7999493455 | absolute monarch | A system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power | 0 | |
7999493456 | atheists | People who deny the existence of God | 1 | |
7999493457 | capitalism | An economic system based on private ownership of capital | 2 | |
7999493458 | colonization | One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit | 3 | |
7999493459 | commerce/commercial | social dealings between people | 4 | |
7999493460 | commonwealth | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | 5 | |
7999493461 | divine right | Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god. | 6 | |
7999493462 | demography | Scientific study of human populations. | 7 | |
7999493463 | humanism | A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements | 8 | |
7999493464 | left wing | the liberal, socialist, or radical section of a political party or system | 9 | |
7999493465 | mercantilism | An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought | 10 | |
7999493466 | monastic | Relating to or resembling a monastery (where monks or nuns live), esp. by being quiet, secluded, contemplative, strict, and/or lacking luxuries | 11 | |
7999493467 | monopoly | A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller. | 12 | |
7999493468 | right wing | Conservative ideology in which change is opposed and the traditional way of doing things is encouraged | 13 | |
7999493469 | revolution | An overthrow and replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. | 14 | |
7999493470 | satire | A literary work that criticizes human misconduct and ridicules vices, stupidities, and follies. | 15 | |
7999493471 | utopia | an ideal society | 16 | |
7999493472 | hagia sophia | Most famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. | 17 | |
7999493473 | vernacular | Everyday language of ordinary people | 18 | |
7999493474 | age of reason | a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions | 19 | |
7999493475 | Akbar the great | known for religious tolerance. grandson of Babur who created a strong central government | 20 | |
7999493476 | john calvin | 1509-1564. French theologian. Developed the Christian theology known as Calvinism. Attracted Protestant followers with his teachings. | 21 | |
7999493477 | martin luther | A German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices. He led the Protestant Reformation. | 22 | |
7999493478 | Elizabeth I | (1533-1603) Queen of England and Ireland between 1558 and 1603. She was an absolute monarch and is considered to be one of the most successful rulers of all time. | 23 | |
7999493479 | henry VIII | (1491-1547) King of England from 1509 to 1547; his desire to annul his marriage led to a conflict with the pope, England's break with the Roman Catholic Church, and its embrace of Protestantism. Henry established the Church of England in 1532. | 24 | |
7999493480 | encomienda system | It gave settlers the right to tax local Native Americans or to make them work. In exchange, these settlers were supposed to protect the Native American people and convert them to Christianity | 25 | |
7999493481 | english bill of rights | King William and Queen Mary accepted this document in 1689. It guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently. By accepting this document, they supported a limited monarchy, a system in which they shared their power with Parliament and the people. | 26 | |
7999493482 | floating empires | Portuguese and the Spanish set out to sea, controlled many major shipping routes | 27 | |
7999493483 | goa, india | Portuguese trading port. They took control with a fleet of ships. | 28 | |
7999493484 | Gutenberg's printing press | the printing press that allowed the spread of protestant ideas and the bible | 29 | |
7999493485 | hacienda system | similar to the feudal system, Natives got money and had to buy their products from their owners | 30 | |
7999493486 | hapsburg spain | Charles V was the king here and this is where counter reformation was strongest. | 31 | |
7999493487 | heliocentric theory | the idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun. | 32 | |
7999493488 | huguenots | French Protestants | 33 | |
7999493489 | indulgences | Selling of forgiveness by the Catholic Church. It was common practice when the church needed to raise money. The practice led to the Reformation. | 34 | |
7999493490 | dutch east india company | Government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies. | 35 | |
7999493491 | edict of Nantes | 1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of conscience and worship. | 36 | |
7999493492 | counter reformation | the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected) | 37 | |
7999493493 | protestant reformation | A religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches. | 38 | |
7999493494 | the three g's | God, glory and gold | 39 | |
7999493495 | scientific revolution | A major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs. | 40 | |
7999493496 | shogun | A general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name | 41 | |
7999493497 | solemn the magnificent | (Ottoman Empire) Created the largest empire and rebuilt legal system | 42 | |
7999493498 | thirty years war | Protestant rebellion against the Holy Roman Empire ends with peace of westpahlia.1618-48) A series of European wars that were partially a Catholic-Protestant religious conflict. It was primarily a batlte between France and their rivals the Hapsburg's, rulers of the Holy Roman Empire. | 43 | |
7999493499 | treaty of Westphalia | Ended Thirty Years' War in 1648; granted right to individual rulers within the Holy Roman Empire to choose their own religion-either Protestant or Catholic. | 44 | |
7999493500 | zheng he | An imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa. | 45 | |
7999493501 | Tokugawa bakufu system | last feudal Japanese military government which existed between 1603 and 186 | 46 | |
7999493502 | janissaries | Infantry, originally of slave origin, armed with firearms and constituting the elite of the Ottoman army from the fifteenth century until the corps was abolished in 1826. | 47 | |
7999493503 | gunpowder empires | Muslim empires of the Ottomans, Safavids, and the Mughals that employed cannonry and gunpowder to advance their military causes. | 48 | |
7999493504 | peter the great | (1672-1725) Russian tsar (r. 1689-1725). He enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite, moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg. | 49 | |
7999493505 | An accurate list of the Gunpowder Empires? | Safavid Persia, Ottoman Turkey, Mughal India | 50 | |
7999493506 | Viva La | Raza | 51 | |
7999493507 | What system managed the transportation of goods throughout the world? | Columbian Exchange | 52 | |
7999493508 | What were considered cash crops? | Sugar and Tobacco | 53 |
Unit 4 Ap world history Flashcards
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