Raw materials
natural resouces in countries
Protectionism
the policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition
Quotas
limit on amount of foreign goods imported
Renaissance
a period of european history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interestin classical culture led to far reaching changes in art, learning and views of the world
Theocracy
government run by religious leaders
constitutional monarchy
a system of governing in which the ruler's power is limited by law/ constitution
Humanism
a intellectual movement during the Renaissance in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievments
Republic
a form of government where the people vote for leaders to make governemental decisions
Representative Democracy
a form of government where the people vote for representatives to represnt them in government
Scientific Revolution
a major change in Euopean thought, starting in the mid 1500s, in which the study of the natual world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs
Scientific method
a logical procedure for gathering information about the natural world, in which experimentation and observation are used to test hypothesis
