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Leonardo Da Vinci: ____________ was a highly talented printer, writer, inventor, architect, engineer, mathematician, musician, and philosopher.
Yonglo: The ming Emperor _____________ sponsored overseas voyages to extend China's influence.
Congress of Vienna: The goal of the _____________ was to create a plan to restore order and stability to Europe after the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars.
Catherine the Great: _____________ seized power from her husband Czar Peter III.
Maria Theresa: Charles VI approved a document called the Pragmatic Sanction, which would allow his daughter, _____________ to take the empire at his death.
Prussia: As a result of the Seven Years' War, _____________ emerged as the strongest military power in Europe.
Scientific Revolution: During the _____________, scholars began to challenge traditional authorities, pose theories about the natural world, and develop procedures to test those ideas.
ghetto: Jews were often forced to live in a particular part of the city called a _________
Bourgeoisie: City-dwelling merchants, factory owners, and professionals were known as the _____________.
Jacobin: THe radical _____________ Club adopted policies supported by the lower middle class and the poor.
William Harvey: English physician _____________ explained the workings of the human heart.
plantations: Huge estates in the Americas called _____________ grew cash crops such as sugar and tobacco.
Columbus: When he reached the Caribbean islands, the Italian sailor _____________ believed he had reached the Asian islands known as the Indies.
Westphalia: The Treaty of _____________ ended the Thirty Years' War.
Columbia Exchange: The _____________ refers to the global transfer to plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas.
indemnity: Fance was required to pay a large _____________ to other countries to compensate them for damages.
Protestant Reformation: The __________was a reform movement in Europe in the 1500's what was a reaction to dissatisfaction with the Catholic Church.
Taj Mahal: The greatest example of Mughal architecture was the _____________, built in Agra
encomienda: In the _____________ system, Spanish colonists received land in the Americas and a number of Native American workers in exchange for teaching the workers about Christianity.
Zen: _____________ Buddhism, a form of Buddhism adopted by many Japanese feudal warriors, stressed discipline and meditation as ways to focus the mind and gain wisdom.
Great Wall: The Ming restored China's _____________ to improve defense against a renewed Mongol threat to the north.
National Assembly: The Third Estate proclaimed itself a legislature called the _____________.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: _____________ wrote, "Man is born free but everywhere is in chains.
Italian: Before the Age of Exploration, the flow of luxury goods to Europe from China and India was controlled by _____________ merchants.
Declaration of Independence: In July 4, 1776, the _____________ was adopted by the Continental Congress.
Charles Borromeo: _________, Archbishop of Milan from 1560 to 1584, took decisive action to implement reforms decreed by the Council of Trent.
Sir Isaac Newton: _____________ developed the law of universal gravitation.
brilliant: The Chinese word "Ming" means _____________.
Mary Wollstonercraft: In her 1792 book, "A Vindication of the Right of Women," _____________ argued that if men and women had equal education, they would be equal in society.
calculus: A new kind of mathematics called _____________ could be used to predict the effects of gravity.
Balance of Trade: Mercantilists believed a country should mine gold adn silver as well as establish a favorable _____________, or export more goods than it imported.
Babur: Zahir ud-Din, better known as _____________, or "the tiger," defeated the rulers of Delhi and established the Mughal Empire in India.
Peace of Augsburg: in 1555, the _____________ gave each German prince the right to decide whether his state would be Catholic or Protestant.
geocentric: THe _____________ theory held that earth was the center of the universe and that the sun, moon, and planets revolved around it.
Suleyman I: The Ottoman Empire reached its height of power and cultural achievement under the leadership of _____________.
Kamakazi: Storms known as the _____________, meaning "divine wind," saved Japan from Mongol invasion in the 1200's
tea: The main Chinese export to Europe during the Qing dynasty was _____________.
annulled: The pope would not allow King Henry VIII to ahve his marriage to Catherine of Aragon ___________, or declared invalid based on church laws.
