Unit 3-4 Terms
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| 305927832 | Technology | the practical application of science to commerce or industry | 0 | |
| 305927833 | Textiles | fabrics that are woven or knitted; material for clothing | 1 | |
| 305927834 | Schism | division of a group into opposing factions | 2 | |
| 305927835 | Doctrinal differences | The use of documents to compare and contrast two religions. | 3 | |
| 305927836 | epidemic disease | any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people | 4 | |
| 305927837 | Guilds | Association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests | 5 | |
| 305927838 | Tax Farming | system of taxation in which the government sells to private individuals the right to collect taxes. | 6 | |
| 305927839 | City-States | Different sections of land owned by the same country but ruled by different rulers | 7 | |
| 305927840 | Sovereignty | ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states | 8 | |
| 305927841 | Mercenaries | a soldier who fights for any country or group that will pay him | 9 | |
| 305927842 | Diasporas | the migration of religious or ethnic groups to foreign lands despite their continued affiliation with the land and customs of their origin | 10 | |
| 305927843 | Syncretism | The blending traits from two different cultures to form a new trait. | 11 | |
| 305927844 | Tribute system | A system in which defeated peoples were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor. This forced transfer of food, cloth, and other goods subsidized the development of large cities. An important component of the Aztec and Inca economies. | 12 | |
| 305927845 | Infidel | a person who does not acknowledge your God | 13 | |
| 305927846 | Chartered Cities | A charter city is a city in which the governing system is defined by the city's own charter document rather than by state, provincial, regional or national laws. | 14 | |
| 305927847 | Usury | the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest | 15 | |
| 305927848 | Sacrament | something considered to have sacred significance | 16 | |
| 305927849 | Caravel | A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic. | 17 | |
| 305927850 | Tariffs | Taxes on imports or exports | 18 | |
| 305927851 | Conquistadors | Spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain | 19 | |
| 305927852 | Absolutism | the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government | 20 | |
| 305927853 | Joint-Stock companies | an association of individuals in a business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business | 21 | |
| 305927854 | Trade Diasporas | people who lived in outskirts of a city to trade with other places | 22 | |
| 305927855 | Excommunication | the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church | 23 | |
| 305927856 | Slave Trade | The business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves | 24 | |
| 305927857 | Manumission | the formal act of freeing from slavery | 25 | |
| 305927858 | Renaissance | the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world | 26 | |
| 305927859 | Protestant | the Protestant churches and denominations collectively | 27 | |
| 305927860 | Coerced Labor System | Coerced- to compel by force, intimidation, or authority Labor system-a system of organized labor | 28 | |
| 305927861 | Mercantilism | the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys | 29 |
