306562641 | technology | tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs | 0 | |
306562642 | textiles | cloth | 1 | |
306562643 | schism | division of a group into opposing factions | 2 | |
306562644 | doctrinal differences | The use of documents to compare and contrast two religions. | 3 | |
306562645 | epidemic disease | any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people | 4 | |
306562646 | guilds | Association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests | 5 | |
306562647 | tax-farming | collection of excessive taxes | 6 | |
306562648 | city states | a city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit | 7 | |
306562649 | sovereignty | government free from external control | 8 | |
306562650 | state | a politically organized body of people under a single government | 9 | |
306562651 | empire | a group of countries under a single authority | 10 | |
306562652 | tax revenue | government income due to taxation | 11 | |
306562653 | ideology | a system of ideas and ideals, esp. one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy | 12 | |
306562654 | inequality | lack of equality | 13 | |
306562655 | trade goods | articles of commerce | 14 | |
306562656 | mercenaries | hired foreign soldiers | 15 | |
306562657 | diasporas | forced exodus from their lands of origin | 16 | |
306562659 | syncretism | the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections) | 17 | |
306562661 | 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. | 18 | |
306562662 | infidel | a person who does not acknowledge your God | 19 | |
306562663 | 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. | 20 | |
306562664 | usury | the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest | 21 | |
306562665 | sacrament | one of the Christian ceremonies in which God's grace is transmitted to people | 22 | |
306562666 | caravel | A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic. | 23 | |
306562668 | tariffs | Taxes on imports or exports | 24 | |
306562670 | conquistadors | spanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain | 25 | |
306562672 | absolutism | the doctrine of an absolute being | 26 | |
306562674 | 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 | 27 | |
306562675 | trade diasporas | people who lived in outskirts of a city to trade with other places | 28 | |
306562676 | excommunication | the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church | 29 | |
306562677 | slave trade | The business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves | 30 | |
306562679 | manumission | the formal act of freeing from slavery | 31 | |
306562680 | renaissance | the revival of learning and culture | 32 | |
306562682 | protestant | the Protestant churches and denominations collectively | 33 | |
306562684 | coerced labor system | Forced Labor | 34 | |
306562686 | mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | 35 |
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