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51603109capitalisman economic system based on private ownership of capital0
51603110mercantilisman economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests1
51603111adam smithScottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790)2
51603112repartimiento systemrequired adult male Native Americans to devote a set number of days of labor anually to Spanish economic enterprises. PROBLEM- abused workers due to sense of urgency and exploitation3
51603113Charles VHoly Roman emperor (1519-1558) and king of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556). He summoned the Diet of Worms (1521) and the Council of Trent (1545-1563).4
51603114Philip IIson of Louis VII whose reign as king of France saw wars with the English that regained control of Normandy and Anjou and most of Poitou (1165-1223)5
51603115Martin LutherGerman theologian who led the Reformation6
51603116indulgencethe remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution7
5160311795 theseswritten by Martin Luther and is widely regarded as the primary catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. It is vitally important to understand that these theses were used for the intent of displaying Luther's displeasure with the Church's indulgences8
51603118John CalvinSwiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)9
51603119Anglicana Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism10
51603120Council of Trentan ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 in response to the Reformation11
51603121JesuitsAlso known as the Society of Jesus; founded by Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) as a teaching and missionary order to resist the spread of Protestantism.12
51603122Ignatius Loyolafounded the Jesuits in 1534. Loyola was a Spanish soldier whose leg had been shattered fighting fro Charles V against the Frech. Loyola's long period of recovery from his injury gave him time to read about the lives of Jesus and the saints. Like Martin Luther, Loyola wondered how he could attain salvation despite his sins. The answer came to him in a vision that he recorded in his book Spiritual Exercises. According to Loyola , salvation could be achieved by self-discipline and by doing good deeds. Loyla convinced six fellow students at the UNiversity of Paris to take religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to the pope and to follow him. Less than 10 years after Loyola founded his group, Pope Paul III recognized it as an offical order of the Catholic Church. He organized the Jesuits like a military body, with discipline and strict obedience13
51603123Elizabeth IQueen of England from 1558 to 160314
51603124Spanish Armadathe Spanish fleet that attempted to invade England, ending in disaster, due to the raging storm in the English Channel as well as the smaller and better English navy led by Francis Drake. This is viewed as the decline of Spains Golden Age, and the rise of England as a world naval power.15
51603125Dutch East India CompanyGovernment-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies until the british came and took over16
51603126Louis XIVking of France from 1643 to 171517
51603127Napoleonic WarsA series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times18
51603128nation-statedescribes a country19
51603129serfdomLords in Eastern Europe revived serfdom to combat increasing economic challenges. Lords demanded that kings and princes issue laws restricting or eliminating peasants' right of moving freely20
51603130Peter the Greatruled Russia from 1682 to 1725, wanted closer ties to western europe, modernize and strengthen Russia21
51603131Catherine the greatEmpress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)22
51603132Ottoman Empirea Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe23
51603133Mughal EmpireMuslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. (p. 536)24
51603134Matteo RicciAn Italian Jesuit who by his knowledge of Astronomy and science was accepted as a missionary of China25
51603135shoguna hereditary military dictator of Japan26
51603136samuraia Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy27
51603137absolute monarchA king or queen with complete authority over the government and people in a kingdom28
51603138Agrarianrelating to rural matters29
51603139Cash Cropa readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco)30
51603140Circumnavigatetravel around, either by plane or ship31
51603141Colonizationsystem of settling new lands that remain under the government of their native land32
51603142Hernan CortesSpanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)33
51603143Moctezuma IIruler of the Aztec empire34
51603144Francisco PizarroSpanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)35
51603145AtahualpaLast ruling Inca emperor of Peru. He was executed by the Spanish. (p. 438)36
51603146encomienda systempriviledge given by Spain to Spanish settlers in the Americas which allowed to control the lands and people of a certain territory37
51603147Commonwealtha politically organized body of people under a single government noun38
51603148Demographythe branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations noun39
51603149Divine Rightbelief that a rulers authority comes directly from god. User-contributed40
