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| 118659479 | Papacy | The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head | 0 | |
| 118659480 | Indulgence | the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution | 1 | |
| 118659481 | Protestant Reformation | Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church beginning in 1519. It resulted in the 'protesters' forming several new Christian denominations, including the Lutheran and Reformed Churches and the Church of England | 2 | |
| 118659482 | Catholic Reformation | Religious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church, begun in response to the Protestant Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical training and discipline | 3 | |
| 118659483 | Witch-hunt | The pursuit of people suspected of witchcraft, especially in northern Europe in the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries | 4 | |
| 118659484 | Scientific Revolution | The intellectual movement in Europe, initially associated with planetary motion and other aspects of physics, that by the seventeenth century had laid the groundwork for modern science. | 5 | |
| 118659485 | Enlightenment | a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions | 6 | |
| 118659486 | Bourgeoisie | the middle class, including merchants, industrialists, and professional people | 7 | |
| 118659487 | Joint-Stock company | A company made up of a group of shareholders. Each shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company's profits and debts | 8 | |
| 118659488 | Stock Exchange | An organized system for buying and selling shares, or blocks of investments, in corporations | 9 | |
| 118659489 | Gentry | people of standing(rank or position); people of good family or high social position; class of people just below nobility | 10 | |
| 118659490 | Little Ice Age | Temporary but significant cooling period between the fourteenth and the nineteenth centuries; accompanied by wide temperature fluctuations, droughts, and storms, causing famines and dislocation. | 11 | |
| 118659491 | Deforestation | The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves. (p. 462) | 12 | |
| 118659492 | Holy Roman Empire | Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962 to 1806 | 13 | |
| 118659493 | Habsburg | A powerful European family that provided many Holy Roman Emperors, founded the Austrian (later Austro-Hungarian) Empire, and ruled sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain | 14 | |
| 118659494 | English Civil War | Conflict from 1640 to 1660; featured religious disputes mixed with constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy; ended with restoration of the monarchy in 1660 following execution of previous king | 15 | |
| 118659495 | Versailles | Palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility. | 16 | |
| 118659496 | Balance of Power | distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong | 17 |
