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AP World History Exam Review 1450-1750 Flashcards

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6612658554MercantilismEuropean economic policy; a nation must do everything possible to increase its supply of gold and silver0
6612658555Scientific RevolutionIntellectual movement in the 17th century; establishes basis for modern science1
6612658556EnlightenmentPhilosophical movement in the 18th century; based on reason; education and training could improve human society; challenged long standing ideas of government; inspired revolutions2
6612658557DevishirmeOttoman Empire; take Christian boys from their home communities to serve as jannisaries3
6612658558Protestant 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
6612658559Taj MahalA white marble mausoleum built in India by the Shah Jahan for his favorite wife5
6612658560CapitalismEconomic system based on private ownership and opportunity for profit making6
6612658561EncomiendaSpanish colonies: Granted land and the labor of native Americans on that land to the European colonists7
6612658562PhilosophesFrench Enlightenment social thinkers8
6612658563JanissariesMembers of the Ottoman army, usually slaves who were taken from Christian homelands9
6612658564Laissez-Faire economicsEconomic concept that believes the government should not interfere with or regulate business10
6612658565MestizosSpanish colonies: a person of mixed European and native descent11
6612658566Natural LawsPrinciples that govern nature12
6612658567BoyarsRussian nobility13
6612658568Middle PassageThe portion of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade that involved the transportation of African slaves from Africa to the Americas14
661265856995 ThesesMartin Luther: explained his complaints against the Catholic Church15
6612658570Glorious RevolutionThe bloodless overthrow of English King James I and the placement of William and Mary on the English Throne16
6612658571Hagia SophiaThe church in Constantinople; converted to a Mosque after the Ottomans took control of the city17
6612658572Divine Right of KingsThe belief that absolute rulers that their right to govern is granted by God18
6612658573indulgencesSold by the Catholic church to forgive sins19
6612658574Mughal DynastyControlled most of India in the 16th and 17th centuries20
6612658575CreolesSpanish colonies: person born in the Americas of European parents21
6612658576MulatoSpanish and Portuguese colonies:22
6612658577Absolute MonarchyRule by a king or queen whose power is not limited by a constitution23
6612658578Popular Soveriegntyself-rule24

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