Unit 1 World Civlizations

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Group of states or territories controlled by one ruler

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empire

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System of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service and other support to a great lord.

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feudalism

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a significant practice, relationship, or organization in a society or culture

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institutions

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system of ranking people within a society

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hierarchy

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The exchange or buying and selling of commodities on a large scale involving transportation from place to place.

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commerce

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a reform movement against the Roman Catholic Church that began in 1517; it resulted in the creation of Protestant churches

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Reformation

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This allowed for people to "buy one's soul out of sin" and was highly criticized by some Protestant Reformers.

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Indulgences

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What was the Catholic Churches' response to the Protestant Reformation?

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The Counter-Reformation

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something (such as coins, treasury notes, and banknotes) that is in circulation as a medium of exchange

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currency

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Humanism...

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focuses on the potential of humans to achieve