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20 Cards in this Set
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Dynamo |
Heads of noble families. Political power was less than that of a shogunate, but more than a commoner. |
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Hostage System |
Political method used by Tokugawa to keep his Dynamo loyal to him by holding his family "hostage" when he was living in his second estate |
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Janissaries |
Elite force of highly trained soldiers of the Ottoman army. The Janissarys consisted of boys who were christian and taken by the ottomans at the age of seven to become soldiers for the Ottomans. This also helped to prevent rebellion because people might kill there own sons or vice versa. |
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Sultan |
Holder of power in the ottoman empire was the head of the military and was the political head of state. |
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Divine right of kings |
The belief that reason someone should rule is because god chose them and their future generations to rule. |
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Arable |
Land able to be farmed |
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English representative body |
Parliament. also took power from the king and was mandatory. It had the power to levy taxes. |
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Hundred Years War (1337-1453) |
England Vs France: France wins: caused by the consolidation of power in France |
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Joan Of Arc |
Female French army general who stood up to the french king, but was caught by the English and burned at the stake. |
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Magna Carta (1215) |
Document created by the English to limit the authority of King John. |
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Norman Conquest (1066) |
Duke of Normandy conquers England and takes the Angelo Saxon throne |
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Glorious Revolution |
Change of power that occurred in England. Was called the Glorious Revolution because there was no bloodshed. |
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English Bill of Rights(1689) |
Caused parliament to gain massive amounts of power compared to the king and queen. |
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Fall of Constantinople (1453) |
In 1453 the Ottoman Turks surrounded Constantinople and after a Two month siege the Ottomans Broke down the was and took over Constantinople. |
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Cause of European exploration |
The Ottoman empire took over the major trade routes from Europe to Asia . The Ottoman merchants severely raised the price of goods. This cause Europeans to try and find more trade routs to Asia. |
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Board of censors |
The board of censors was formed to prevent corruption within the bureaucracy. |
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English ethnocentricim |
England's form of ethnocentrism was that it tried to conquer other civilizations to spread its religion goods and ideas. |
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Chinese ethnocentrism |
China's form of ethnocentrism was that it wanted to remain isolated so it could stay uninfluenced by foreign parties. |
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Fall of the Ottoman Empire |
The fall of the Ottoman empire was due to its ruler at the time Suleiman The Great, who tried to implement an old set of extremist laws into a modern society |
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Zheng He |
A Chinese explorer who was known for discovering trade routes across the Indian ocean and the south Chinese sea |