Utopia: Sir Thomas Moore's book, _______, contains a vision of a perfect, but nonexistent, society based on reason.
caravel: A new type of ship that was light and fast and highly maneuverable was known as the _____________,
The Prince: Machiavelli's book, ___________, advised rulers to separate morals from politics.
Washington: General _____________ led the American troops in the War for Independence.
Protestant: the term ________ came to being when Lutheran princes in the German parliament issued a protest against the 1529 movement to suppress Lutherans in Germany.
theocracy: A government in which church and state are joined and whose officials are considered to be divinely inspired is called ____________.
Guillotine: The _____________ was used for most executions during the Reign of Terror.
Taj Mahal: The _____________, the greatest example of Mughal architecture, was built during the empire's cultural golden age.
Edirne: After conquering Constantinople, the Ottomans made it their capital city and renamed it _____________.
Roman Catholic Clergy: The First Estate was made up of _____________.
Encyclopedia: The purpose of the _____________ by Denis Diderot was to promote knowledge.
Italian wars: The ____________, a series of wars in which France and Spain vied for control of the Italian peninsula, helped spread the Italian Renaissance throughout Europe.
Kabuki: In the 1600's, a new type of drama emerged in Japan called _____________, in which actors sing and dance, pausing to interact with the audience.
conquistador: A Spanish military leader who fought against the native people of the Americas was called a(n) _____________
Counter-Reformation: The _____________ was the response to the spread of Protestantism by the Catholic Church.
Jamestown: The _____________ colony in Virginia was settled by people intending to make their fortunes by finding gold and silver,
Renaissance: The ______________ was a period of renewed interest and remarkable development in art, literature, science, and learning.
Plain: The swing voters in the National Convention, called the _____________, eventually switched their support to the Mountain.
Middle Passage: The _____________ refers to the spread of people of African decent throughout the Americas and Western Europe.
joint-stock: In a _____________ company, investors pool their money to fund large businesses and jointly take the risk of losing that money if the company fails.
Coup d'etat: Napoleon took control of French government in a(n) _____________, a forced transfer of power.
Sans-Culottes: The workers of the Third Estate were known as the _____________, meaning "without knee breeches."
mercantilism: The economic theory of _____________ held that a nation's strength depended on its wealth.
hermit: Korea was known as the _____________ Kingdom because of its isolation from the rest of the world.
Divine Right: Absolute rulers argued that they ruled by _____________, a concept that held that the monarchs received their power from God.
Nicolaus Copernicus: _____________ was the first scientist to create a complete model of the solar system combining physics, astronomy, and mathematics.
secular: A movement, person, or group that has a worldly rather than a spiritual focus might be called _______.
John Locke: _____________ argued that people had a right to overthrow a government that does not protect their natural rights.
protestantism: In response to the spread of _____________, the Church began a series of reforms known as the Counter-Reformation.
Lorenzo de Midici: _____ was a well-educated poet from a powerful family in Florence who supported the arts.
James I: King _____________ began the Stuart dynasty in England.
Shogun: The supreme military leader of Japan, called the _____________, ruled in the emperor's name.
subsidies: To encourage the export of manufactured goods governments provided _____________, or grants of money, to help business-people start new industries
compass: The _____________ played a key role in the Age of Exploration because it let sailors know at any time which direction was north.
circumnavigate: Although Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines, the remainder of his crew were the first to _____________, or sail completely around, the globe.
Forbidden City: The Ming emperor Yonglo moved China's capital to Beijing and built an imperial city within it that became known as the _____________.
Africa: Bartolomeu Dias became the first European to attempt to sail around the southern tip of _____________.
Council of Trent: The _________________, which met off and on until 1563, was convened by Pope Paul III to examine the criticisms made by Protestants about Catholic practices
restoration: Parliament voted to bring back the English monarchy, an event known as the _____________.
