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| 13915308874 | Absolutism | A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator | 0 | |
| 13915312878 | Astrolabe | Instrument that uses star to find latitude | 1 | |
| 13915329475 | Atlantic Slave Trade | Trade across the Atlantic from Africa to Europe to North America | 2 | |
| 13915336857 | Balance of Power | Condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries | 3 | |
| 13915341050 | Biological diffusion | Global diffusion of plants and food | 4 | |
| 13915356116 | Boyars | Russian nobles | 5 | |
| 13915360253 | Codices | Mayan texts on long sheets written in bright color | 6 | |
| 13915369566 | Colinization | the process of colonizing land | 7 | |
| 13915377142 | Columbian Exchange | Exchange of plants animals and ideas from New and Old World | 8 | |
| 13915383966 | Conduits | Agencies and private companies | 9 | |
| 13915394869 | Conquistadores | Spanish conquerors of the New World | 10 | |
| 13915401603 | Creoles | Spanish born in Latin America | 11 | |
| 13915410928 | Debt Peonage | A system of binding a person to slavery to pay off a debt | 12 | |
| 13915443037 | Devshirme | Ottoman policy of taking boys for military service | 13 | |
| 13915448673 | Dhimmi | People who live in Muslim Land but are not Muslim | 14 | |
| 13915463929 | Divine right | Monarchy is given by God | 15 | |
| 13915470298 | Encomienda | A grant of land made by Spain in exchange for the conversion of all Amerindians in the area to Christianity | 16 | |
| 13915482862 | Enlightenment | A philosophical movement that emphasized science and reason to society | 17 | |
| 13915491750 | Hacienda | Spanish plantations in the Americas | 18 | |
| 13915500644 | harem | "sacred place"; the private domain of an Ottoman sultan, where he and his wives resided | 19 | |
| 13915504282 | Indentured servant | Someone who was bound to labor for a certain amount of time in exchange for travel | 20 | |
| 13915510853 | Janissaries | Ottoman soldiers who had been converted to Islamic beliefs | 21 | |
| 13915517672 | joint-stock company | A company that is made up of share holders who buy into a company | 22 | |
| 13915530862 | Literacy | the number of people who read in an area | 23 | |
| 13915534451 | Local resistance | - food riots - Samurai revolts - Peasant uprisings | 24 | |
| 13915540647 | Manila Galleon | Spanish trade ships that sailed across the Pacific Ocean | 25 | |
| 13915552649 | Maroon | A slave who ran away from his owner | 26 | |
| 13915557707 | Mercantilism | An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought | 27 | |
| 13915561252 | Mestizo | A person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry | 28 | |
| 13915566125 | Mulattoes | People of African and European descent | 29 | |
| 13915570450 | Middle Passage | A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America | 30 | |
| 13915581628 | Peninsulares | Spanish-born, came to Latin America; ruled, highest social class | 31 | |
| 13915584760 | Plantation system | Agricultural production with many slaves | 32 | |
| 13915587982 | Predominance | pre-destined superiority | 33 | |
| 13915597232 | Protestantism | the faith, practice, and church order of the Protestant churches. | 34 | |
| 13915601366 | Repartimiento | Spanish forcing of Natives to do slave labor for a certain amount of time | 35 | |
| 13915611274 | royal charted monopoly | Association of trade companies and merchants who controlled all of explored areas under a royal degree | 36 | |
| 13915628201 | Scientific revolution | Major change in European thought too a more scientific outlook on society | 37 | |
| 13915632423 | Sikhism | Monotheistic doctrines in Northern India combining Hinduism and Islam | 38 | |
| 13915639572 | Social contract | An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed | 39 | |
| 13915642550 | Triangular Trade | Trade between Europe, America, and Africa | 40 | |
| 13915648447 | Viccroy | a governor who rules in the name of a king | 41 | |
| 13915654953 | Vodun | African religious ideas and practices among descendants of African slaves | 42 | |
| 13915658144 | Westernization | adoption of western ideas, technology, and culture | 43 | |
| 13915663771 | Zen | The Japanese word for a branch of Mahayana Buddhism based on highly disciplined meditation | 44 |
