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| 306562256 | Technology | tools and skills people use to meet their basic needs | |
| 306562257 | Textiles | Industry revolved around making cloth; includes cotton gathering, spinning, and weaving | |
| 306562258 | Schism | (n.) a formal split within a religious organization; any division or separation of a group or organization into hostile factions ; such as the Great Schism between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox Church | |
| 306562259 | Doctrinal differences | Differing religious beliefs or texts | |
| 306562260 | Epidemic disease | any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people | |
| 306562261 | Guilds | an association of persons of the same trade or pursuits, formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards | |
| 306562262 | Tax-farming | A government's use of private collectors to collect taxes. Individuals or corporations contract with the government to collect a fixed amount for the government and are permitted to keep as profit everything they collect over that amount. | |
| 306562263 | City-states | a city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit | |
| 306562264 | Sovereignty | the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries | |
| 306562265 | Mercenaries | foreign soldiers that fought for money | |
| 306562266 | Diasporas | the migration of religious or ethnic groups to foreign lands despite their continued affiliation with the land and customs of their origin | |
| 306562267 | Syncretism | a blending of beliefs and practices from different religions into a single faith | |
| 306562268 | 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. | |
| 306562269 | Infidel | one who does not accept a particular faith; unbeliever | |
| 306562270 | 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. | |
| 306562271 | Usury | the act of lending money at an exorbitant rate of interest | |
| 306562272 | Sacrament | a formal religious act conferring a specific grace on those who receive it ; Ex. the Protestant sacraments are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted | |
| 306562273 | Caravel | A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic. | |
| 306562274 | Tariffs | Taxes on imports or exports | |
| 306562275 | Conquistadors | The Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Americas in the 16th century | |
| 306562276 | Absolutism | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | |
| 306562277 | Joint-stock companies | These were developed to gather the savings from the middle class to support finance colonies. Ex. London Company and Plymouth Company. | |
| 306562278 | Trade diasporas | the relocation of a large population of a particular people group from one place to another triggered by economics. | |
| 306562279 | Excommunication | the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church | |
| 306562280 | Slave Trade | European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas, Africa, and Europe. | |
| 306562281 | Manumission | the formal act of freeing from slavery | |
| 306562282 | Renaissance | The great period of rebirth in art, literature, and learning in the 14th-16th centuries, which marked the transition into the modern periods of European history | |
| 306562283 | Protestant | A Christian who denies the authority of the Pope and holds the right of special judgment ; a member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation | |
| 306562284 | Coerced labor systems | a system where the workers were forced to work based on threats, pressure, or intimidation ; forced labor: indentured slaves, serfs, slaves | |
| 306562285 | Mercantilism | an economic theory that believe the colonies should benefit the parent country |
