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21 Cards in this Set
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culture
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common values and traditions of a society, such as language, government and family relationships
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Columbian Exchange
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transfer of plants, animals and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia and Africa
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joint-stock companies
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businesses formed by a group of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses
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colony
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settlement created by new residents of an area
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monopoly
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sole economic control of a business or product
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Middle Ages
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Period of European history from the late 400's until around 1350
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migration
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movement of people from one region to another
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convert
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to change beliefs
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Silk Road
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overland trade route that linked China with other Asian markets as far west as the Black Sea
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strait
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narrow, winding sea passage
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societies
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groups of people who live together and share a culture
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Renaissance
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rebirth of interest in the arts and learning that spread across Europe in the mid 1300's and lasted until the 1600's
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crusades
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series of five wars launched by European Christians to gain possession of the Holy Land
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capital
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money or property that is used to earn more money
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archaeology
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study of the remains of the unwritten past
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feudalism
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system of government that arose during the Middle Ages in which people gave their loyalty to a lord in exchange for protection
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Magna Carta
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"Great Charter"; agreed to by King John of England, it gave the nobility and other individuals greater rights and made it clear that the nobility and monarchs must obey the law
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Black Death
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epidemic that spread through Europe from 1348 to about 1350 that killed as many as 75 million people
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Commercial Revolution
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period of economic development that took place in Europe in the 1400's and greatly changed the way merchants conducted business
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domestication
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process of breeding plants and animals for use by humans
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Northwest Passage
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nonexistent path through North America that early explorers searched for, hoping that it would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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