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23 Cards in this Set
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Policy/Policies
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Methods and plans governments use to do their work p.275
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Empire
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a large collection of people and lands ruled by a single government p. 276
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Pax Romana
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Roman peace; 200-year period of peace that began when Augustus, the first emperor of Rome, took power in 27 B. C. p. 276
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Feudalism
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a kind of society in which people worked and sometimes fought for a local lord in return for protection and the use of land p.277
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Middle Ages
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the period in European history between ancient and modern times; approximatley A. D. 500-1500 p. 277
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Serf
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a person who lived on and farmed a lord's land in feudal times; he or she did not own land and depended on the lord for protection p. 277
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Monarch
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the ruler of a kingdom or empire, such as a king or queen p. 279
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Middle Class
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a group of people that included traders, merchants, and others who were economically between the poor and the very rich p. 279
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Renaissance
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a period of European history that included a rebirth of interest in learning and art, peaking in the 1500s p. 279
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Humanism
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an approach to knowledge that focused on worldly rather tha religious values p. 279
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Revolution
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a political movement in which people overthrow the existing government and set up another p. 280
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Parliament
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a group of elected officials in Great Britain who help govern by deciding about taxes and other laws p. 280
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Scientific Revolution
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a movement tha took place during the 1600s and 1700s, when scientists began to base their study of the world on observable facts rather than on beliefs p.280
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Industrial Revolution
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the change from making goods by hand to making them by machine p. 281
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Textiles
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cloth products p. 281
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Imperialism
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the control by one country of the political and economic life of another country or region p. 282
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Nationalism
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a feeling of pride in one's own homeland; a group's identiy as a member of a nation p. 283
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Alliance
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a mutual agreement between countries to protect and defend each other p. 283
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Westernization
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the process of becoming more like Western Europe and North America p. 284
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Czar
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title of the Russian emperors before the formation of the Soviet Union p. 285
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Communism
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a theory of government in which property such as farms and factories is owned gy the government for the benefit of all citizens; a political system in which the central government controls all aspects of citizens' lives p. 285
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Dictator
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a ruler of a country who has complete power p. 286
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Cold War
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a period of great tension between the United States and the former Soviet Union, which lasted for more than 40 years after World War II p. 286
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