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| 286746492 | Printing Press | A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a woodblock or type to paper using ink. Presses using movable type first appeared in Europe in about 1450. See also movable type. (p. 409) | 0 | |
| 286746493 | Humanism | a philosophy in which interests and values of human beings are of primary importance (a cultural movement of the renaissance) | 1 | |
| 286746494 | Rajput | Regional princes in India following collapse of Gupta empire; emphasized military control of their regions | 2 | |
| 286746495 | Macao | One of two ports in which Europeans were permitted to trade in China during the Ming dynasty | 3 | |
| 286746496 | Dutch East India Co. | The East India Company of the Netherlands that was established to create trade throughout Asia. It became wealthier than England's company and eventually dominated the region. | 4 | |
| 286746497 | Tokugawa | Shoguns that gained power in 1600 and reimposed centralized feudalism, closed Japan to foreigners and forbade Japanese people to travel overseas. | 5 | |
| 286746498 | Black ship | On July 8, 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry forced Japan to enter into trade with the US and demanded a treaty permitting trade and the opening of Japanese ports to U.S. merchant ships. (the era when all Western powers were seeking to open new markets for their manufactured goods abroad) | 6 | |
| 286746499 | 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 | 7 | |
| 286746500 | Capitalism | an economic system based on open competition in a free market, in which individuals and companies own the means of production and operate for profit | 8 | |
| 286746501 | Plantation | an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) | 9 | |
| 286746502 | Indentured servitude | person who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a specified time in exchange for passage to america. | 10 | |
| 286746503 | Casta Paintings | Paintings intended to demonstrate the class system in Latin America | 11 | |
| 286746504 | Spice Islands | a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea | 12 | |
| 286746505 | Columbian Exchange | The exchange of goods and ideas between Native Americans and Europeans | 13 | |
| 286746506 | Potosi | Located in Bolivia, one of the richest silver mining centers and most populous cities in colonial Spanish America. | 14 | |
| 286746507 | Encomienda | A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it | 15 |
