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12912608750Tokugawa Shogunatefor 700 years, feudal Japan was under the rule of these japanese military leaders0
12912608751Ottoman EmpireTurkic empire establishes in Asia minor that eventually extended through the Middle East and the Balkans, conquered Constantinople in 1453 that ended the Byzantine Empire1
12912608752PotosiMine located in upper Peru (modern Bolivia); largest of New World silver mines; produced 80 percent of all Peruvian silver.2
12912608753Mughal EmpireMuslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.3
12912608754Hernan CortesSpanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)4
12912608755IndulgencesSelling of forgiveness by the Catholic Church. It was common practice when the church needed to raise money. The practice led to the Reformation.5
12912608756CopernicusPolish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)6
12912608757Joint Stock CompaniesAn association of individuals whose pooled resources provided them stock much like a corporation. Together they shared risks, losses, and profits. Commonly used in trade/exploration ventures.7
12912608758MulattoesPeople of African and European descent8
12912608759Columbian ExchangeThe exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.9
12912608760Mestizoa person of mixed European and Native American ancestry10
12912608761European Enlightenmenta movement in 18th century europe that advocated the use of reason, and questioning of long-held ideas11
12912608762CreolesDescendents of Spanish-born but born in Latin America; resented inferior social, political, economic status.12
12912608763British East India Companyan early joint-stock company; were granted on English royal charter with the intention of favoring trade privileges in India13
12912608764SikhismSyncretic religion founded by Nanak that blended Islamic and Hindu beliefs14
12912608765John LockeEnlightenment thinker that believes all people are born with the rights of life, liberty, and property, Gov't is to protect people's rights, and if it doesn't people can overthrow it15
12912608766Qing Dynastydynasty that ruled China from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century. Focused on rejuvenating Chinese culture after years of Mongol rule. Immense Ocean trade we are just headed by Zheng He were launched and later abandoned under its rule16
12912608767National AssemblyFrench Revolutionary assembly (1789-1791). Called first as the Estates General, the three estates came together and demanded radical change. It passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789.17
129126087683rd Estate97% of the population that did not include aristocrats or clergy18
12912608769Napoleon Bonaparte ( Mr. Ewers hero )A French general, political leader, and emperor of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. After the french revolution he crowned himself emperor in 1804. He conquered much of Europe but lost two-thirds of his army in a disastrous invasion in Russia19
12912608770Miguel HidalgoMexican priest who led peasants in call for independence and improved conditions20
12912608771Declaration of the rights of manStatement of fundamental political rights adopted by the French National Assembly at the beginning of the French Revolution.21
12912608772Toussaint L'Ouverture"Napoleón of the West" and led the revolution in Haiti that defeated the French22
12912608773Dona Marinaindigenous Nahum woman who acted as a translator for the Spanish conquistadors, especially Hernán Cortés23
12912608774Ursula de Jesusa latin american woman whose mother had been a slave; she entered into a convent and became a symbol of non-europeans adopting Christianity24
12912608775Mirabaia female Hindu bhakti poet25
12912608776Marie AntoinetteAustrian archduchess that married prince Louis Cathay (King Louis XVI) of France. She was a symbol of the extravagant spending of the Bourbon Dynasty26
12912608777Lyceepublic schools found in France during Napoleon's reign27
12912608778Taki Onqoya native religious revivalist Movement in Peru after the Spanish brought and imposed Christianity28
12912608779Sans CulotteMembers of the French middle-class who went "without breeches" they didn't wear the style of the French elite only wearing simple trousers as a display of their political views29
12912608780Devishirmeliterally "selection" , The Ottoman policy of selecting Christian children from the Balkans converting them to Islam, enslaving them and providing varied educations to suit their talents30
12912608781Benin/DahomeySlave selling Kingdom on the slave coast of Africa31
12912608782St. Domingue (Haiti)French island colony that produced much of the worlds sugar and coffee32
12912608783DessalinesTook over the Haitian Revolution after Louverture was captured and jailed by the French33
12912608784Vicente GuerreroMulatto:Mestizo mixed guerilla fighter that helped defeat the Spanish colonial forces in Mexico34
12912608785Plan of IgualaThe decision to make a combined army of creole military leaders and Mexican guerilla forces and to defeat Spanish colonial forces and to create a new nation, Mexico35
12912608786Constitutional MonarchyA King or Queen is the official head of state but power is limited by a constitution.36
12912608787Divine right kingshipa general term used for the ideas surrounding the authority and legitimacy of a monarch holding that a monarch derives his or her right to rule from the will of God and not from any temporal authority37
12912608788Glorious Revolutionbloodless transition that replaced King James II with William and Mary as the rulers of England38
