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WHPN CH.15 TERMS
History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Absolute Monarchy | System of government in which the ruler determines policy without consulting either the people or their representatives |
| Compass | Insturment used for navigational purposes which includes a magnetized piece of metal that points to the north |
| Astrolabe | insturment used to calculate latitude |
| Galley | Long ships used for European costal trade |
| Commercial Revolution | Changes and development in the European economy from 1400 to 1750, which improved ways of doing business |
| Joint-stock company | Business organization that raised moneny by selling investores stock, or shares, in the company |
| Mercantilism | Economic therory stating that there is a fixed amount wealth in the world and that in order to recieve a lager share, one country has to take some wealth away from another country |
| Favorable balance of trade | Situation that exists when a country sells more goods than it buys from a foreign country |
| Tariffs | Import taxes on foreign goods |
| Subsidy | Government grants of money |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | 1494 agreement spain and portugal dividing all newly discovered lands |
| Triangular trade | System of trade involving three stages, one of which was the transalantic slave trade |
| Middle Passage | Second stage of the triangular trade system term, which involved the shipping of slaves across the Alantic ocean to the americans |
| Viceroys | Representatives of the spanish monarch in spain's colonial empire |
| Guerrilla warfare | Military technique relying on swift raids by small bands of soilders |
| Tax farming | selling the right to collect taxes to private individuals called tax farmers |
| Intendant | Regional administrators of french provodince |
| Divine Right of Kings | Beliefe that God ordained certain individuals to govern |
| Balance of Power | Principle of maintaining equilibrium in international politics |
| Latitude | Distance north or south of th equator. The word Longitude refers to distances east and west of the Prime Meridian. Latitude and longitude are measured in degrees. |
| What term has a prefix meaning "star, heavens, or outer space"? | Astrolabe |
| What was the name of the early Europeans trade ship? | Galley |
| Which navigational instrument uses a magnetized needle to determine direction? | Compass |
| Which term refers to distance north or south of the equator? | Latitude |
| What name was give to the second stage of the triangular trade system? | Middle Passage |
| What was the military technique that relied on quick raids by small bands of soilders? | Guerrilla Warfare |
| What is the term that describes the practice of selling to private individuals the right to collect taxes? | Tax Farming |
| What term has a Latin origin that mens "to attend"? | Intendent |
| What was the title given to the Spanish Momarch's representatives? | Viceroys |
| What is the term that identifies a special tax on foreign goods that are imported into a country? | Tariff |
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