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property owners and businessmen as a class, as contracted with the working class or proletariat. |
bourgeoisie |
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belonging to or having to do with the middle ages |
medieval |
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years of the middle ages |
A.D. 500- 1450 |
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the period in European History between ancient and modern times |
Middle Ages |
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religion founded by Mohammed; In its essence, it holds to the doctrine of the unity and omnipotence of Allah, and the responsibility of every human to worship Allah. |
Islam |
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to reproduce; to increase in number or intensity |
propagated |
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Muslim Turks who conquered the Arabs in A.D. 1000s and provoked the Crusades. |
Saracens |
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an astronomical instrument used to measure the altitude of the sun or stars |
astrolabe |
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the amount of money or property that a company or a person uses in carrying on a business; national or individual wealth as produced by the industry and available for reinvestment in the production of goods. |
capital |
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the practice, taught by the Catholic Church, that eternal punishment for sin may be lessened by doing good works, known as "doing penance". |
indulgences |
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distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees |
latitude |
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a degree of latitude is about ___ miles |
69 |
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distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured in degrees from a certain meridian (line from the north pole to the south pole). Usually the meridian in Greenwich, England, known as the Prime Meridian, is used as a starting point. |
longitude |
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the economic system prevailing in Europe in the 1500s and 1600s that favored a balance of exports over imports, national wealth being measured by the amount of gold and silver possessed. A nation's agriculture, industry, and trade were regulated with that end in view. |
mercantilism |
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a soldier hired for pay by a foreign state |
mercenary |
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a religious movement in Europe during the 1500s and 1600s that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches. |
Reformation |
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the great revival of art and learning in Europe during the 1300s, 1400s, and 1500s |
renaissance |
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Marco Polo was the first European to travel the entire length of _____ |
Asia |
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Johann Gutenberg invented the movable type press in _______ A.D. |
1440 |
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Islam originated in __________ |
Arabia |
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the clergy took care of the serfs' ___________ |
spiritual life |
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the nobles managed the _______ |
manor |
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What religious war was the result of the determination of the European Christians to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims?
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the crusades |
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the muslims conquered North Africa and ______ |
Spain |
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most books prior to the renaissance were written in ______ |
Latin |
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the renaissance began in _______ |
Italy |
