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15 Cards in this Set
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Mercantilism |
The ideas that a country gains power by building up it's supply of good and silver |
Merchants use gold and silver |
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Export |
To sell to another country |
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Import |
To buy from another country |
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Colony |
Settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties with its homeland |
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Commerce |
Buying and selling of goods in large amounts over long distances |
Commerce sounds like commute and also like commence |
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Invest |
To put money into a project |
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Theory |
An explanation of how or why something happens |
Theory= thesis statement |
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Rationalism |
The belief that reson is the chief source of knowledge |
"This is a rational situation, and the only way we can get the information is by using logic" |
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Scientific methood |
Orderly way of collecting and analyzing evidence |
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Hypothesis |
Proposed explanation of the facts |
If ______ happens, then ______ will happen |
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Natural law |
Law that applies to everyone and can be understood by reason |
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Social contract |
Agreement between rulers and the people upon which a government s made |
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Separation of powers |
Equal division of power among the branches of government |
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Deism |
Religious belief based on reason |
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Absolutism |
System of rule in which monarchs held total power and claimed to rule by the will of god |
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