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German monk that triggered revolt against church abuses.

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Martin Luther

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government run by religious leaders

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Theocracy

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Dark section of cities in which persecutions occurred

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Ghetto

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Calvinist belief that God long ago determined who would gain salvation.

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Predestination

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assembly or legislature

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Diet

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Northern German city in which 95 Theses was created.

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Wittenberg, Germany

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French reformer that influenced Protestant Reformation.

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John Calvin

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Reorganized Spanish monasteries and lived in isolation.

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St. Teresa of Avila

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Invented Telescope

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Galileo Galilei

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Set theory of gravity of laws and motion.

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Isaac Newton

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Improved medical procedures, prevented infections.

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Ambrose Pare

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Heliocentric view of the universe.

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Nicolas Copernicus

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Founded Society of Jesus

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St. Ignatius

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natural protection, resistance

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Immunity

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belief that a ruler’s authority comes directly from God.

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Divine Right

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King of Spain during their Gold Age.

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Phillip II

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Fleet of ships attacked by England and were unsuccessful, began collapse of Spanish Empire.

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Armada (Spanish Armada)

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King of France who also believed in divine right.

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Louis XVI

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Complete authority over the government and the lives of people.

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Absolute monarchy

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Officials appointed by king to govern provinces and collect taxes.

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Intendant

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French Protestant

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Huguenots

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Period of questioning and court set up to try to hear people’s pleas.

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Inquisition

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Small division in which parliamentary advisors worked for King.

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Cabinet

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Person of European and Native American descent

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Mestizo

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Policy of nation that exports more than it imports.

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Mercantalism

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Economic cycle that involves increase in prices and money.

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Inflation

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Agreement that ended French/Indian War and Seven Year War

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Treaty of Paris

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Economic system production and privately owned and operated for profit

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Capitalism

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Tax on imported goods

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Tariff

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Part of 7 year battle between Britain and France in America

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French and Indian War

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Interaction of goods/disease/plants between new and old war.

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Colombian Exchange

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Members of the highest class in Spain’s economies in the Americas.

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Peninsulares

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Agreement between people

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Compact

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Government in which constitution controls monarch’s power.

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Limited Monarchy

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Government in which ruling power belongs to few.

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Oligarchy

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Adapting ideas, technology and culture of the Western World.

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Westernization

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Native Americans forced harsh working conditions.

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Encomienda System

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Allowed Portugal to claim Brazil and be out of Spanish Empire

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Distribution of military and economic power- nation being to strong

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Balance of Power

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Government system whose power is governed and limited by law.

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Constitutional Monarchy

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Absolute monarch, leader of the cavaliers.

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Charles I

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British Army General and leader of the Roundheads.

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Oliver Cromwell

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Autocratic ruler in which part of city is named after him.

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Peter the Great

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Ruthless and absolute monarch, divides Poland, took reins from ineffective ruler.

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Catherine the Great

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policy allowing business to operate with little or no government interference.

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Laissez Faire

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reduction in the number of people in an area.

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Depopulation

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Granted Huguenots religious freedom.

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Edict of Nantes

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French and Indian War between which two sides:

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Britain and France

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Versailles a symbol for:

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The Sun King’s wealth

50
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Encomienda system criticized by:

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Francisco Pizarro

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Criticized absolute monarchy and best way for liberty is to have these branches of gov’st

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Baron de Montesequieu

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Economist that believed in capitalism and no government interference.

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Adam Smith

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Powers divided between federal and state governments.

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Federal Republic

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Military tactic in which soldiers destroy everything in their path to hurt the enemy.

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Scorched Earth Policy

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European assembly that met after Napoleon’s era to rebuild Europe.

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Congress of Vienna

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A social class

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Estate

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Dissenting group of people.

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Faction

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Strong feeling of pride and devotion to one’s country.

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Nationalism

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The right to vote

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Suffrage

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Fighting carried through hit and run raids.

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Guerrilla Warfare

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Theory of not enough food for the world population, pop. Increasing faster than food supply.

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Theory of population explosion

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Goal of society to bring happiness for the greatest number of citizens with individual freedom but minimal government interference.

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Utilitarianism

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Domination by one country over another in political, economic and cultural life/ aspects.

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Imperialism

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WWI warfare in which troops were protected from enemy in a dugout but exposed to rats and environment.

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Trench Warfare

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Tripartite Pact countries:

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Japan, Germany, Italy.

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Aided/assisted/helped Europe after WWII, limited communism from spreading.

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Truman Doctrine

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Aided/assisted/helped Europe after WWII, limited communism from spreading.

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Marshall Plan

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U.S. policy in the prevention of communism spreading in Europe and World.

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Containment

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in the Roman Catholic Church, pardon for sins committed during a person’s lifetime.

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Indulgences

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