Period 4 AP World History C Flashcards

6303157963	Thirty Years War	(1618-1648) A series of European wars that were partially a Catholic-Protestant religious conflict. It was primarily a battle between Frence and their rivals the Hapsburgs, rulers of the Holy Roman Empire	0
6303157964	Treaty Of Westphalia	1648 ended the Thirty Years war. Granted religious freedom to various German towns throughout the Holy Roman Empire	1
6303157965	Absolute monarchy	A system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power	2
6303157966	Louis XIV	(1638-1715) Known as the Sun King, he was an absolute monarch that completely controlled France. One of his greatest accomplishments was the building of the palace at Versailles.	3
6303157967	Seven Years War	(1756-1763 CE) Known also as the French and Indian war. It was the war between the French and their Indian allies and the English, proved the English to be the more dominant force.	4
6303157968	Manchus	Federation of Northeast Asian (from Manchuria) peoples who founded the Qing Empire.	5
6303157969	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	6
6303157970	Qing Dynasty	(1644-1911 CE), the last imperial dynasty of China which was overthrown by revolutionaries; was ruled by the Manchu people: began to isolate themselves from Western culture,	7
6303157971	feudal warlords in japan	daiymo	8
6303157972	tokugawa shogunate	(1603-1867) Feudal Warlord rulers of Japan. Responisble for closing Japan off from the rest of the world during the edo period	9
6303157973	Reunification of Japan	made possible by 3 strong shogunate which est. the tokugawa, japans government	10
6303157974	Cartography	map making	11
6303157975	The Scientific Revolution	A new way of thinking about the natural world. It was based on careful observation and a willingness to question accepted beliefs	12
6303157976	Nikolai Copernicus	made the Heliocentric Theory	13
6303157977	Heliocentric Theory	the idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun( went against the church )	14