9 Terms
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World history
Old Imperialism
History; World history
A European policy of conquest that occurs in the 15th through 18th centuries in Africa, India, the Americas, and parts of Asia The motives were the same for most areas, the establishment of lucrative ...
Oracle bones
History; World history
In ancient China, they were pieces of bone or turtle shell used by Shang priests to tell the future. They would write a question addressed to either one of the gods, or an ancestor on the bone, then ...
Mercantilism
History; World history
The policy of building a nation's wealth by exporting more goods than it imports. Colonies are instrumental in this policy as they supply their parent nations with raw materials that are used to ...
Space shuttle
History; World history
A reusable space vehicle built by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for human spaceflight missions. The first of four orbital test flights took place in 1981 leading to ...
