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383050316caliphthe chief muslim political and religious leader0
383050317calpulliAztec clans that supplied labor and warriors to leaders1
383050318capitalthe money and equipment needed to engage in industrialization2
383050319capitalisman economic system based on private ownership and opportunity for profit-making3
383050320caravela small, easily steerable ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in their explorations4
383050321cartelsunions of independent businesses in order to regulate production, prices, and the marketing of goods5
383050322Catholic Reformation (Counter-Reformation)the religious reform movement within the Roman Catholic Church that occurred in response to the Protestant Reformation.6
383050323Central PowersIn WW1, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, and other nations who fought with them against the Allies7
383050324chinampasplatforms of twisted vines and mud that served the Aztecs as floating gardens and extended their agricultural land8
383050325chivalrya knight's code of honor in medieval Europe9
383050326civilizationa cultural group with advanced cities, complex insitutions, skilled workers, advanced technology, and a system of recordkeeping10
383050327climatethe pattern of temperature and precipitation over a period of time11
383050328coalitiona government based on temporary alliances of several political parties12
383050329Code Napoleoncollection of laws that standardized French law under the rule of Napoleon bonaparte13
383050330Cold Warthe tense diplomatic relationship between the US and the Soviet Union after WW214
383050331collectivizationthe combination of several small farms into a large government-controlled farm15
383050332Columbian Exchangethe exchange of food crops, livestock, and disease between the Eastern and Western hemispheres after the voyages of Columbus16
383050333commercial revolutionthe expansion of trade and commerce in Europe in the 16th and 17th century17
383050334communisman economic system in which the state controls the means of production18
383050335conscriptionmilitary draft19
383050336conservatismin 19th century Europe, a movement that supported monarchies, aristocracies, and state-established churches20
383050337containmentcold war policy of the US whose purpose was to prevent the spread of communism21
383050338CossacksRussians who conquered and settled Siberia in the 16th and 17th centuries22
383050339covenantagreement; in the Judeo-Christian heritage, an agreement between God and humankind23
383050340criollos (creoles)a term used in colonial Spanish America to describe a person born in the Americas of European parents24
383050341cubisma school of art in which persons and objects are represented by geometric forms25
383050342cultural diffusionthe transmission of ideas and products from one culture to another26
383050343Cultural Revolutiona Chinese movement from 1966 to 1976 intended to establish an egalitarian society of peasants and workers27
383050344cunieforma system of writing originating in Mesopotamia in which a wedge-shaped stylus was used to press symbols into clay28

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