Unit 3 Vocab List, WHAP

N. the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government. (Ex. France and Spain)

N. a small Spanish or Portuguese sailing vessel of the Middle Ages and later. (Used by explorers, Ex. Vasco Da Gama)

(n. a system of labor in which the laborers are forced to work against their free will and cannot leave. Ex. Encomiendas, Slavery, Serfdoms)

(n. a series of events in which ideas, foodstuffs, animals, diseases, technology, people, etc were exchanged between the New World and the Old World)

N. one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century. (Ex. Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro)

N. persons of the highest class. (Ex. Nobles, Chieftains, Knights, Samurai, Bureaucrats, etc.)

(n. the act of being removed from a religious order, (ie a Church)

N. any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate

N. an association of individuals in a business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business.

(n. an economic theory where it is believed that trade should be exclusively done within a country/empire and that its important to have a lot of precious metals in order to stay powerful)

N. a traveler or wanderer, esp. in a foreign place (Implies travel for some religious purpose, like visiting a holy place or fleeing religious persecution, Ex. Puritans, the Hajj)

N. an adherent of any of those Christian bodies that separated from the Church of Rome during the Reformation, or of any group descended from them (Lutheran Church was the first)

N. the time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world. (Means Rebirth)

(n. taxes on imported goods, used to promote domestic production)

(n. Fleets of ships used to carry silver and other goods from colonies back to their mother countries. Usually associated with Spanish ships used to carry silver from the New World)