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143198386Absolute monarchyRule by a king or queen whose power is not limited by a constitution0
143198387BoyarsRussian nobility1
143198388CossacksRussians who conquered and settled Siberia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries2
143198389CriollosA term used in colonial Spanish America to describe a person born in the Americas of European parents3
143198390Divine rightThe belief of absolute rulers that their right to govern is granted by God4
143198391Dutch learningWestern learning embraced by some Japanese in the eighteenth century5
143198392EncomiendaA practice in the Spanish colonies that granted land and the labor of Native Americans on that land to European colonists6
143198393EnlightenmentA philosophical movement in eighteenth-century Europe that was based on reason and the concept that education and training could improve humankind and society7
143198394Estates-GeneralThe traditional legislative body of France8
143198395Glorious RevolutionThe bloodless overthrow of English King James I and the placement of William and Mary on the English throne9
143198396Hagia Sophia(the Church of) Holy Wisdom, now known as the Ayasofya Museum, was an early Christian Church and later an Eastern Orthodox church which was transformed into a mosque in 1453 by the Turks, and converted into a museum in 1935. It is located in Istanbul, Turkey.10
143198397JanissariesMembers of the Ottoman army, often slaves, who were taken from Christian lands. Their control of artillery and firearms gave them prominence over the aristocratic Turkish cavalry. Their extreme conservatism frustrated reform of the Ottoman Empire.11
143198398JesuitsMembers of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic missionary and educational order founded by Ignatius of Loyola in 153412
143198399ManchusPeoples from northeastern Asia who founded China's Qing dynasty13
143198400MercantilismA European economic policy of the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries that held that there was a limited amount of wealth available, and that each country must adopt policies to obtain as much wealth as possible for itself; key to the attainment of wealth was the acquisition of colonies14
143198401MestizosIn the Spanish colonies, persons of mixed European and Indian descent15
143198402Middle PassageThe portion of the trans-Atlantic trade that involved the passage of Africans from Africa to the Americas16
143198403Mughal dynastyRulers who controlled most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries17
143198404MulattoIn the Spanish and Portuguese colonies, a person of mixed African and European descent18
143198405Nation-stateA sovereign state whose people share a common culture and national identity19
143198406Parliamentary monarchyA government with a king or queen whose power is limited by the power of a parliament20
143198407PeninsularesIn the Spanish colonies, those who were born in Europe21
143198408PurdahThe Hindu custom of secluding women22
143198409Qing DynastyAlso known as the Manchu Dynasty, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1644 to 1912. The dynasty was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro.23
143198410Reconquista(Reconquest) The recapture of Muslim-held lands in Spain by Christian forces; it was completed in 149224
143198411RepartamientoIn the Spanish colonies, a replacement for the encomienda system that limited the number of working hours for laborers and provided for fair wages25
143198412SovereigntySelf-rule26
143198413Taj MahalA mausoleum located in Agra, India. The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahān commissioned it as a mausoleum for his favorite wife. It is generally considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements of Persian and Indian.27
143198414Tokugawa Shogunate(1603—1868), or _____________ bakufu, or Edo bakufu, was a feudal military dictatorship of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city of Edo, now Tokyo. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled from Edo castle until the Meiji Restoration.28
143198415Treaty of TordesillasA 1494 treaty in which the pope divided unexplored territories between Spain and Portugal29
143198416Triangular tradeThe eighteenth-century trade network between Europe, Africa, and the Americas30
143198417ViceroyaltyA political unit ruled by a viceroy that was the basis of organization of the Spanish colonies31
143203984DevshirmeA practice of the Ottoman empire to take Christian boys from their home communities to serve as janissaries32

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