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These are for World History, not AP World History

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Militant   combative or to fight  
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Armada   Spanish fleet of warships  
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Inflation   rising prices because of short supply  
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Witchcraft   not on the test  
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Divine right   right to rule given by God  
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Commonwealth   place founded for the good of the ppl  
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Absolutism   one ruler with all the power  
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Czar   means Caesar and is the ruler of Russia  
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Boyar   rich ppl in Russia  
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Mannerism   kind of art movement with emotions after Renaissance  
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Baroque   dramatic emotions  
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Natural rights   rights we’re born with (to live  
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Huguenots   French Protestants  
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Edict of Nantes   Cath is official French Religion  
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Elizabeth Tutor   went back to Protestant ideas after Bloody Mary  
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Puritans   ENG Protestants. Very strict religious practices.  
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Cavaliers   rich ppl in ENG. Support king.  
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Roundheads   short hair in fighters in ENG. Support Parliament  
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Oliver Cromwell   Took over ENG and killed Parliament.  
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Louis XIV   aka. The Sun King in FR. Absolute monarch. Palace at Versailles  
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Cardinal Richelieu   in charge or raising Louis  
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Ivan IV   aka Ivan the Terrible. First czar of RUS. Killed opponents  
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Peter the Great   Peter the Poser. Wanted RUS to be like ENG  
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El Greco   aka. The Greek. Mannerism painter.  
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Shakespeare   ENG. Worked in the Globe Theater under Elizabeth. Wrote sonnets.  
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Cervantes   wrote Don Quixote  
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Locke   loved people. Thought people were good.  
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Hobbes   hated people. Thought people were evil.  
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Janissaries   OTM soldiers. Elite. Converted CHR boys.  
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Pasha   like a governor in OTM (Ottoman Empire)  
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Gunpowder empire   success is due having guns  
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Sultan   OTM leader of GOV and MIL  
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Harem   sacred place of sultan  
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Grand Vizer   head advisor to the sultan  
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Ulema   religious advisors to the sultan  
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Shah   king of Safavid (in Persia)  
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Orthodoxy   traditional  
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Anarchy   no laws  
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Zamindar   local officials for Mogul  
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Suttee   widow burning self with corpse of husband  
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Selim I   spread the OTM empire  
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Ottoman Empire   modern day Turkey (Anatolia Peninsula) (Asia Minor)  
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Safavid   Persian Muslims  
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Shah Ismail   founder of Safavid  
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Shah Abbas   Shah when Safavids were at their height  
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Babur   founder of the Mogul dynasty  
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Moguls   India Muslims  
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Akbar   spread Moguls over most of India  
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Aurangzeb   killed brother and put dad in prison so he could be Shah  
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Queue   hairstyle shaved on sides ponytail on top  
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Banners   CHN military units  
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Commercial Capitalism   private business for personal profit  
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Clan   group  
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Porcelain   ceramic from clay in CHN  
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Daimyo   rich families in JPN  
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Han   separate areas ruled by Daimyos  
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Hostage system   leaders were held hostage in Edo (Tokyo)  
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Ming   CHN dynasty 1300-1600. After Mongolians.  
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Zheng He   CHN Columbus  
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Manchu   people from N. CHN  
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Quing   CHN Dynasty. Last dynasty.  
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Nobunaga   Took over Kyoto. First strong of leader of JPN.  
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Hideyoshi   Took capitol to Osaka  
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Iyeasu   Took capitol to Edo (Tokyo)  
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Basho   JPN poet. Wrote haikus.  
