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305907758Technologytools and skills developed and used to meet needs0
305907759Textilesfabrics that used for clothing1
305907760Schisma split; the splitting of Christianity into Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy in the Roman Empire2
305907761Doctrinal Differencesdifferences in the beliefs of religions based on their texts3
305907762Epidemic Diseasea disease that quickly spreads to many people within an area4
305907763Guildsgroups of people with the same occupation that join together to protect their interests and their trade5
305907764Tax-farmingsystem of taxation in which the government sells the ability to collect taxes to citizens6
305907765City Statesa city and its surrounding land; functions as its own unit with its own leaders7
305907766Sovereigntyability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states8
305907767Mercenarieshired soldiers; usually foreign9
305907768Diasporasthe forced exodus of a people from their homeland; scattered across other lands10
305907769Syncretisma blending of two or more ideas into one; usually relgious11
305907770Tribute Systema system in which defeated peoples had to pay their conquerors with food, money, work, etc.12
305907771Infidelto a religion- one who does not believe in said religion13
306478654Chartered citiescities run by their own charters, not by laws of a state, region, nation, etc.14
306478655Usurylending money with an extremely high interest rate15
306478656Sacramenta formal religious act that gives grace to those receiving it16
306478657Caravela small, maneuverable ship that could sail in shallow waters17
306478658Tariffstaxes on foreign imports18
306478659ConquistadorsSpanish soldiers and explorers who led military expeditions in the Americas and captured land for Spain19
306478660Absolutismform of government in which ruler has absolute power20
306478661Joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses21
306478662Trade diasporasnetworks of interconnected commercial communities living and working in major trade cities throughout Africa, Europe, and Asia.22
306478663Excommunicationthe act of expelling someone from the church23
306478664Slave tradethe business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves24
306478665Manumissionthe act of freeing a slave from slavery25
306478666Renaissancethe period of rebirth in art, literature, and learning in the 14th-16th centuries, which marked the transition into the modern periods of European history26
306478667ProtestantChristian religious movement started by Martin Luther; separated form the Catholic Church27
306478668Coerced labor systemforced labor; i.e. slavery28
306478669Mercantilismeconomic theory in which the government regulates commercial interest, and more goods are exported than are imported29

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