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AP World History Exam Review 1450-1750 Flashcards

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4323966118MercantilismEuropean economic policy; a nation must do everything possible to increase its supply of gold and silver0
4323966119Scientific RevolutionIntellectual movement in the 17th century; establishes basis for modern science1
4323967433EnlightenmentPhilosophical movement in the 18th century; based on reason; education and training could improve human society; challenged long standing ideas of government; inspired revolutions2
4323969969DevishirmeOttoman Empire; take Christian boys from their home communities to serve as jannisaries3
4323969970Protestant ReformationStarted by Martin Luther in 1517; challenged the practices of the Catholic Church; wanted to reform beliefs and practices; resulted in the forming of new branches of Christianity4
4323971966Taj MahalA white marble mausoleum built in India by the Shah Jahan for his favorite wife5
4323971967CapitalismEconomic system based on private ownership and opportunity for profit making6
4323974358EncomiendaSpanish colonies: Granted land and the labor of native Americans on that land to the European colonists7
4323976394PhilosophesFrench Enlightenment social thinkers8
4323978776JanissariesMembers of the Ottoman army, usually slaves who were taken from Christian homelands9
4389581253Laissez-Faire economicsEconomic concept that believes the government should not interfere with or regulate business10
4389598401MestizosSpanish colonies: a person of mixed European and native descent11
4389600306Natural LawsPrinciples that govern nature12
4389601193BoyarsRussian nobility13
4389601570Middle PassageThe portion of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade that involved the transportation of African slaves from Africa to the Americas14
438960326795 ThesesMartin Luther: explained his complaints against the Catholic Church15
4389604698Glorious RevolutionThe bloodless overthrow of English King James I and the placement of William and Mary on the English Throne16
4389606664Hagia SophiaThe church in Constantinople; converted to a Mosque after the Ottomans took control of the city17
4389608874Divine Right of KingsThe belief that absolute rulers that their right to govern is granted by God18
4389610397indulgencesSold by the Catholic church to forgive sins19
4389612504Mughal DynastyControlled most of India in the 16th and 17th centuries20
4389612963CreolesSpanish colonies: person born in the Americas of European parents21
4389617560MulatoSpanish and Portuguese colonies:22
4389765055Absolute MonarchyRule by a king or queen whose power is not limited by a constitution23
4389766343Popular Soveriegntyself-rule24

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