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Global Regents Revie
Vocabulary words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolutism | When a King or Queen has total control, example Louis XVI |
| Divine Right Theory | When Kings or Queens believe the power to rule comes from God |
| Louis XIV (France) | King of France. Absolute Power believed he was powerful as the Sun.. aka the "Sun King" refer to himself as "I am the state" |
| Peter the Great (Russia) | expanded the size of Russia, westernize Russia make it modern, father of Russian Navy |
| Westernization | to make modern or improve |
| Catherine the Great (Russia) | Expanded Russia to the largest size gave Russia access to the Black sea |
| Constitutional Monarchy | to share power between a king/queen and another governing body |
| Magna Carta (England 1215) | King John had to share power with the wealth Barons, limiting the Kings power and gave more freedom and rights to the people |
| John Locke (England) | Enlightenment, philosopher that believed the power to rule comes from the consent of the people and life liberty and property |
| The Ming Dynasty (China 276 years of rule) | Ming=glorious. golden age return to order and stability days traded with East Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia |
| Zheng He (China early Ming Dynasty) | voyages to south-western Asia, Africa, trading. largest in the world at the time....stopped in 1424-1425 could have put China ahead of Europe |
| The Ch'ing (Qing Dynasty China) 221-206BC | 3rd Dynasty Shih Huang Ti, gave China its name, the great wall built, destroyed books and killed educators because he wanted history to begin with him |
| The Ottoman Empire (Suleiman the Magnificent) | aka Turkish Empire controlled the lands around the Mediterranean sea. Suleiman got it the largest size, known for his laws relating to society, education, taxation, and criminal law |
| The Safavid Empire 1501-1736 (Iran) | Ruled area modern Iran, Turkey and Georgia. Rule was theoretical. All religion and parts of Islam was suppressed. Made Iran a center of Art, Architecture, Poetry and Philosophy |
| The Mughal Empire in India (Akbar the Great) | Akbar the 3rd Mughal Ruler at age 13, one of greatest to rule India. Religious tolerance and appreciation of the Arts |
| The Aztecs (Mexico) | Pyramids for human sacrifice to please the sun. Chinampas man made floating garden for farming Conquered by Spain |
| The Incan (South America, Peru) | Human Sacrifice. Conquered by Spain. Road network, did not have writing system but Quipu knotted colored strings to keep recorded |
| Mercantilism (Europe 16-18th century) | economic policy to gain wealth gold through trade and acquiring land |
| The Commercial Revolution (Europe) | a period of European economic expansion, colonialism and mercantilism 13 century -18th, leading to the Industrial Revolution |
| Age of Exploration (Europe) | 15 century -17 European ships looking for new trade routes time of Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan |
| Prince Henry the Navigator (Portugal) | helped usher in the Age of Discovery and the Atlantic Slave Trade. Explored the coat of Africa |
| Conquistador (Spain) | Conquers of Mexico and South America looking for gold |
| Hernan Cortes (Spain) | Overthrew the Aztec and won Mexico for Spain |
| Francisco Pizarro (Spain) | conquered the Inca, better weapons and hoses and diseases |
| The Colombian Exchange | exchanges of plants, animals, diseases and technology between Europe and the Americas |
| Encomienda System | In the Americas 1503 the Spanish soldiers or colonist was granted a tract of land or a village together with its Indian inhabitants |
| The Colonial Hierarchy in Latin America | Social class structure based on where you were born and the color of your skin |
| The Trans Atlantic Slave Trade | 15th century -19 when slave were transported to the New World |
| The Middle Passage | The sea voyage taken by slave ships from West Africa to the New world |
| The Scientific Revolution | Emergence of Science, new way of looking and understanding the universe. End of the geocentric and hello the heliocentric universe |
| Galileo Galilei (scientific revolution) | Italian scientist who used math and observation to prove that the sun is the center of the universe (Copernicus theory) . First to see the moons of Jupiter and spent the reminder of years under house arrest |
| The Enlightenment | Europe 17-18 century used logic and reason to define your understanding of governments based on the consent of the people |
| Enlightenment Philosophers | Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Barron de Montesquieu, Voltaire and Denis Diderot |
| The Rise of Capitalism | Began in Europe based on ownership, Laissez-faire less government interference came about as mercantilism is ending |
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