| A | B |
|---|
| political | power & government |
| economic | money & work |
| social | people & culture |
| reform | change |
| revolution | extreme change |
| monotheism | belief in one deity (god) |
| doctrine | principle or belief of a religious group |
| caste system | Hindu system of fixed social status |
| reincarnation | belief in rebirth of the soul in another body |
| humanism | focus on individual & study of Greece & Rome |
| indulgences | a pardon releasing buyer from punishment of sins |
| predestination | a doctrine of god knowing who is saved |
| thesis | an idea or argument supported with facts |
| secularism | worldly, nonreligious focus |
| individualism | focus on the person |
| capitalism | economic system |
| religious tolerance | acceptance of other beliefs |
| Renaissance | rebirth, begins modern world |
| usury | lending of money with an interest charge |
| empire | created by a state that conquers & rules over other territories |
| state | people occupying a definite territory & politically organized under one government |
| maritime | trade on the sea |
| textiles | cloth, woven fabric |
| silk road | trade route from Asia to Europe |
| trans Saharan | trade routes across the Sahara desert |
| foreign enclave | enclosed area of China for foreign trade |
| isolationism | state that sets itself apart from others |
| diffusion | spread of an idea or practice |
| natural resources | raw materials |
| migration | movement |
| colonization | stronger state settles & dominates weaker areas |
| demise | death |
| legacy | long lasting |
| plantation system | large tracts of land with use of slave labor for cash crops |
| smallpox | a deadly, contagious disease |
| precious metals | gold, silver & copper |
| commerce | business |
| mercantilism | economic system where commerce benefits the mother country |
| self sufficient | ability to produce all needed goods & services |
| colony | new settlement dominated by the mother country |
| markets | location for buying and selling of goods |
| mother country | the dominant state in control of new settlements |
