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Chapter 18 (AP World History) Flashcards

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8728978481Agricultural revolutionThe shift from gathering food to raising food0
8728978487Balance of powerdistribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong1
8728981863Cottage industryA method of production in which tasks are done by individuals in their rural homes2
8728984284Enclosure movementpractice of fencing or enclosing common lands into individual holdings3
8728987084Enlightened absolutismRulers tried to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their royal powers.4
8728991229Limited monarchygovernment in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch's powers5
8728996133Orders/estatesWhere the patrons of the arts lived6
8728999830PrimogenitureA system of inheritance in which the eldest son in a family received all of his father's land.7
8729002541Reason of statewhere a ruler looks beyond dynastic interests and focuses on the betterment of the state8
8729004170TitheA family's payment of one-tenth of its income to a church9

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