Sea dogs: _____________ were English ship captains supported by Queen Elizabeth I who attacked Spanish treasure ships coming from America.
predestination: The doctrine of _____________ holds that God knows who will be saved and therefore guides the lives of those destined for salvation.
sultans: Rulers of the Ottoman Empire were called _____________.
Constitutional Monarchy: In England, the _____________ limited the power of kings and queens, prevented them from becoming absolute monarchs.
constitutional: A monarchy limited by law is called a _____________ monarchy.
British: The _____________ established a colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620.
Henry the Navigator: _____________ of Portugal established a court for navigators and others interested in exploration.
Paris Sans-Culottes: Of the three political factions that made up the National Convention, the _____________ were the most radical.
Adam Smith: In "The Wealth of the Nations," author _____________ argued that the economy would be stronger if the market forces of supply and demand were allowed to work freely.
St. Helena: napoleon was sent in exile to _____________, where he died six years later.
Elizabeth I: _____________, firmly established the Church of England and persecuted Catholics during her reign.
tariff: Placing a _____________ on imported goods makes those goods more expensive, which discourages people from buying them.
indulgence: In the early 1500's the Church taught that the pope could reduce a soul's time in purgatory through the purchase of a(n) _____________.
Edict of Nantes: In 1598, the compromise known as the _____________ gave certain rights to Huguenots as a way to restore peace in France.
Charles I: _____________ was the first European monarch to be formally tried and executed by a court of law.
czar Alexander I: _____________ was the Russian ruler when Napoleon invaded in June 1812.
Common Sense: Thomas Paine's pamphlet _____________ argued that the American colonies deserved to be an independent nation.
Continental System 1806: Napoleon's plan, called the _____________, restricted trade with Great Britain.
Bushido: _____________, which means "way of the warrior," was a strict code of ethics in feudal Japan.
Spanish Succession: The War of the _____________ was fought to prevent France and Spain from being ruled by members of the same family.
Duke of Wellington: During the Battle of Waterloo, British troops were led by _____________.
Huguenots: French Calvinist Protestants were called _____________.
Martin Luther: _____________ wrote theses in which he denied the power of indulgences to remit sin and criticized the power of the pope and the wealth of the Church.
Asia Minor: Anatolia id also known as _____________.
capitalism: _____________ is an economic system in which most economic activity is carried on by private individuals or organizations in order to seek profit.
Common Wealth: A republican government based on the common good of all the people is called a(n) _____________.
Petition of Right: In order to get money from Parliament, Charles I signed the _____________ in 1628, which placed limits on his power.
Leonardo Da Vinci: _________ painted The Last Supper and The Mona Lisa
Babur: _____________ founded the Mughal Empire in 1526.
El Greco: The Spanish painter _____________ was famous for his elongated human figures.
Sikhs: The Mughal leader Jahangir came into conflict with a religious group known as the _____________, whose religion blended elements of Islam and Hinduism.
Puritans: The _____________ wanted to purify the Church of England.
enlightened despots: Monarchs who ruled according to Enlightenment ideas became known as _____________.
Czar: Beginning with Ivan the Terrible, absolute monarchs in Russia were known as _____________.
Philip II: When Charles V abdicated in 1556, his son, _____________, took over the Netherlands, Spain, Sicily, and Spain's colonies in the Americas.
Daimyo: In feudal Japan, local _____________, powerful warlords who held large estates, gained control of their own territories and battled on another for power.
Voltaire: _____________ was a philosophe who was imprisoned twice and exiled from his country during his lifelong struggle for justice, religious toleration, and liberty.
Christine de Pisan: Italian-born writer ___________ championed equality and education for women.
inquisition: The church court of Rome , known as the _____________, tried people who were accused of being Protestant
janissaries: Elite soldiers who were loyal only to the sultan were called _____________.
Shah: The title for the Safavid Empire's ruler, meaning "king" was _____________.

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