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Essential Terms #1
A list off all the terms from the Transatlantic World.
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History
10th Grade
03/22/2012

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1.       EARLY MODERN AGE

 

Definition

-Follows the Late Middle Ages

-Economies became more articulate

-Regions of the world became more organized

-Substitute for the term "Renaissance"

-Included the Holy Roman Empire

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2.       AGE OF GUNPOWDER EMPIRES

 

 

Definition

-The spread of large weapons

-Rise of the Ottomans and Munghals

-Ottomans began to terrorize Europe with their new weapons

-Militaries began using armed machines 

-Allowed countries to have a stronger military

 

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3.       AGE OF RECONNAISANCE

 

 

Definition

-Exploration of new land

-Countries wanted to expand territory

-The search for new alliances

-Milirary unifications

 

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4. Mongols, Munghals, Tartaus

Definition

-Mostly used in English

-An emperial power in India

-Descendants of 

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Commercial Revolution
Definition

Period of European economic expansion

Rise of colonialism

Began with the Crusades in the 18th Century

Europeans rediscovered spices and linens

Many rare jewels and furs were alo discovered

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Westernization
Definition

Society begins to become more advanced

Many adpot the Western world's culture

Technology, law, and economics were altered for many nations

Religion became mainly Christian

 

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Centralization
Definition

Activities of an organization become more mainstream and uniform. 

Becomes concentrated within a particular group/location

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Absolutism
Definition

Monarchial form of government in which the monarchs excersized the ultimate authority and power.

They were considered the top head of government in a country.

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Nation-State
Definition

State that self-identifies as deviring from political legitamacy.

Seen in a soverign state

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Capitalism
Definition
Economic system that allows private enterprise with the inclusion of taxes.
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Mercantilism
Definition
Economic doctrine in which government has control over foreign trade and the military security of the state.
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Core Nations
Definition
Industrialized capitalist countries on which periphary countries and semi-periphary countries depend on the global market.
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Trading Companies
Definition
Businesses who work together on products to be sold to consumers or the government.
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Maritime Technology
Definition

Had ships called caravals which were the elite in marine travel/military.

Had the capability to travel worldwide.

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Khanates
Definition

Turco-Mongol word used to describe a political entity ruled by a khan. 

An important official in India

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The Great Dying
Definition
Involved multiple infectious diseases destroying the population of many countries for many years
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The Great Convergence
Definition

Modern economic history companies.

The Industrial Revolution and the Great Divergence

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Elite Patronage of Art
Definition
Greatest detail in reference to medieval and Renaissance Europe
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Secularzation
Definition
Transformation of a religious society into on ethat embraces other worldly ideas and beliefs
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Protestants
Definition
Major group in Christianity that began in Germany after the controversy of Martin  Luther called The Reformation
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Sikh
Definition

A follower of sikhism, which originated in the 15th centruy out of South Asia. 

From the Sanskrit.

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Elite Vs. Popular Art

 

Definition

Elite- small group of people who control disproportionate amounts of wealth

Popular Art- art that has reached great recognition and is copied widely; created by elites

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Vodun
Definition
Organized religion practiced on the west coast of Africa from Nigeria to Ghana
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Reformation
Definition

English- when the church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope

Protestant- when individuals from the Catholic church began being influenced by the teachings of Martin Luther

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Enlightenment
Definition
Cultural movement among the intellectuals of 18th Centruy Europe that sought to mobilize the power of reason in order to reform society
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Parliamants
Definition
Legislature whose power and function are very similar to that of the Western and United Kingdom
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European Style Family
Definition

Focused on emphasis of the nuclear family and a large minority who never married. 

Originated in 15th century from peasants and artisans of Western Europe

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Joint Stock Company
Definition
Type of corporation that involves two or more parties that own shares of a company
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Scientific Revolution
Definition
Era in 16th-17th centuried where new ideas and knowledge of physics, anatomy, biology, medicine, and chemistry began to emerge.
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