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30 Cards in this Set
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Ancient Times
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Before 500 BC
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Democracy
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a kind of government where citizens govern themselves
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City-state
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a city with its own government that was both a city and an independent state
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Feudalism
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a system in which land was owned by lords but held by vassals in return for their loyalty
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Middle Ages
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time between ancient & modern times (500-1500 AD)
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Renaissance
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period of European History that included rebirth of interest in learning and art
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Monarch
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ruler of a kingdom/empire (king or queen)
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Absolute Monarchs
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monarchs that exercised power over subjects
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Imperialism
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the pursuit of economic and political control over foreign territories
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Serfs
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people who worked in the land of kings or wealthy people, who were bound to the land and could no leave without permission
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Middle Class
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the class between privileged nobles and peasants
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Dictator
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leader who had absolute power
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Modern Times
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after 1500 BC, and beyond
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manor
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The land that a lord gives to a lower person (serf) to live on during feudalism
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Revolution
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a far-reaching change
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Colony
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a territory ruled by another nation
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nationalism
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pride in one’s country
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Alliance
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agreement between countries to protect & defend each other
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westernization
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adoption of Western European culture
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Tsar/Czar
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Russian emperor
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Revolutionary
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ideas that relate to, or cause the overthrow of a government or other great change
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Single market
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system where goods, services and capital move freely with no barriers
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Foreign minister
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government official who is in charge of a nation’s foreign affairs
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Pax Romana
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After the first empire in Rome, means Roman Peace, lasted 200 years
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Communism
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a political system in which the central government owns farms, factories and offices
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Empire
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a collection of lands ruled by a single government
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Consumer Goods
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Goods that are bought by consumers, not companies, who manufacture them into other products
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civil war
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A war between people of the same country
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policy
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A principle of action proposed by a government
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Scientific Revolution
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when Europeans changed their outlook from how the world fit with their religious beliefs to basing theories on facts
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