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Define Mercenary
A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army.
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Define Enterpreneur
A person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit
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Define Capitalism
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
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Define Speculation
Investment in stocks, property, etc. in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss.
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Define Bubble
When something sells a lot but eventually people lose interest and the product stops selling.
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What was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
A protest led by Robert Aske, It started because Henry VIII changed the religion to Protestant.
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Who was Wat Tyler?
Wat Tyler was an individual who led the Peasants revolt. Which was a group who fought for the right to fair taxes, higher wages and freedom to work wherever.
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What is Smuggling?
Moving objects into or out of the country illegally
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Define Piracy
Robbing goods that are being transported overseas
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Define Heresy
Disagreeing to follow a religion
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Define Heretic
A person who disagrees to follow a religion
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Define Retribution
Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act.
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Define Detterence
The action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.
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Define Rehabilitation
The action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
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Define Restitution
The restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner.
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Removal
The action of taking away or abolishing something unwanted.
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Define Enterpreneur

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A person who sets up a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit

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Define Capitalism

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Define Speculation

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Define Bubble

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