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SS midterm terms 2007
modern world history CP2
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History
9th Grade
01/07/2008

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Renaissance
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A period of european history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600 during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far reaching changes in art, learning and views of the world.
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Reformation
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the religious movement in the 16th century that had for its object the reform of the Roman Catholic Church, and that led to the establishment of the Protestant churches.
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Absolute Monarch
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a ruler who governs alone and is not restrained by laws, a constitution, or custom
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Divine Rights
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The idea that monarchs are g/ds represenatitives on earth and therfore answerable only to g/d
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Versailles
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a city in and the capital of Yvelines, in North France a palace of the French kings
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Spanish Empire
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Cultural Crossroads
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Silk Road
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An ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean Sea extending some 4,000 mi and linking China with the Roman Empire.
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Sultans
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A ruler of a Muslim country, especially of the former Ottoman Empire.
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Ottoman Empire
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a former Turkish empire that was founded about 1300 by Osman and reached its greatest territorial extent under Suleiman in the 16th century; collapsed after World War I.
Capital: Constantinople
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Mogal Empire
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Qing Dynasty
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china's last dynasty ruled from 1644 to 1912
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Ming Dynasty
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chinese dynasty that ruled from 1368 to 1644.
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Mercantilism
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economic policy under wich nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought
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Self-sufficiency
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columbian exchange
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raw materials
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conquistador
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the scientific revolution
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heliocentric theory
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scientific method
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the enlightnment
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philosophes
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natural law
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national assembly
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estates-general
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legislative Assembly
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tennis court oath
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separation of powers
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declarition of the rights of man
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reign of terror
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coup d' etat
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plebiscite
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concordat
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battle of trafalgar
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napoleonic code
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peninsular war
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scored earth policy
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Congress of vienna
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Balance of power
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