116280276 | Absolute Monarch | ruler with complete control over the government and the lives of the people. | 0 | |
116280277 | Agrarian | relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land | 1 | |
116280278 | Atheists | Not believing in god | 2 | |
116280279 | Capitalism | an economic system based on private ownership of capital | 3 | |
116280280 | Cash Crop | a readily sellable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco) | 4 | |
116280281 | Circumnavigate | travel around, either by plane or ship | 5 | |
116280282 | colonization | physical process whereby the colonizer takes over another place, putting its own government in charge and either moving its own people into the place or bringing in indentured outsiders to gain control of the people and the land | 6 | |
116280283 | commerce | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) | 7 | |
116280284 | CommonWealth | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 8 | |
116280285 | conseqences | what someone has to pay because of the result of a situation...Roque had a party wthout permission so his consequence is no cell phone or basketball. | 9 | |
119567230 | continuity | n. Uninterrupted connection in space, time, operation, or development. | 10 | |
119567231 | convent | a religious residence especially for nuns | 11 | |
119567232 | currency | Coins and paper bills used as money;having to do with money | 12 | |
119567233 | deists | Believed in a God who had created a perfect universe and then allowed it to operate according to Natural Laws | 13 | |
119567234 | divine | terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God | 14 | |
119567235 | Divine right | belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god. | 15 | |
119567236 | Economy | the system of production and distribution and consumption | 16 | |
119567237 | hedonism | an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good | 17 | |
119567238 | institution | an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated | 18 | |
119567239 | jurisdiction | (n.) an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice | 19 | |
119567240 | Mercantilism | an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests | 20 | |
119567241 | monarchy | rule by a single person | 21 | |
119567242 | demography | the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations | 22 | |
119567243 | monastic | a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work | 23 | |
119567244 | Monk | a man who separates himself from ordinary human society in order to pursue a life of total dedication to God | 24 | |
119567245 | monopoly | (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller | 25 | |
119567246 | morality | concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong | 26 | |
119567247 | nun | a woman who has taken a sacred vow to devote her life to prayer and service to the church | 27 | |
119567248 | papacy/papal | The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head. (pp. 258, 445) | 28 | |
119567249 | parliament | a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain) | 29 | |
119567250 | patriarch | any of the early Biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race | 30 | |
119567251 | pope | the head of the Roman Catholic Church | 31 | |
119567252 | revolution | the overthrow of a government by those who are governed | 32 | |
119567253 | salvation | (Christianity) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil | 33 | |
119567254 | sanctioned | authorized approval or permission | 34 | |
119567255 | satire | a literary work that ridicules or criticizes a human vice through humor or derision | 35 | |
119567256 | urbanization | movement of people from rural areas to cities | 36 | |
119567257 | utopia/utopian | an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal; characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection | 37 | |
119567258 | vassals | lesser lords who pledged their service and loyalty to a greater lord -- in a military capacity | 38 | |
119567259 | venerate | (v.) to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect | 39 | |
119567260 | vernacular | the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | 40 | |
119567261 | encomienda system | priviledge given by Spain to Spanish settlers in the Americas which allowed to control the lands and people of a certain territory | 41 | |
119567262 | hacienda system | large plantations owned by spanish, leaving Indians with poorer land | 42 | |
119567263 | Akbar the great (Mughal) | known for religious tolerance. grandson of Babur who created a strong central government | 43 | |
119567264 | Dutch East India Company | Government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies. | 44 | |
119567265 | Elizabeth of England | 1558-1603, She supported the northern protestant cause as a safeguard against Spain attacking England. , daughter of Henry and Anne Boleyn, became ruler after Mary Tudor (her half sister),brought religous stability to england, didn't care what people believed as long as they keep quiet about it,Her husband was her country | 45 | |
119661002 | Huguenots | French Protestants, French Protestants influenced by John Calvin which made them, french calvinists | 46 | |
119661003 | Eastern orthodox | this Christian religion broke away from the Roman church when it would not accept the authority of the Pope as the head of the church | 47 | |
119661004 | jesuit order | a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen | 48 | |
119661005 | Martin luther | a German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices.He also believed in a merciful god | 49 | |
119661006 | LouisXIV | was recognized as one of the most powerful monarchs of Europe he ruled for 72 years and was known for sun king he moved the capital from paris to Versailles | 50 | |
119661007 | peter the great | ruled Russia from 1682 to 1725, wanted closer ties to western europe, modernize and strengthen Russia | 51 | |
119661008 | philip II | son 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) | 52 | |
119661009 | shogun | a hereditary military dictator of Japan | 53 | |
119661010 | Zheng He | Chinese admiral during the Ming Dynasty, he led great voyages that spread China's fame throughout Asia | 54 | |
119661011 | johann Gutenburg | German printer; in 1448 he invented a printing press that used movable type | 55 | |
119661012 | John Locke | English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704) | 56 | |
119661013 | Shah Abbas | Also known as Abbas the Great, took the throne in 1587 and helped create the Safavid culture | 57 | |
119661014 | Boyars | Russian nobles | 58 | |
119661015 | Ivan III | grand duke of Muscovy whose victories against the Tartars laid the basis for Russian unity (1440-1505) | 59 | |
119661016 | Ivan IV | the first czar of Russia (1530-1584) | 60 | |
119661017 | Age of reason | Another name for the Enlightenment | 61 | |
119661018 | Columbian exchange | The exchange of goods and ideas between Native Americans and Europeans | 62 | |
119661019 | counter exchange | 2 substances (blood & water) flowing in opposite directions of each other that maximize a gradient for exchange | 63 | |
119661020 | counter reformation | catholic church's attempt to stop the protestant movement and to Strengthen the Catholic Church | 64 | |
119661021 | edict of nantes | 1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of conscience and worship. | 65 |
AP World History 1450-1750 Vocab Flashcards
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