World History Terms List

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Aristocracy

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a government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class

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Government

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political system for exercising authorities

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Democracy

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Government controlled by its citizens either directly or through representative

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Citizen

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a native of a state or a nation with

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Direct Democracy

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government in which citizens rule directly rather than through a representative.

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Monarchy

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a government in which one person rules

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Natural laws

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Patterns and explainations of the world through reason and intelligence.

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Republic

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a form of government in which power is elected to the hands of the representatives elected by the people.

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Roman/Republic

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19th century movement in art through thought rather than reason and soceity.

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Islam

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A monotheistic religion that developed in Arabia in the 7th Century.

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Greece and Rome

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Believed that the should be based on principles and reason and justice as well as protecting citizens.

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Judaism

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Hebrew's believed that it was god's wish for people to live moral lives

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Divine Right

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The claim that a king's power was from God.

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Glorious Revolution

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The turning point in English Comstitutional history the right to limit the English monarch's power and control sucession to the throne.

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English Bill of Rights

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Limited to the power of the monarchy and protected free speech in parliment.

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Constitutional Monarchy

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The power of the Ruler is restricted by the constitution and the laws of the country.

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Medievial View of the World

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During the middle ages, most of the scholars believed that the earth was an unmoving object located at the center of the universe.

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Scientific Revolution

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New way of thinking about the natural world

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Heliocentric Theory

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Sun centered theory explained the planets orbited the way they did and contricted the religious views.

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Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo

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Nicoalus was a polish astronomer, Kepler was a mathematician, and Galilei was the Italien student who discovered Rate and acceleration

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Scientific Method

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a logical procedure for testing ideas.

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Isaac Newton

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A great English Scientist who discovered the rule of the planets.

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Enlightenment

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The laws of governing nature

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Thomas Hobbes

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English Political thinker

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The Philosophes

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The social Critics in France in 1700s. Belief that people could apply reason to all life.

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Voltaire

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Francois Marie a Rouet published more than 70,000s books of political essay.

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Montesquies

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An infuential French writer, aristocrate and a lawyer who was very political.

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Rousseau

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The third great Philosopher committed to individual freedom

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WollstoneCraft

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The feminist writer of the revolution.

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Salons

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the social gathering area of Paris.

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Enlightened Despots

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absolute ruler, Europe want to make the countries stronger

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American Revolution

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1775 British soldier and American exchanged fire in Lexington because the Americans had to pay taxes to the British

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Thomas Jefferson

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Author of the declaration of Independence

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Declaration of Independence

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July 1776 the official Social Contract

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U.S Constitution

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amendments of the U.S constitution and the basic bill of rights.