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318858562Encomienda Systemwhich is sort of like a feudal system0
318858563AtheistsWho believe that God exist1
318858564DeistsWho believe that God exists but plays a passive role in life2
318858565The EnlightenmentOf the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries focused on the role of mankind in relation to government, ideas which greatly influenced the framers of the U.S. Constitution3
318858566Treaty of TordesillasWhich established a line of demarcation on a longitudinal (north-south) line that runs through the western Atlantic Ocean.4
318858567Columbian ExchangeOne consequence of the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the world was what become. Ex. New Foods, animals, and resources.5
318858568joint-stock companyan organization created to pool the resources of many merchants, hereby disturbing the cost and risks of colonization and reducing the danger for individual investors.6
318858569Petition of RightWhich was a document limiting taxes and forbidding unlawful imprisonment.7
318858570National Seclusion Policyprohibited Japanese from traveling abroad, and prohibited most foreigners from visiting Japan8
318858571Five Pillars of Islam.Confession of faith .Prayer 5x's per day .Charity to the needy .Fasting during the month-long Ramadan . Pilgrimage to Mecca at least once during 1's lifetime9
318858572MeccaArabian dessert (present-day Saudi Arabia)10
318858573Middles AgesWhich is the period after the fall of Rome and before the Renaissance.11
318858574Orthodox ChristianityChristianity became an entirely separate branch12
318858575Justinian CodeA codification of Roman law that kept ancient Roman legal principles alive, and the flowering of the arts and sciences, evident in the construction of major buildings and churches.13
318858576NoblesWho in exchange for military service and loyalty to the king were granted power over sections of the kingdoms.14
318858577Code of chivalryAn system that strongly condemned betrayal and promoted mutual respect15
318858578PeasantsWhether male of female, had few rights16
318858579CrusadesThe Crusades were a series of religious expeditionary wars blessed by the Pope and the Catholic Church, with the main goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem.17
318858580ScholasticismA method of critical thought which dominated teaching by the academics of medieval universities in Europe, and a program of employing that method in articulating and defending orthodoxy in an increasingly pluralistic context. It originated as an outgrowth of, and a departure from, Christian monastic schools.18
318858581Bubonic PlagueBlack Death, started in Asia in the fourteenth century carried by merchants along the trade routes all the way to Europe19
318864175Foot bindingWas the custom of binding the feet of young girls painfully tight to prevent further growth. The practice likely originated among court dancers in the early Song dynasty, but spread to upper class families and eventually became common among all classes. The tiny narrow feet were considered beautiful and to make a woman's movements more feminine and dainty.20
318864176Code of BushidoThe code stressed loyalty, courage, and honor21
318864177HordesOr a small independent empires22
318864178Oral LiteratureImportant part of life in most African communities23
318864179JesuitsThey Practiced self-control and moderation, believing that prayer and good works led to salvation.24

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