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Benchmark Review 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Columbia Exchange | When foods, animals, etc. were exchanged across the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Spain | claimed Mexico & West Coast of Americas |
| Enlightenment | time of democratic thought & new ideas |
| Galileo | heliocentric universe, put on house arrest as punishment by the catholic church |
| Montesquieu | 3 branches of government & separation of powers |
| Glorious Revolution | ended absolutism in England, limited kings' power |
| Raw materials | what colonies provided mother countries |
| Capitalism | people own private business & control economy |
| Newton | laws of motion & gravity |
| Louis XIV | French absolute ruler, quote "I am the state" |
| Astrolabe | navigation tool that used the sun to find latitude |
| Gun Powder | Europeans used this to conquer natives |
| Mercantilism | economic system in which govt. controls trade to benefit mother country, stockpile gold, gain colonies |
| Copericus | polish astronomer, heliocentric |
| Portugal | claimed Brazil in South America |
| Spices | one of the products Europeans wanted |