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35 Cards in this Set
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to receive from a family member who has died
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inherit
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a period of rule
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reign
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A Catholic organization that held trials for people accused of false beliefs
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inquisition
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a group of people who work with and for a leader
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administration
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the theory that God decides who shall be king
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divine right of kings
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the title given to the Russian monarch
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Czar
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a person who inherits somehting from someone who has died
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heir
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a war among different parts of the same group or country
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civil war
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a betrayal of one's country
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treason
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a way of performing experiments
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scientific method
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The patterns that control the behavior of the universe
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natural laws
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the belief that science and natural laws bring individuals and society to a more enlightened state
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enlightenment
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the rights to life, liberty and property
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natural rights
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a territory that is ruled by another country and is usually very far from the ruling country
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colony
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a set of rules explaining the structure and powers of the government
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constitution
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a political system in which people freely elect government leaders
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democracy
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A set of laws that protect individual liberty, the right to work and the right to one's own opinions
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Napoleonic Code
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the banning of trade
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blockade
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to send away
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exile
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woven or knitted cloths used to make clothing, blankets, and other goods
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textiles
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the large buildings in which many people worked at the same time
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factories
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the development of new machines and the creation of factories
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industrial revolution
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a process for manufacturing all of the same parts of a product to be identical in size, shape and quality
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interchangeable parts
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a feeling of strong loyalty or attachment to a culture, language and or territory
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nationalism
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ruler who has complete power
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dictator
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the policy of forming and maintaining an empire, usually by taking over foreign colonies
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imperialism
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the areas in which only one government or company has the right to trade
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monopoly
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a division
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partition
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the people who traveled to other places to convert others to their religions
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missionary
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a series of military operations in a war
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campaigns
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the authority or influence of a country over a colony
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direct rule
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the governing of local populations by enforcing colonial law
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indirect rule
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the rights of foreigners to be protected by the laws of their own nation
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extraterritorial rights
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the orginal inhabitants of a region
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indigenous
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the control of one country over antoher country through economic policies rather than military force
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economic imperialism
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