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39 Cards in this Set
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Arabesque
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an ornamental design of crossing and flowing lines
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Hajj
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The Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca
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Millet
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a fast growing cereal plant
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Minaret
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a tall slender tower
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Sultan
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a Muslim Sovereign
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Archipelago
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a group of islands
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Haiku
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a JAPANESE poem
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Hangul
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the KOREAN alphabet
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Pagoda
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a Hindu or Buddhist temple
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Shogun
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Commander and Chief in feudal Japan
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Annul
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declare invalid
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Gravity
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the forces that attracts a body to the center of the earth
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Patron
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a person who gives financial support to a person
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Perspective
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drawing 3-D shapes on paper
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Theocracy
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a system of government in which priest rule in the hand of God
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John Calvin
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French man who started reformed Christians
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Henry VIII
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The first Tudor king
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Renaissance man
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Lorenzo de' Medici
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a patron of the arts
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Niccolo Machiavell
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Political philosopher
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Heliocentric
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Having or representing the sun as the center
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Humanism
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turned away from medieval and revived greek and ancient thought
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indulgence
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tolerant or punishment by the pope
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Predestination
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the regard to salvation to some and not others
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Recant
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say when no one has an opinion, belief
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Mestizo
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a man of mixed race
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Middle Passage
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sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to West Indies
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Inflation
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a general increase in prices
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Plantation
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estate in which crops are planted
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Viceroy
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a ruler exercising authority because of sovereign
*Roy is the leader of Vice |
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Abdicate
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renounce one's throne
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Deficit Spending
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Government spending
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Plebiscite
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the direct vote of all members
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Sans-Culottes
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A lower class parisian republican in the french revolution
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Suffrage
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the right to vote
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Blockade
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to seal off an area
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Bourgeoisie
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middle-class
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Emigre
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a person who has left their own country
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Nationalism
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Patriotic feeling
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