Time: End of Postclassical Era to 1750
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| 146443113 | Renaissance | cultural and political movement in West Europe, began in Italy | 1 | |
| 146443114 | Secularization | societal move away from traditional religious institutions | 2 | |
| 146445811 | Humanism | focus on humankind as center of intellectual and artistic endeavor, classical forms over medieval | 3 | |
| 146445812 | Ottoman Turks | conquered most of Balkans, captured Constantinople in 1453, empire included most of Arab world | 4 | |
| 146445813 | Hundred Year's War | between France and England over lands England had in France and feudalism | 5 | |
| 146445814 | Maori | residents of New Zealand who migrated from Society Islands (base of Polynesia) | 6 | |
| 146445815 | Iberian Peninsula | made up of Castile, Aragon, Portugal, controlled by Muslims | 7 | |
| 146445816 | Castile | along with Aragon, a regional kingdom who won peninsula from Muslims | 8 | |
| 146445817 | Marco Polo | Venetian merchant and traveler, accounts of travels to China showed Europeans a view of Asia and began trade, served Kublai Khan | 9 | |
| 148439841 | Absolute Monarchy | concept for nationstates in W Europe, monarchs who passed laws without parliaments, appointed armies | 10 | |
| 148439842 | Catholic Reformation | restatement of traditional Catholic beliefs in response to Protestant Reformation, established councils to revive doctrines | 11 | |
| 148439843 | Copernicus | disproved Hellenistic belief that earth is the center of the universe | 12 | |
| 148439844 | Deism | concept of God setting natural laws in motion, not to regulate once process had begun | 13 | |
| 148439845 | Galileo | published Copernicus' findings, addded planetary motion discoveries, condemned by Catholic Church for work | 14 | |
| 148439846 | Glorious Revolution | English overthrow of James II, led to parliament having basic sovereignty over king | 15 | |
| 148439847 | Jesuits | religious order founded in Catholic Reformation, missions to South America, N America, Asia | 16 | |
| 148439848 | Johannes Guttenburg | introduced movable type to Western Europe in 15th century | 17 | |
| 148439849 | Louis XIV | French monarch of 17th century, absolute monarchy | 18 | |
| 148439850 | Martin Luther | began Protestant Reformation, accepted state control over church | 19 | |
| 148439851 | Mercantilism | limiting imports of other nations and internal economies to improve tax revenues | 20 | |
| 148439852 | Northern Renaissance | after Italy's, centered in France, Low Countries, England, Germany, greater emphasis on religion | 21 | |
| 148439853 | Proletariat | class of working people without access to producing property, paid laborers | 22 | |
| 148439854 | Scientific Revolution | advances from wider theories, led to change in beliefs of Middle Ages (17th century) | 23 | |
| 148439855 | Thirty Years' War | in Holy Roman Empire, German Protestants vs. Spain, ended with Treaty of Westphalia which allowed rulers to choose their own religions | 24 | |
| 148439856 | World Economy | established by Europe to control Atlantic and other seas to create an international trade of food, manufactured products | 25 | |
| 148439857 | Dependent Economic Zones | regions in world economy that produced raw materials, dependent on European markets, forced, cheap labor | 26 | |
| 148439858 | Henry the Navigator | began W expansion with expeditions on African coast (Portuguese) | 27 | |
| 148439859 | Cape Colony | Dutch colony at Cape of Good hope for a coastal station, expansion led to conflict with Bantus | 28 | |
| 148439860 | Ferdinand Magellan | first to circumnavigate the globe, allowed Spain to claim Phillipines | 29 | |
| 148439861 | Mestizos | mixed European and Indian ancestry in Mesoamerica and South America (Spanish colonies), part of forced labor colonies | 30 | |
| 148439862 | Boers | Dutch settlers in Cape Colony | 31 | |
| 148439863 | British East India Company | government monopoly over India's trade center in Calcutta (captured in 7 years war) | 32 | |
| 148439864 | Columbian Exchange | transfer of animals, plants, diseases, after establishment of Spanish colonies in New World | 33 |
