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Name the territory that was added to russia
asia
name the political center that served as the focal point for the russian liberation from the mongols
Duchy of moscow
name the russian ruler that was a large part of russia freed from mongol control in the 15th century
Ivan the third
name the government that ivan the great claims to have succeeded as the third rome
Byzantine empire
define cossacks
peasants recruited to migrate to new lands in byzantine
following the death of ivan the fourth explain the time of troubles
russian boyars attempted to limit tsarist autocracy and gain governing rights for themselves
name the tsar responsible for the abolition of the assemblies of the nobles and reform of the orthodox church
alexis romanov
explain the old believers
russians who wouldnt accept tsarist reforms of orthodox church and who were exhiled to siberia
name the sea that became critical in the development of russian power during the reign of peter the great
baltic sea
name the place where pter the great established a new capital for russia
st petersburg
name the industries where peter the greats program of economic development was concentrated
mining and metallurgic industries
name the next powerful ruler of russia after pete died
Catherine the great
name the redical who urged the abolition of serfdom during the reign of catherine the great
radishev
name the areas that were colonized or claimed by the russian empire during the rule of catherine the great
parts of siberia pacific coast of NA as far south as california poland alaska
name the countries that participated in the successive partitions of poland
poland russia prussia austria
define obrok
the labor obligation of russian peasants to lords or state
name the percentage of the russian pop. that remained rural in the 18th century
95%
explain what pugachev did in the 1770s
led russian peasant rebellion
last one didnt have a question with it but answer is
Ivan the terrible declared russia the successor of rome
name the empire that ivan the terrible declared that the russian empire was successor to
rome
prior to mongol invasions of their empire, the abbasid dynasty was dominated by what group
the seljuk turks
the original base of the ottoman turks was where
anatolia
who were the janissaries
slave troops of ottomans, forcibly conscripted as adolescents from conquered territory
the head of the ottoman central bureaucracy
vizier
one of the most beautiful of the ottoman mosques of Constantinople was
suleymainye
what as the chosen language of the ottoman court?
turkish
what european nation first threatened the ottoman monopoly of trade east africa and india
portugal
which group represented such extreme conservatism within the ottoman empire reform was frustrated
janissaries
the center of the safavid empire was the modern-day state of
iran
the safavid dynasty had its origins in the fourteenth century in a family devoted to what variant if islam
sufi
followers of the safavids' followers were called
redheads
the first safavid shah was
ismail
the safavid empire reached its greatest extent under shah
abbas the great
after chaldiran, the official language of the safavd empire became
persian
the capital of the safavid empire under abbas the great was
isfahan
the immediate successor of the safavid dynasty in persia was
naair khan afshar
who was the founder of the mughal dynasty
babur
the first mughal emperor successfully defeated the muslim ruler of the lodi dynasty in 1526 at the battle of
panibat
Describe the economy of the Mughal empire
european traders brought products from throughout asia to exchange for subcontinents famed cotton textiles
what was the state of the Mughal dynasty at the outset of the reign of Aurangzeb
Mughal bureaucracy had grown bloated and corrupt
The army was equally bloated and backward in weaponry and tactics
Peasants and urban workers had seen their productivity and living standards fall steadily
what were the goals of Aurangzeb
He was determined to extend Mughal control over the whole of the Indian subcontinent and he believed that it was his duty to purify Indian islam and rid it of the hindu influences
what was the impact of Aurangzeb’s religious policies
Gravely weakened the internal alliances and disrupted the social peace of Akbar that he had so skillfully established
what was the Mughal empire following Aurangzeb’s death in 1707
The empire was far larger than earlier, but control of state revenues passed increasingly to regional lords who gave little more than tribute payments to the emperors
the relationships of the Muslim empires to the West.

**the question on the test says which one is NOT
Failed to match the intellectual and material accomplishments of the west during this period
Muslim scholars continued to take little interest in European learning
None of the Islamic people systematically monitored technological advances in Europe
Key tax revenue and merchant profits were drained off by the rise of European trading empire in asia
How did Caribbean cities differ from those of Europe
American cities were laid out in a grid plan
The first Spanish colony in the New World was established on
Hispaniola
The grants of Indians to individual Spaniards as a labor system were called
encomiendas
What group of Indians supplied agric. Labor for the Spaniards in the Caribbean
Taino
The Dominican Friar Bartolome de Las Casas, a conquistador turned priest
became an ardent supporter of conversion of Indians and an advocate of Indian rights
The man responsible for the conquest of the Aztec empire in Mexico was
Hernan Cortes
Which of the following Indian institutions was retained by the Spanish to serve European administrative purposes
the Indian nobility
The colonial govts. Replaced by the labor of the encomienda with Indian labor extracted through local officials. Such labor was called
mita
The greatest silver mine was located
Potosi
b/c of the switch from indigenous methods of mining to the extraction of silver… America expanded rapidly after
1580
The Spanish convoy system that controlled trade with the Americas was made possible of the dev. of
galleons
The Treaty of Tordesaillas of 1494 divided the world into spheres of influence belonging to
Portugal and Castile
The statement concerning men who conquered much of Latin America
leadership was based onreputation and past achievement
The law code that became the basis of law in the Indies
Recopilacion
The vice royalties of New spain and Peru were divided into 10 judicial divisons controlled by superior courts
audencias
What colony became the first major plantation zone
brazil
The first landfall in the colony of Brazil took place in 1500 under
Pedro Alvares Cabral
Colonization in Brazil was in the hands of minor Portuguese nobles granted strips of land
captaincias
Brazilian model of a plantation colony was later followed in the 18th century by other Euro. Nations in
the Caribbean
Gold was discovered in ______ region in Brazil
Minas Gerais
Neg. impact of disc. of gold…
Portugal failed to develop internal industries because the supply of gold allowed the Portuguese to purchase manu. Goods from other Euro. Countries
Spanish dynasty responsible for the series of the 18th century reforms that recast the colonial administration of the Americas
Bourbon
Law code that became basis of law in the Indies
Recopilacion
Who was the leader of the Indian Revolution in Peru in 1781
Tupac Amaru
The minister responsible for the 18th century reforms within the Spanish empire
Jose de Galvez
following the Timurid invasion, the ottoman empire was restored under what leader
mehmed I