AP World History Chapter 16 Flashcards
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| 8243678584 | Puritans | Members of an English protestant group who wanted to purify the church of England | 0 | |
| 8243694978 | English Bill of Rights | Series of acts passed by the English Parliament in 1689 | 1 | |
| 8243708999 | Constitutional Government | a government whose power is defined and limited by law | 2 | |
| 8243719185 | Cabinet | Parliamentary advisory to the King | 3 | |
| 8243735363 | Oligarchy | A form of government where Greek City-States were ruled by a small group of wealthy men | 4 | |
| 8243746132 | Limited Monarchy | A government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch's powers | 5 | |
| 8243760969 | Peter the Great | Used his power to put Russia on the road to becoming a modern power | 6 | |
| 8244770007 | Westernization | Adoption of western European ideas, technology, and culture in Russia | 7 | |
| 8244799890 | Catherine the Great | She was a German Princess who had her husband killed so she could come to power in Russia | 8 | |
| 8244822302 | Divine Right | Belief that a ruler's authority comes straight from God | 9 | |
| 8244874220 | Absolute Monarch | Ruler with complete authority over the government | 10 | |
| 8244986506 | Philip II | Expanded Spanish influence. He made his own power absolute | 11 | |
| 8245002476 | Louis XIV | He inherited the throne in 1643 He reorganized the military and financial system | 12 | |
| 8245022434 | Balance of Power | The distribution of military and economic power. | 13 | |
| 8245031617 | Huguenots | French protestants of the 1500 & 1600s. | 14 | |
| 8245062216 | Armada | Fleet of Spanish ships that King Philip II sent out | 15 |