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Social Studies
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Topic 0: Foundations of History
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Historian
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Timeline
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Period
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Prehistory
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Chronology
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Primary Source
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Secondary Source
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Artifact
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Bias
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Absolute Location
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Relative Location
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Place
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Region
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Movement
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Human-Environment Interaction
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Compass Rose
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Government
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Constitution
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Civilization
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Monarchy
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Democracy
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Authoritarian
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Communism
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Empire
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Citizen
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Civic Life
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Political Party
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Demand
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Supply
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Economics
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3-39
Please note, this section of vocabulary comes from this textbook. This textbook will be a classroom copy and students will have time in class to complete the vocabulary.
Topic 1: Origins of Civilization
(Prehistory - 4000 BCE)
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Anthropology
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Archaeologist
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Fossil
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Geologist
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Hunter-gatherer
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Accumulate
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Culture
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Nomad
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Reliable
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Network
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Populate
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Migration
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Social Class
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Revolution
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Domesticate
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Specialization
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Religion
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Resource
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Evidence
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Network
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Environment
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4-39
Topic 2: Civilizations and the People of the Fertile Crescent
(3400 BCE - 70 CE)
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40 - 92
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Fertile Crescent
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Mesopotamia
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Irrigate
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City-State
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Barter
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Polytheism
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Ziggurat
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Cuneiform
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Hammurabi's Code
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Tribute
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Currency
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Colony
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Cultural Diffusion
Topic 3: Ancient Egypt and Kush
(3000 BCE - 600 BCE)
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Delta
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Artisan
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Pharaoh
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Dynasty
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Bureaucracy
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Mummy
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Hieroglyphic
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Papyrus
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Pyramid
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Sculpture
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Anatomy
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Commerce
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Interdependence
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94-122
Topic 4: Early Civilizations of India
(3100 BCE - 540 CE)
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Subcontinent
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Monsoon
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Caste
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Guru
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Reincarnation
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Karma
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Meditate
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Enlightenment
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Nirvana
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124 - 174
Topic 5: Early Civilizations of China
(1700 BCE - 220 CE)
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Great Wall
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Standardize
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Legalism
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Censor
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Civil Service
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Silk Road
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Cuisine
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Monopoly
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Calligraphy
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Seismometer
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Acupuncture
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Loess
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Warlord
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Confucianism
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Chaos
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Filial Piety
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Pictograph
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Warring State Period
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Mandate of Heaven
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Philosophy
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250-293
Topic 6: Ancient Greece
(2000 BCE - 300 BCE)
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Polis
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Peninsula
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Acropolis
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Politics
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Aristocracy
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Tenant Farmer
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Metic
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Oligarchy
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Phalanx
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Tyranny
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Democracy
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Direct Democracy
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Representative Democracy
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Helot
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Military State
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Barracks
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Delian League
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Peloponnesian League
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Alexandria
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Hellenistic
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Mythology
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Olympic games
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Socratic Method
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Hypothesis
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Hippocratic oath
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216 - 272
Topic 7: The Roman Republic
(800 BCE - 30 BCE)
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Forum
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Republic
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Legion
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Constitution
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Veto
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Magistrate
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Toga
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Consul
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Patriarchal Society
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Villa
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Paterfamilias
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Empire
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Province
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Civil War
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Augustus
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Deify
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Pax Romana
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Concrete
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Aqueduct
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Greco-Roman
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Mosaic
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Gladiator
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Resurrection
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Baptism
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Crucifixion
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Martyr
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Trinity
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Ethics
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New Testament
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Gospel
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Barbarian
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274 - 302
Topic 8: The Roman and Byzantine Empires
(30 BCE - 1453 CE)
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304 - 356
Topic 9: Life in Medieval Christendom
(486 - 1300)
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Middle Ages
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Medieval
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Topography
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Clergy
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Monastery
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Pagan
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Saint
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Convent
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Vassal
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Fief
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Chivalry
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Manor
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Serf
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Excommunicate
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Pilgrimage
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Magna Carta
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Common Law
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Habeas Corpus
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Crusades
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Heresy
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Inquisition
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Iberian Peninsula
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Crop Rotation
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Guild
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Fallow
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Mendicant Order
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Hundred Years' War
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Bubonic Plague
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Black Death
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University
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624-705
Topic 10: Struggle in Medieval Europe
(962-1492)
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400-442
Topic 15: The Renaissance And Reformation
(1300 - 1648)
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Mercantile
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Renaissance
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Patron
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Humanism
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Vernacular
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Individualism
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Utopia
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Satire
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Engraving
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Censor
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Linear Perspective
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Sonnet
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Picaresque
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Reformation
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Recant
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Sect
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Theocracy
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Counter-Reformation
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Jesuits
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Council of Trent
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Ghetto
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Edict
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708-756
Topic 16: Global Convergence
(1415 - 1763)
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Circumnavigate
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Cartography
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Caravel
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Conquistador
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Bullion
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Colonization
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Columbian Exchange
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Cottage Industry
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Mercantilism
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Traditional Economy
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Capitalism
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Market Economy
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Inflation
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666-722
The End: Have a great and safe summer!
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