The First Global Age

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Across
  1. 3. westernizationthe spread of ideas and values originating in Europe and the Western world
  2. 7. the military advances that resulted from the development of gunpowder weaponry
  3. 9. a system of rule in which a monarch or other ruler enjoys unlimited power
  4. 10. non-religious, related to concerns of the world
  5. 13. the devastation of American Indian populations by diseases brought over from Europe
  6. 17. a shift in thinking about the study of nature that began in the mid-1500s and moved beyond religious teachings
  7. 19. the flowering of art and culture that began in Italy in the 1300s and later spread to the rest of Europe
  8. 20. an economic system in which all resources are privately owned and markets determine how those resources are distributed
Down
  1. 1. rising prices, usually caused by an increase in the money supply
  2. 2. the movement to revive Catholicism in response to the Reformation
  3. 4. a reform movement of the 16th and 17th centuries that split the Catholic Church and gave birth to the Protestant religion
  4. 5. the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the eastern and western hemispheres
  5. 6. the rapid expansion of trade and commerce that transformed Europe, starting in the 16th century
  6. 8. an 18th-century movement that sought to apply scientific methods to the study of society and its problems
  7. 11. Spanish conquerors of the Americas
  8. 12. the process by which the regions, peoples, and economies of the world are becoming increasingly interconnected
  9. 14. a complex system of officials and workers who manage the activities of a government
  10. 15. a Renaissance philosophy emphasizing the worth of the individual and balancing religious faith with secular learning
  11. 16. the notion that a ruler’s power is derived from God and cannot be questioned
  12. 18. persons of mixed European and Native American ancestry