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Ch. 11 Vocab
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| unlimited government | a government in which the leaders have almost absolute power |
| czar | in Russia, an emperor |
| capitalism | an economic system in which the factories and businesses that make and sell goods are privately owned and the owners make the decisions about what goods to produce |
| labor force | a pool of available workers |
| Industrial Revolution | a period of change beginning in the late 18th century, during which goods began to be manufactured by power-driven machines |
| Scientific Revolution | a period of great scientific change and discovery during the 16th and 17th centuries |
| imperialism | the practice of one country controlling the government and economy of another country or territory |
| circumnavigate | to sail completely around |
| Reformation | a 16th century movement to change practices within the Roman Catholic Church |
| Renaissance | an era of creativity and learning in Western Europe from the 14th century to the 16th century |
| Crusades | a series of military expeditions led by Western European Christians in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to reclaim control of the Holy Lands from the Muslims |