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Accounting
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05/23/2011

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Renaissance
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the revival of art and literature
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Humanism
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Movement that turned away from medieval scholasticism and reviewed interest in ancient Greek and roman
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Secularism
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having human things such as politics exist separate from religion
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Invented the Printing Press
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Protestant Reformation
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Reform movement by Martin Luther and John Calving that established Protestantism as a branch of Christianity
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Martin Luther
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Initiated the Protestant Reformation. Strongly opposed the idea that you could buy your way into heaven.
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Counter-Reformation
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period where the people attempted to strengthen the Catholic Church in response to the Protestant reformation
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Colombian Exchange
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flow of products from the old world to the new world. Many diseases were introduced to Native Americans from Europeans
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Mercantilism
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the country's strength depends on its wealth
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Gunpowder Empires
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Mughal, Ottoman, and Safavid Empire
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Shah Jahan
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emperor of the Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1658
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Mughal Empire
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a united, diverse Islamic empire that ruled beginning in 1526, invaded, and ruled most of India by the late 17th and 18th centuries and ended in the mid 19th century
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Ming Dynasty
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the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 and was one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history
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Qing Dynasty
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The last dynasty of China ruling from 1644 to 1912
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Absolute Monarch
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A ruler who rules alone and is not restrained by law
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Divine right
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God given right
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Edict of Nantes
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used to promote civil unity
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Louis XIV
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Sun King. Ruled From 1643 to 1715. Longest rule in history
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Versailles
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Royal chateau in France
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Tudor Dynasty
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A European royal house of Welch
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Stuart Dynasty
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A European royal house that became monarchs of the Kingdom of Scotland during the late 14th century
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Oliver Cromwell
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Leader of the roundheads
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Commonwealth
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Republican based govt.
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Scientific Revolution
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Time where there was a great change in Scientific thoughts
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Thomas Hobbes
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Book- Leviathan
Said that people need govt. and that they should give up some freedom in exchange for peace and safety
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John Locke's beliefs
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Said that people were naturally happy and tolerant
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Storming of the Bastille
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July 14, 1789. Demonstrators stormed the prison, Bastille, to gain large amounts of ammunition and arms that were stored there
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French Revolution
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a period of radical social and political upheaval in French and European History
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Jean-Paul Marat
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A radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution
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Robespierre
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one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution. Dominated the Committee of Public Safety
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Reign of Terror
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Period of violence after the onset of the French Revolution; it was marked by mass executions of people that opposed the revolution
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Napoleon
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A military and political leader during the ending stages of the French Revolution
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Napoleonic Wars
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A series of conflicts declared against Napoleon by opposing coalitions. Sparked by the French Revolution
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Congress of Vienna
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a conference of ambassadors that was made to settle issues arising from French Revolutionary Wars
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Industrial Revolution
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time from the 18th to 19th century where major industrial changes had a huge effect on socioeconomic conditions of the time
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Laissez Faire
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transactions between private parties are free from state intervention
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Chartism
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a movement for social reforms in the mid 19th century
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Simon Bolivar
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A military and political leader who played a key role in the success in the struggle for Latin America's independence from the Spanish Empire
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Otto van Bismarck
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oversaw the unification of Germany
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Imperalism
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the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries
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Scientists during the Scientific Revolution
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Copernicus, Brahe, and Kepler
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Policies and reforms of Napoleon
Definition
centralization, the Napoleonic code, education, and legal uniformity
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Where did the fall of Napoleon occur?
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Battle of Waterloo
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How did Japan rise after WW1
Definition
When the economic cost was devastated, it started the rise of Japan
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