12912608789Great Dyingit refers to the death of Americans because of multiple infectious diseases it caused a sharp decline in the American population which led to an insufficient in mining labor therefore Europeans decided to get slaves from Africa to work on mining fields39
12912608790Little Ice AgeA century-long period of cool climate that began in the 1590s. Its ill effects on agriculture in northern Europe were notable.40
12912608791Peninsularespeople who had been born in Spain; only people who could hold office in the Spanish colonial empire41
12912608792plantationsLarge agricultural fields that were primarily found in the Americas where sugar caught in tobacco and other cash crops were grown42
12912608793Settler ColoniesA specific colonial formation whereby foreign family units move into a region and reproduce an imperial power oversees the immigration of the settlers who consent often only temporarily to government by that authority43
12912608794Mercantilismtheory that a nation's economic strength came from protecting and increasing its home economy by keeping strict control over its colonial trade44
12912608795trading post empireBegan in the 16th century by the Portuguese. Instead of conquering an entire nation, European states would establish these in an attempt to force merchant vessels to call at fortified trading sites and pay duties there.45
12912608796Dutch United East India Companyan early joint-stock company; were granted on Dutch Royal charter with the intention of favoring trade privileges in south east Asia and the Indian ocean46
12912608797Global Silver Tradethe trade was Controlled mostly by the Spanish and the item they traded eventually had disastrous effects on the Spanish economy47
12912608798Global Fur Tradethis was termed "soft gold" And was traded by the Russian in Siberia and the French and British in North America48
12912608799African Diasporarefer to Africans "scattered" across national boundaries who do not physically inhabit the territory or nation state of their or their ancestors origin the main cause of this was the slave trade49
12912608800Protestant Reformationa 16th century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the pope's authorit50
12912608801Catholic Counter Reformationa 16th century movement in which the Roman Catholic Church sought to make changes in response to the Protestant Reformation51
12912608802Jesuits in Chinaa missionary group that interacted with Confucianists that tried to convince them that Confucianism is similar to Christianity and that their religious values are the same52
12912608803Wahhabi Islamthis group's interpretation of the religion believes that it was at its purest form in 7th century Arabia and that to be a true believer one must only follow their sect of the religion53
12912608804Kaozhengthis Qing dynasty perspective on classical texts was influenced by European mathematics and astronomy. It emphasized verifying the authenticity of ancient texts and challenged Neo-Confucianism54
12912608805Isaac Newtonthis influential European discovered gravitational theory and applied it to the laws of the universe55
12912608806GalileoItalian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars and was later prosecuted by the Catholic church for his scientific beliefs56
12912608807Concordatagreement between the government and the catholic church that agreed to stay out of politics57
12912608808Voltairehe was a key thinker/writer and was dissatisfied with the way things are; most outspoken of traditional Christianity. He was influential in the creation process of the 1st Amendment in the US Constitution58
12912608809American Revolutionthe colonists revolted against the colonial government because of lack of representation in Parliament, the stamp act and increases in taxation and because of the economic effects following the French and Indian war in the late 18th century59
12912608810Declaration of Independencethe document approved by representatives of the American colonies in 1776 that stated their grievances against the British monarch and declared their independence60
12912608811American Constitutionthis formal document created after the constitutional conventions that included 3 branches of government, separation of powers and was also a model for the revolutions that followed61
12912608812Estates-generalan assembly of representatives from all three estates the met to address the political and economic problems that occurred because of the disastrous policies of Louis XVI62
12912608813Louis XVI (16th)this monarch reigned in France under the old regime that had terrible economic policy leading to an increase in taxes and eventually a full-blown revolution that ended the monarchy63
12912608814Legislative AssemblyThis legislative body ruled France during the First French Republic64
12912608815Maximilien Robespierrethis person was a revolutionary leader in France. He led the Reign of Terror but was executed after being branded an enemy of the revolution65
12912608816èmigréany of the Frenchman at first mostly aristocrats who fled France in the years following the French revolution of 1789 from their places of exile in other countries many plotted against the revolutionary government seeking foreign help in their goal of restoring the old regime66
12912608817Spanish Philippinesthis territory was named after King Philip II. It was a relatively bloodless take over of the islands that were targeted for the spice trade in Asia. the local were also converted forcefully to Catholicism67
12912628244I hope everyone passes ((:sincerely , Carlos Anguiano68

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