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22 Cards in this Set
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renaissance |
a time of renewed interest in art and learning in europe |
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humanism |
the study of secular and nonreligious subjects such as history |
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perspective |
a technique that aloows artist to portray a three dimesional space on a flat surface |
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reformation |
a religious movement in which calls for reform led to the emergence of non catholic or protestant churches |
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catholic reformation |
changes made by the catholic church to keep catholicism strong response to the reformation |
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cartography |
the science of making maps and globes |
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caravel |
a small light ship developed by the portuguese that performed well on long voyages |
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plantation |
large commercial farm |
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north west passage |
hypothetical north american passage between the atlantic and and pacific ocean |
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traingular trade |
three stage trade pattern that carried goods and enslaved people among europe africa and the americas |
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absolutism |
centralized and unlimited government power |
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scientific revolution |
a series of major advances in science during 1500s and 1600s |
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enlightenment |
a period during the 1600s and 1700s when scholars studied culture and society by applying reason and natural laws |
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english bill of rights |
an act passed in 1689 that limited the power of the English monarch and increased parliaments power |
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french revolution |
a political movement that moved fremch king from power and made a rebupblic
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industrial revolution |
time in which new technoligies transformed manufacturing an changed society forever
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ww1 |
1914 to 1918 sometimes called the great war the first truly global conflict
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ww2 |
1939 1945, second major global conflict
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great depression |
worldwide economic slump during the 1930's
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communism |
political and economic system in which government owns all property makes all economic decisions
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facism |
a system that steresses national strenght, military might and the belief that the satte is more important than individuals
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holocaust |
the mass murder of jews durin ww2
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