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| maya | ancient american indian people located on the yuctan peninsula |
| aztecs | highly civilized american indian people in central mexico before 1521 |
| incas | ancient people of south america and ruled a large empire in peru until it fell to the spaniards in the 1500's |
| matrilineal | female line of family, and tribe |
| polytheistic | having to do with or charcterized by belief in more than one god |
| yucatan peninsula | peninsula of southeast mexico and northern central america |
| islam | religions of the muslims, based on the teaching of mohammd |
| renaissance | the great revival of art and learnng in europe between about 1250 and 1600 |
| christianity | religions based on teachings of jesus christ |
| judaism | religions based on the jews, based on teaching of the moses and prophets found in the old testament of the bible |
| martin luther | leader of the protestant reformation in germany |
| john calvin | french leader of the protestant reformation at geneva (believed in the separation of church and state0 |
| queen isabella | spanish ruler, her marriage unified castile and aragon |
| elizabeth I | queen of england when england became a first rate sea power, commerce and industry prospered |
| league of the iroquois | eastern indians consisting of five tribes (later 6) |
| enlightenment | a philosophical movement in europe in 1700's, emphasized freedom |
| john locke | english philosopher who's social contract theory and views on government influenced jefferson in writing the dec. of ind. |
| social contract | new theory of government in england in which ruler protected property and lives of the people |
| jean j. roussean | french philosopher, wrote about government and education |
| great awakening | series of religions revivals in american colonies during early 1700's |
