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33205891mitaLabor extracted for lands assigned to the state and the religion; all communities were expected to contribute; an essential aspect of Inca imperial control.0
33205892Henry the Navigator(1394-1460) Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa.1
33205893Cape of Good HopeThe southern tip of Africa2
33205894Vasco da GamaPortuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route.3
33205895Christopher ColumbusItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)4
33205896Ferdinand Magellan(1480?-1521) Portuguese-born navigator. Hired by Spain to sail to the Indies in 1519. Was killed in the Philippines (1521). One of his ships returned to Spain (1522), thereby completing the first circumnavigation of the globe.5
33242947cultural determinismcultural influences determine the behaviors and personalities of people6
33242948economic determinismA country is determined by its economic system, not its political system.7
33242949technological determinismThe force propelling social change is the introduction of new tools and machines.8
33242950Dutch/British East India CompanyGovernment charted joint-stock companies that controlled spice trade in the East Indies9
33242951smallpoxa highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever, weakness, and skin eruption with pustules.10
33242952LepantoTurkish sea power was destroyed in 1571 by a league of Christian nations organized by the Pope11
33242953mercantilisman economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests12
34036622mestizoa person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)13
34036623isolationisma policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations14
34036624Vasco Nuñez de Balboaa Spaniard who, in 1513, crossed the Isthmus of Panama and reached an ocean, naming it the South Sea, and claimed it for Spain.15
34036625Fransisco PizarroSpanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire of Peru in 1531-1533.16
34036626Atahuallpaleader of Incas killed by the Spanish17
34036627New FranceFrench colony in North America, with a capital in Quebec, founded 1608.18
34036628Seven Years War(1756-1763) Solved what the War of Austrian Succession had not. Prussia and Great Britain fought off France, Austria, and Russia19
34036629Treaty of ParisThis treaty ended the Seven Years War20
34036630Cape Colonya former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 181421
34036631BoersDutch settlers in south Africa22
34036632CalcuttaHeadquarters of British East India Company in Bengal in Indian subcontinent; located on Ganges; captured in 1756 during early part of Seven Years' War; later became administrative center for all of Bengal.23
34036633Petrarch(1304-1374) Father of the Renaissance. He believed the first two centuries of the Roman Empire to represent the peak in the development of human civilization.24
34036634MachiavelliWrote "The Prince", a book that recommended harsh and arbitrary rule for noblemen25
34036635humanisma philosophy in which interests and values of human beings are of primary importance26
34036636Northern Renaissancethe movement in Art in Germany and Flanders that reflected greater religious tones; , Emphasized Critical Thinking, Developed Christian Humanism criticizing the church & society, Painting/ Woodcuts/Literature27
34036637GutenbergGerman printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)28
34036638Martin Luthera German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices.29
34036639indulgencesSelling of forgiveness by the Catholic Church. It was common practice when the church needed to raise money. The practice led to the Reformation.30
34036640ProtestantismThe beliefs of Christians who opposed, or protested against, the Roman Catholic Church in the 1500s; the beliefs of people who follow a non-Catholic religion today.31
34036641Anglican ChurchCreated by Henry VIII; the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs)32
34036642John CalvinSwiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)33
34036643Catholic ReformationReligious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church, begun in response to the Protestant Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical training and discipline. (p. 447)34
34036644JesuitsAlso known as the Society of Jesus; founded by Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) as a teaching and missionary order to resist the spread of Protestantism.35
34036645Edict of Nantes1598, decree by King Henry IV to restore internal peace in France, which had been torn by the Wars of Religion; the edict defined the rights of the French Protestants36
34036646Thirty Years War(1618-48) A series of European wars that were partially a Catholic-Protestant religious conflict. It was primarily a batlte between France and their rivals the Hapsburg's, rulers of the Holy Roman Empire.37
34036647Treaty of Westphaliatreaty that ended the 30 Years' War38
34036648English Civil WarThis was the revolution as a result of whether the sovereignty would remain with the king or with the Parliament. Eventually, the kingship was abolished39
34036649Proletariata social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages40
34036650CopernicusPolish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)41
34036651KeplerThis astronomer stated that the orbits of planets around the sun were elliptical, the planets do not orbit at a constant speed, and that an orbit is related to its distance from the sun42
34036652Galileo GalileiScientist who built the first telescope and proved that planets and moons move. Persecuted for supporting Copernicus' ideas43
34036653William HarveyEnglish physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood44
34036654Descartes(1596-1650) French philosopher, discovered analytical geometry. Saw Algebra and Geometry have a direct relationship. Reduced everything to spiritual or physical.45
34036655Isaac NewtonEnglish Scientist; discovered 3 Laws of motion and Mathematics Principal of Natural Philosophy (1687).46
34036656DeismThe belief that God has created the universe and set it in motion to operate like clockwork. God is literally in the wings watching the show go on as humans forge their own destiny.47
34036657John LockeEnglish philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property.48
34036658absolute monarchya monarchy in which the ruler's power is unlimited49
34036659Louis XIVking of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715)50
34036660parliamentary monarchyOriginated in England and Holland, 17th century, with kings partially checked by significant legislative powers in parliaments51
34036661Frederick the GreatKing of Prussia (1740-1786). Successful in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) and the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), he brought Prussia great military prestige in Europe.52
34036662EnlightenmentThe intellectual revolution of the eighteenth century in which the philosophes stressed reason, natural law, and progress in their criticism of prevailing social injustices.53
34036663Adam SmithScottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)54
34036664Mary WollstonecraftEnglish writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women55
34036665EncyclopedieCollection of works compiled during the Enlightenment; explained many aspects of society; compiled by Denis Diderot56
34036666noble savageThe idea that primitive human beings are naturally good and that whatever evil they develop is the product of the corrupting action of civilization.57
34036667Ivan the GreatRuler of Russia. Expanded control to Northern Russia; recovered land from Slavic states; absolute rule.58
34036668Ivan the Terriblefirst czar of Russia, known for cruelty and being constantly at war59
34036669cossackspeasants recruited to migrate to newly seized lands in Russia, particularly in south; combined agriculture with military conquests; spurred additional frontier conquests and settlements.60
34036670Time of TroublesFollowed Ivan IV's death in 1584. period of famine, power struggles and war, Sweden and Poland conquered Moscow61
34036671serfa person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord62
34036672Romanov dynastyDynasty elected in 1613 at end of Time of Troubles: Ruled Russia until 191763
34036673Alexis Romanov(Russia) Successor to Michael, 2nd Monarch, abolished assemblies of monarchs, strengthened ties to Orthodox Church64
34036674Old BelieversRussians who refused to accept the ecclesiastical reforms of Alexis Romanov (17th century); many exiled to Siberia or southern Russia, where they became part of Russian colonization.65
34036675Peter the Greatczar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government66
34036676St. PetersburgCapital city created by Peter the Great to resemble a French city.67
34036677Catherine the GreatEmpress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)68
34036678Pugachev rebellionled by an illiterate Cossack, mass revolt with unhappy peasants; stopped when government executed Pugachev; Catherine the Great represses peasantry and makes no more reforms69
34036679Partition of Polanddivision of Polish territory among Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772, 1793, and 1795; eliminated Poland as independent state; part of expansion of Russian influence in eastern Europe.70
34036680Columbian exchangeThe exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.71
34036681Reformationa religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches72
34080321Fransisco CoronadoSpanish explorer, explored most of the Southwest U.S.73

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