General Terms 3 Flashcards
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26220983 | Absolutism | A style of government in Europe in which monarchs rule a high centralized government by putting power into their own hands | 0 | |
26220984 | Coercive Labor | Any labor system that involves force (slavery, serfdom, and indentured labor) | 1 | |
26220985 | Columbian Exchange | Biological exchange of goods following Columbus's voyage | 2 | |
26220986 | Empire | A political unit in which groups of people are controlled by a single unit | 3 | |
26220987 | Enlightenment | An intellectual movement focusing on rational thought, order, and logic | 4 | |
26220988 | Harem | A place within a Muslim palace where the women were housed | 5 | |
26220989 | Neo-Confucianism | A movement to return to traditional Confucian values | 6 | |
26220990 | Reformation | The religious movement for reform of the Roman Catholic Church which led to the creation of new Protestant Christian Churches | 7 | |
26220991 | Renaissance | The preiod of intellectual and artistic "rebirth" in which many elite people sought inspiration in the ideals of classical times and focused on humanism and individualism | 8 | |
26220992 | Scientific Revolution | A period of scientific thought characterized by the use of observation and experimentation | 9 |