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Units 16-19
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Age of Absolutism and examples | monarchs try to centralize their power. Examples: Suleiman, Akbar, Peter the Great, Louis XIV, Philip II, Elizabeth I |
| Divine Right | Bossuet, rulers power comes from God |
| John Locke | Natural rights, democracy, gov't should protect rights, if not people should overthrow |
| Thomas Hobbes | absolute monarchy |
| English Civil War and impact | Parliament v. king, Impact: Cromwell comes to power (Puritan Rev.) - eventually limits power of monarch |
| Glorious Revolution | limits power of monarch |
| English Bill of Rights | limits power of monarch |
| Peter the Great | Westernized/modernized Russia, Absolutism, warm-water ports |
| Ottoman Empire | Defeating Byzantines caused Age of Exploration, controlled key trade routes |
| Taj Mahal | reflected beliefs/values |
| Akbar the Great and Suleiman the Great | Absolute Rulers |
| Ming Dynasty | Funded voyages of Zheng He, stopped exploration and isolated China, b/c they believed contact with foreigners had little value (ethnocentrism) |
| Zheng He | Made people he encouraged on voyages pay tribute and trade, sailed to Middle East and Africa |
| Tokugawa Japan | Isolation |
| Causes of the Age of Exploration | astrolabe, caravel, cartography, Ottoman Empire controlling overland trade (so Europe needed new routes) |
| Effects of the Age of Exploration | conquistadors, Columbian Exchange, Middle Passage, Triangular Trade, mercantilism, encomienda (forced labor for natives), migration of Europeans and Africans to New World |