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276804817RenaissanceThe great period of rebirth in art, literature, and learning in the 14th-16th centuries, which marked the transition into the modern periods of European history0
276804818Reformationa religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches1
276804819Counter-Reformationthe catholic church trying to restore its power after the creation of the protestant church; jesuits2
276804820Mercantilismthe theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys3
276804821Reasons for European ExplorationGold, Glory, God4
276804822Columbian Exchangeexchange from Americas to Europe, spread diseases, slaves, new animals, and crops5
276804823Absolutismabsolute power6
276804824Absolute MonarchyLouis XIV, Peter the Great, Catheriene the Great7
276804825Russian Serfdomnew land in russia led to need for labor8
276804826European Colonization in LAdisease, killing, natives forces into labor, forced to become catholic9
276804827European Colonization on LA SocietyPeninsulares (europeans)-creoles-mestizos-natives, europeans highest power now, natives forced into labor10
276804828Encomienda Systempriviledge given by Spain to Spanish settlers in the Americas which allowed to control the lands and people of a certain territory11
276804829Adam Smithcapitalism12
276804830Karl Marxcommunism13
276804831Rousseaupeople are good but have been corrupted14
276804832Montesquieuseperation of powers15
276804833John Lockepeople have right to life, liberty, and property16
276804834Bourgeoisiemiddle class17
276804835Laissez-faireidea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs18
276804836Industrial Revolutionthe transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation (west most industrialized)19
276804837Impact of French Revolutionindustrialization, nationalism, imperialism20
276804838Toussaint L'Overtureled slave rebellion in Haiti21
276804839Miguel HidalgoMexican priest who led peasants in call for independence22
276804840Simon Bolivarrevolts against spanish rule23
276845847European Effects on Africaguns, new weapons, decrease of population, increase of catholicism, slave trade24
276845848Ming Chinascholar-gentry, neo-Confucianism, civil service exam25
276845849Ottoman Declinecorruption, invasions26
276845850Safavid Declineconfining of princes, Abbas I, attacks of mughals, ottomans, etc27
276845851Mughal Declinecorruption, backwards warfare, too large= unstable28

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