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unit 10 vocabulary
Thomas- unit 10 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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means "rebirth" and refers to the period that followed Europe's Middle Ages | Renaissance |
a way of thinking and learning that stresses the importance of human abilities and actions | humanism |
blend of humanist and religious ideas | Christian humanism |
a reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church | Reformation |
those who protested against the Roman Catholic church | Protestants |
a religious order created to serve the pope and the church | Jesuits |
the sharing of power between local governments and a strong central government | federalism |
series of events that led to the birth of modern science | Scientific Revolution |
explanations scientists develop to explain observed facts | theories |
step-by-step process for performing experiments and other scientific research | scientific method |
to go all the way around the globe | circumnavigate |
part of Spain's large navy | Spanish Armada |
the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the New World and the Old World | Columbian Exchange |
large farms | plantations |
system in which a government controls all economic activity in a country to make the government stronger and richer | mercantilism |
an economic system in which individuals and private businesses run most industries | capitalism |
individuals decide what goods and services they will buy and sell | market economy |