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- 3. the Great: ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from 7 May
- 4. Theory: superseded description of the Universe with Earth at the center.
- 7. II: King of Spain, King of Portugal, King of Naples and Sicily, and jure uxoris King of England and Ireland.
- 8. Jefferson: American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
- 10. despot:form of government in the 18th century in which absolute monarchs pursued legal, social, and educational reforms inspired by the Enlightenment.
- 13. the Terrible: was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547 and the first Tsar of Russia from 1547 to 1584.
- 14. of Independence: the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.
- 18. Exchange: the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.
- 20. characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms,
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- 1. Revolution: series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.
- 2. right: God's mandate is a political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy.
- 5. a grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labour from the Indian inhabitants of an area.
- 6. solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says.
- 9. Cortes: Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.
- 11. Assembly: an elected legislature in various countries.
- 12. an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
- 15. slave trade: involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas.
- 16. Passage: the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.
- 17. of Rights: The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
- 19. system: is one that divides the powers of government between the national (federal) government and state and local governments.