roman Catholic Church began to question the role of religion in their lives and opened the door to the Protestant Reformation wherein John Huss, Martin Luther, John Calvin, and others challenged many of the fundamental teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. | 13 | |
| 306216786 | Coerced Labor systems | a system where the workers were forced to work based on threats, pressure, or intimidation. | 14 | |
| 306216787 | Mercantilism | an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | 15 | |
| 306216788 | Technology | the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | 16 | |
| 306216789 | Textiles | fabrics that are woven or knitted; material for clothing | 17 | |
| 306216790 | Schism/doctrinal differences | Schism-religious split. (Ex: Great Schism) Doctrinal differences-the differences between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. | 18 | |
| 306216791 | Epidemic Disease | any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people | 19 | |
| 306216792 | Guilds | Association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests | 20 | |
| 306216793 | Tax-Farming | A government's use of private collectors to collect taxes. Individuals or corporations contract with the government to collect a fixed amount for the government and are permitted to keep as profit everything they collect over that amount. (p. 334) | 21 | |
| 306216794 | City-State | a city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit | 22 | |
| 306216795 | sovereignty | government free from external control | 23 | |
| 306216796 | Mercenaries | foreign soldiers who fought for money | 24 | |
| 306216797 | diasporas | the migration of religious or ethnic groups to foreign lands despite their continued affiliation with the land and customs of their origin | 25 | |
| 306216798 | Syncretism | the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy) | 26 | |
| 306216799 | Tribute system | A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food, cloth, and other goods subsidized the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec and Inca economies. | 27 | |
| 306216800 | Infidel | a person who does not acknowledge your God | 28 |
