| A | B |
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| Anabaptists | Radicals who thought the state should have no power over the church. |
| Mestizos | The offspring of marriages between Europeans and Native Americans. |
| Fresco | A painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water based paint. |
| Salvation | Acceptance into heaven. |
| Indulgence | certificate of release from all or part of their punishment from sin. |
| Predestination | Idea that God had decided who would be saved and who was damned. |
| Martin Luther | A monk who founded Lutheranism |
| Christian Humanism | Movement who's major goal was to reform the Catholic Church. |
| John Calvin | Head of the Calvanism in Europe. |
| Act of Supremacy | Act that recognized King Henry as the head of the Church. |
| Christopher Columbus | Explorer who looked for a new trade route to Asia, but landed in the Americas. |
| Conquistadors | The Spanish conquerors of the Americas. |
| Encomienda | Right of landowners to use Native Americans as laborers. |
| Columbian Exchange | Exchange of plants and animals between the Old and New Worlds. |
| Mercantilism | A set of economic principles. |
| Plantations | Large agricultural estates. |
| Middle Passage | Route that slaves traveled to the Americas to be sold. |
| Peninsulares | Top of the social scale, these men were born in Europe. |
| Creoles | descendants of Europeans born in Latin America |
| Vernacular | language spoken in your own region |
| Geocentric Model | Model of the universe that placed the earth at the center. |
| Despotic | Single person/entity rules with absolute power. |
| Scientific Method | Created by Francis Bacon, this was a way to learn about nature. |
| Inductive Reasoning | Starting with detailed facts, proceeding towards general principles. |
| The Enlightenment | 18th Century philisophical movement of intellectuals. |
| Separation of Powers | Gives government a system of checks and balances. |
| Laissez Fare Economics | Belief the state shouldn't interfere with the economy. |
| Social Contract | an entire society's agreement to be governed by general will. |
| Federal System | national government and state governments share power. |
| Stamp Act | Tax imposed by the British on American colonists for legal documents and newspapers. |
| Estates | Name for France's 3 divisions of society. |
| Bourgeoisie | The middle class |
| Factions | Groups that oppose each other in society. |
| Electors | People who choose members of government. |
| Coup de etat | A sudden overthrow of government...ran by a general/military |
| Napoleon | Brought the French revolution to the end, great military commander in France. |
| Nationalism | sense of unique identity based on national symbols. |
| Napoleonic Code | Code of laws that preserved equality in France. |
| Duke of Wellington | General who defeated Napoleon in Waterloo. |
| Rationalism | System of thought that Descartes devloped. |