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which dynasty overthrew the mongols in china?   ming-yvan(mongol dynasty)  
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name one way that dynasty helped china.   national schools worked on great wall, factionel  
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what was the name of the new capitol of ming?   beijing  
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who was the famous explorer for china? he is known as the chinese colombus.   zhengtle- explored india and africa  
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which european country came and offended the chinese?   portuguese- converted to christans  
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what is one reason the ming dynasty fell?   weak rulers, high taxes, peasants revolt  
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how did the last ming emporer die?   he hung himself  
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which dynasty took over after the ming? what were their people called?   qing- manchv(from korea)  
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how did kangxi treat the christans in china?   tolerant  
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what was the name of the rebellion that weekend the qing?   white lotus rebellion  
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how would you describe china's interaction with other countries through trade?   isloated  
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name one reason china's population grew   peace and food  
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name two reasons china didnt become commercial capa;ti;ist country like europe   trade unit as import, farming and war  
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chinese socitey is organized around the   family  
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name two ways womwn were treated poorly in china   foot binding, cant divorce husband  
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what was the name of the chinese city within a city where only nobles could go?   imperial city  
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who are the three men that worked to unify japan?   uba nobunaga, toyotomi hideyoshi, tokugana ieyasu  
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what was tokyo known as before it was tokyo   edo  
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why did the japanese ban the portugese form japan?   burn shrines  
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why did the peasants revolt in japan?   high taxes  
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who was the maost famous haiku writer?   basho  
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what is the differnce between kabuki theater and noh theater   kabuki- wild dancing, screaming noh- small movements very calm  
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why was korea called "the hermit kingdom"?   very isloted  
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which two groups fought in the french wars of religon?   catholics and protastents  
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who was the leader of the huegonots?   john calvin  
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why did philip iv become catholic   was a prot,but he wouldnt be accepted, so he lies. every gets to choose  
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-the king of spain went to war with- form england.- lost because most of their ships wrecked.   philip2 elizabeth spain  
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elizabeth 1 was what religon? how was she related to bloody mary?   protastant, half sister same dad  
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name three characteristics of women who were acused of wich craft   old,single,poor- no husband to prootect them  
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which croutries were involved in the 30 years war?   everybody except eng, protestants vs catholic  
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why was the end of the 30 years was the end of the holy roman empire?   every part of europe could choose religion way automatic catholic  
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which two groups fought in the english civil war? who won? why did they win?   round heads parliment cavilers supported roundheads  
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how did the gloroius revolution bring an end todivine right   right to rule by god  
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why was louis xiv called the sun king?   he was the source of light for all his people in france  
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where was louis xiv palace? describe it   it was a big palace made of all gold rooms  
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who bulit the persian empire? what modren country would purrisa be in today?   fredrick willam the great elector, germany  
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who was the first czar of russia?   ivan iv  
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how lopng did the romanov dynasty last in russia?   1637-1917- about three hundred years  
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how did peter the great make russia more powerful?   big military  
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what are the three cultrual changes in russia trhanks to peter the great?   ballet, no beards, wetern eurpean manners  
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why did peter the great move the capitol to st. petersburg?   to be closer to france and england  
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wher did the ottman empire start?   antaolian peninsula  
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what country is there today?   turkey  
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who was their founder?   osman  
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what is the name for the leader of the ottmans/   sultan  
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how did the janissanires begin?   christan slaves  
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what did they end up being?   converted to islam  
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which empire lost constantinople to the ottoman and what did they rename it?   constaonoplile to byzantine  
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why was the ottoman empire called the gunpowder empire?   get power goo with guns  
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how did the ottomans treat non muslims they took over?   tolerant  
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who was the leader of the ottomansat their height?   suleyman  
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what happend to the empire after he died?   lost territory  
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where did the safavid empire start?what countries are there today? who was their founder?   persia, iran, shah ismail  
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the safavids were-muslims while the ottomans were -   shiah, sunni  
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what do shia muslims believe?   the caliph related to muhammad  
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what did the safavids call their leaders?   shah  
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who was the leader of the safavids at their height? what happend to the empire after he died?   abbas, big decline  
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who did the safavids fight with   ottomans  
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where did the safavids empire start? what countries are there today? who was there founder? from whom did his mom and dad desend?   indus river, india, babur, genghiskhan, timur lenk  
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who was akbar? how did he treat the peasents? what was special about his wife?   babrus grandson, good, hindu  
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how did aurangzeb get power? how did he try to change the mogul culture?   killed brother, against hindu, very strict  
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which two europeans countries fought for tradinfg rights in india? who maintaind control?   england france, england  
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the moguls faced problems in india because their religon- when most indians were-   muslim, hindu  
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who built the taj mahal? why did he build it?   shah jahan, memory of his wife mumtaz nahal  
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