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Social Studies Chapter 1, Section 4

Terms in this set (10)

Socrates
a teacher who wanted to make people think and question their own beliefs
Plato
a philosopher and teacher who wrote a book called The Republic
Aristotle
taught that people should live lives based on reason, or clear and ordered thinking
democracy
a form of government in which people rule themselves
Renaissance
means "rebirth" and refers to the period that followed the Middle Ages in Europe
Johannes Gutenberg
developed a printing press that allowed an entire page to be printed at once
mercantilism
an economic system that unifies and increases the power and wealth of a nation
joint-stock company
businesses in which a group of people invest together
Black Death
a plague/disease that spread across Europe from ships bringing back rats infected with the disease
knights
warriors who fought on horseback
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