51603150Monopoly(economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller noun41
51603151Urbanizationthe social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban noun42
51603152Utopiaa book by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island noun43
51603153AkbarMost illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r. 1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus. (p. 536) User-contributed44
51603154Colombian Exchangethe transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa User-contributed45
51603155Counter Reformationthe reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected) noun46
51603156Reformationa religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches noun47
51603157Dutch East India CompanyGovernment-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies. User-contributed48
51603158edict of Nantes1598, decree promulgated at Nantes 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 Protestants User-contributed49
51603159Elizabeth I of EnglandShe supported the northern protestant cause as a safeguard against Spain attacking England. She had her rival, Mary, Queen of Scots, beheaded. Elizabeth I of England succeeded Mary and reestablished Protestantism in England. (p.471-73, 494-96, 521) User-contributed50
51603160Henry VIIIson of Henry VII and King of England from 1509 to 1547 noun51
51603161HuguenotsFrench Protestants. The Edict of Nantes (1598) freed them from persecution in France, but when that was revoked in the late 1700s, hundreds of thousands of Huguenots fled to other countries, including America. User-contributed52
51603162Janissary CorpsThe Christian slaves of the Ottomans who were not eligible for government positions and served instead as a part of the Ottoman military User-contributed53
51603163Scientific MethodA research method whereby a problem is identified, a hypothesis stated, and hypothesis is tested User-contributed54
51603164Scientific Revolutionan era between 16th and 18th centuries when scientists began doing research in a new way using the scientific method User-contributed55
51603165Enlightenmenta movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions noun56
51603166Suleiman the magnificentThe most illustrious sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1520-1566); also known as Suleiman Kanuni, 'The Lawgiver.' He significantly expanded the empire in the Balkans and eastern Mediterranean. (p. 526) User-contributed57
51603167Dar al Islamhouse, haven or realm of islam User-contributed58
51603168GazisOttoman warriors - given land, TIMAR, returned to Sultan after death--loyal only to Sultan User-contributed59
51603169Sufisa mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, and a simple life User-contributed60
51603170MadrasaMuslim schools in Bangladesh and Pakistan noun61
51603171Jizyatax paid by Christians and Jews who lived in Muslim communities to allow them to continue to practice their own religion User-contributed62
51603172Syncretismthe union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy) noun63
51603173SikhsNonviolent religous group that blended Buddhism, Hinduism and Sufism User-contributed64
51603174Conurbationan aggregation or continuous network of urban communities noun65
51603175Thomas HobbesEnglish materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679) noun66
51603176John 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. User-contributed67
51603177Glorious revolutionthe revolution against James II noun68
51603178English bill of rightsKing William and Queen Mary accepted this document in 1689. It guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently. By accepting this document, they supported a limited monarchy, a system in which they shared their power with Parliament and the people. User-contributed69
51603179Parliamenta card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as their sevens noun70
51603180Social ContactHumans use __ to obtain physical survivial, information they need, the maintenance of a sense of self, and pleasure and comfort according to socioemotional selectivity theory User-contributed71
51603181Empiricismmedical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings noun72
51603182CopernicusPolish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543) noun73
51603183Heliocentric TheoryEvery thing revolves around the sun studied by Galelo and Copernicus User-contributed74
51603184Geocentric theoryArrangment of the solar system that places the earth at the center with the sun and planets orbiting the earth User-contributed75
51603185Galileo GalileiScientist who built the first telescope and proved that planets and moons move. Persecuted for supporting Copernicus' ideas User-contributed76
51603186Isaac NewtonEnglish Scientist. 3 Laws of motion. Mathematics Principal of Natural Philosophy (1687). User-contributed77
51603187VoltaireFrench writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778) noun78
51603188Enlightened despotismphilosophes inspired and supported reforms of Enlightened despots-believed absolute rulers should promote good of people-religious toleration, streamlined legal codes, increased access to education, reduction or elimination of torture and death penalty User-contributed79

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