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5826138348Tokugawa Shogunateshogun held all the power.0
5826139048Silver drainchina taxes1
5826140280Soft goldNickname for animal furs which were highly valued for their warmth and as symbols of elite status.2
5826140986Wahhabi islamislamic movement led by muslim teologian abd al wahhab that advocated an austeve lifestyle and strict adherence to sharia (islamic law) PURIFICATION.3
5826143449NewtonEnglish scientist; drew together astronomical and physical observations of natural laws: principles of motion/ defined forces of gravity.4
5826145267VoltaireFrench philosopher who wrote against religious intolerance.5
5826146328Galileoastronomer and mathmetician who invented an improved telescope.6
5826147315Napoleon BonaparteOverthrew french directory in 1799. Became emperor of french in 1804. Died in exile.7
5826150440NationalismThe loyalty of people to their common culture, traditions, ethnicity, geographic territory, and the idea of self-rule.8
5826151640Trading post empireEmpire established by portuguese. Portuguese sought to control the commerce in the area, not control large areas of land.9
5826153678DaimyoIndividuals controlling an area and samurai worked for them.10
5826155096SamuraiA japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy. (leaders of the military emperor) <---- Signifigance11
5826158362ShogunA hereditary military dictator of Japan. (established in place of an emperor; fractioned imperial rule.) <---- Signifigance12
5826160837Middle PassageThe part of the Atlantic circut involving the transportation of enslaved Africans across the atlantic to the americas13
5826162012KaozhengA notion of "researched based evidence" that occurred in china as a foil to Neo-Confucian orthodoxy.14
5826163612DescartesEstablished importance of skeptical review of all recieved wisdom; argued human reson could develop laws to explain the workings of nature.15
5826168306KantGerman philosopher who argued that enlightenment was the ability to know something without another's guidance. (believed in freedom of the press as a means to exercise reason publicly). METAPHYSICAL!16
5826169795HobbesBelieved people by nature were greedy and prone to violent welfare. Believed in absolute monarch rule. wrote leviathan.17
5826170844LockeEnglish philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract". (people have natural rights to life, liberty and property.)18
5826173960RousseauFrench man who believed human beings are naturally good, free and can rely on their instincts. Believed government should protect common good and be democracy.19
5826175104DarwinBiologist that developed theory of evolution of species. argued that all living species evolved into their present form to survive.20
5826175908MarxGerman philosopher who wrote the communist manifesto and Das Kapital21
5826176654Popular sovereigntyPeople hold the final authority in all matters of government.22
5826178096BolivarLeader of revolt of south american colonies against spanish rule.23
5826178589Estates GeneralFrench Represenative assembly caled into session to address pressing provlems caused by the french revolution. 3 estates: Clergy, nobility and the commoners.24
5826180329Feminist movementSought legal and democratic gains for women such as equal access to education, right to vote, and professions in workplace.25
5826182232Gens de couleur Libres"free people of color" term used to describe freed slaves and people of mixed racial background in saint domingue. (Haitian Revolution)26
5826187289MaroonsSlaves who ran away from their masters.27
5826187290AbolitionThe legal prohibition and ending of slavery.28
5826187883Russian Decembrist revoltPolitical revolt in Russia in 1825; led by middle-level army officers who advocated reforms; put own by Tsar Nicholas.29
5826189247Zionist MovementJews allowed in palistine30

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