1. Barron’s Regents Review

2. Agrarian revolution
Change in farming method in England ’s –increased farm production

3. Absolute monarchy
Ruler has complete authority
Image: Louis XIV

4. Age of exploration
European monarchs sent explorers to Asia, Africa, and the Americas –

5. Agrarian economy
Economic system that focuses on agriculture as chief source of wealth

6. astrolabe
Instrument that determines latitude by the position of the stars

7. appeasement
Giving in to an aggressor to avoid war

8. armistice
Temporary agreement to stop fighting

9. Anti-Semitism
Prejudice against the Jewish people

10. Aristocracy
Government ruled by nobles or, the upper class

11. apartheid
Strict segregation of the races – especially in South Africa from

12. archipelago
A chain or group of islands – Japan….the Philippines

13. animism
Traditional African (& Japanese) belief that the spirit dwells in all living & non-living things

14. archaeologist
Scientist who studies past human life by studying relics or, artifacts left by ancient people

15. alliance
Agreement between two or more countries that provides for their shared defense & protection

16. anthropologist
Scientist that studies the origins and cultures of human beings

17. acid rain
Toxic (deadly) pollution produced by the burning of fossil fuels

18. Gupta
Indian empire that first developed what are now called Arabic numerals
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