AP World History Unit 4 Section B – Flashcards

A political doctrine influential in the 16th and 17th centuries which held that the monarch derived his authority from God and therefore was not accountable.

The theory that all knowledge originates in experience; the practice of relying on direct observation of events and experience to determine reality.

A mythical unwritten agreement on early people in a "state of nature" to establish some form of government usually defines rights and obligations of the individuals and the government

A well meaning and kind form of despotism. The term implies that the ruler acts for the good of the people, not in self interest.

Brought together diplomats from the leading countries of Europe to resolve problems raised by the Napoleonic Wars and aftermath. Redrew national boarders,established balance of power and placed a conservative government.

A religion of the Caribbean region which blended religious practices from Africa with those of Catholicism brought from Europe.

now recognized also as a global phenomenon of unprecedented transformation in social organization in social organization and political/military power.

the systematic concern with field crop production and soil management.

An association of independent producers or business men who's aim is to control the supply of a particular commodity or group of commodities in order to regulate or push up prices.

necessary to finance the creation of a new industry. Marked the transition to an age of larger businesses than ever before and gave finance capitalists unprecedented power

The belief that as incomes increased people would choose to have more children

Restricted the import of food into England. These laws favored rural agricultural producers at the expense of urban consumers

people that believed that too much wealth was going into the hands of owners or property and industry and too little workers that produced wealth

A collective noun designating that the working class that produces wealth

French middle class

self-contained planned town combining work, residential, agricultural and recreational facilities, and surrounded by a rural belt.