Europe Section 2 pg 148 Flashcards
the science of making accurate maps and globes
cartography
small triangular-sailed ocean going ships
caravels
large commercial farms
plantations
a route between the Atlantic and pacific oceans along the northern coast of north america.
northwest passage
a three stage pattern of Atlantic trade that carried goods and enslaved people between europe, africa and the Americas.
triangular trade
a political system of centralized and unlimited government power.
absolutism
a series of major advances in science during the 1500’s and 1600’s.
scientific revolution
a movement during the 1600 and 1700’s to apply observation and reason to human affairs.
enlightenment
an act that limited the power of the monarch and listed the rights of Parliament and the English people.
the English bill of rights
a political movement that removed the french king from power and formed a republic
french revolution
a shift from hand tools driven by animal or human power to large scale machinery powered by fuels or natural forces.
industrial revolution