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Flashcards by Brian Grismore, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Brian Grismore
over 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Migration | movement from one country, place or locality to another. |
| Civilization | a human society with its well-developed social organizations, or the culture and way of life of a society or country at a particular period in time |
| The Renaissance | a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages |
| Conquistador | any of the leaders in the Spanish conquest of America, especially of Mexico and Peru, in the 16th century |
| Protestant Reformation | a religious movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s. It resulted in the creation of a branch of Christianity called Protestantism, a name used collectively to refer to the many religious groups that separated from the Catholic Church |
| Mercantilism | a system in which a country attempts to amass wealth through trade with other countries, exporting more than it imports and increasing stores of gold and precious metals |
| Columbian Exchange | The process by which plants, animals, diseases, products, people, and ideas have been introduced from Europe, Asia, and Africa to the Americas and vice versa |
| Colonialism | control by one power over a dependent area or people.” It occurs when one nation subjugates another, conquering its population and exploiting it |
| Middle Passage | the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World |
| humanism | the study of the humanities that led to a new way of thinking and learning that emphasized the actions and abilities of humans. |
| individualism | believe in the importance of the individual, as opposed to the larger community |
| satire | a piece of writing that attacks vice or folly through ridicule or sarcasm |
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