| A | B |
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| ISOLATIONISM | A foreign policy that cuts off political and economic interaction with other nations |
| REFORMATION | religious movement of the 1500's which split the Catholic Church into Protestant and Catholic faiths. |
| MERCANTILISM | ECONOMIC PRACTICE BASED ON THE THEORY THAT COLONIES EXIST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MOTHER COUNTRY |
| INFLATION | SITUATION IN WHICH PRICES RISE QUICKLY WHILE THE VALUE OF MONEY DECREASES |
| RENAISSANCE | THE CULTURAL MOVEMENT OF THE 1300'S WHICH BEGAN IN ITALY AND SPREAD THROUGHOUT EUROPE |
| HUMANISM | THE RENAISSANCE MOVEMENT BASED ON THE HERITAGE OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME WHICH EMPHASIZED A MORE WORLDLY OUTLOOK |
| CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY | A government in which a king rules and his powers are limited by a written document that outlines the basic rights of people and the powers of government |
| ABSOLUTISM | A government in which the ruler's power is unlimited |
| DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS | the idea that rulers receive their authority from God and are answerable only to God |
| BALANCE OF POWER | A defensive strategy in which weak countries join together to match or exceed the power of a stronger country |
| market economy | an economy characterized by competition, supply and demand, and the absence of government regulation |
| geography | the study of the earth and its people. |
| Hinduism | national religion of India |
| Judaism | religion of the Hebrews |
| Christianity | religion based on the teachings of Jesus |
| Islam | religion based on the teachings of Muhammad |
| Confucianism | philosophy based on the teachings of Confucius |
| Daoism | philosophy based on the teachings of Laozi |
| Shintoism | ethnic religion of Japan |
| Buddhism | religion based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama |
