World History II Final
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- movable type
- an invention to allow for mass printing at high speeds
- Renaissance
- Rebirth, period of new thinking/art in Europe
- Johannes Kepler
- German astronomer who developed 3 laws of planetary motion
- humanism
- literary culture
- Decameron
- famous piece of European literature
- William Harvey
- English physician who discovered that blood circulates throughout the body
- Copernicus
- Nicolaus, polish astronomer: earth rotates on its axis, planets revolve around sun
- Thirty Year War
- 1618 TO 1648: war between german states and their neighbours about Catholicism and Protestantism
- mercantilism
- the economic system of Europe in the 1500 and 1600s which favored balance of exports over imports
- Henry VIII
- king of England from 1509 to 1547. established Anglican Church of England with himself as head.
- Petrarch
- Italian poet, famous for his sonnets
- Catherine the Great
- Empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796; she made many territorial conquests
- Colbert
- Jean. French statesman and financier during reign of Louis XIV.
- Louis XIV
- king of France from 1643 to 1715. "I am the state".
- Henry IV
- Became king of france. issued Edict of Nantes, which protected the liberties of Protestans
- Elizabeth I
- queen of England from 1558 to 1603 duagther of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
- Charles I
- king of england in 1625. due to his actions, Petition of Right of 1628 was passed.
- Richelieu
- french cardinal and statesman who virtually controlled France from 1624 to 1642.
- Council of Trent
- 1542 council called to deal with Church problems and suggest reforms (counter-reformation)
- Frederick William
- built powerful army in Prussia to counter defeat of 30 years war
- Jeng Ho
- commanded seven expeditions from China between 1405 and 1433
- Kabuki
- form of Japnese drama with song and dance, flashy acting and rich decor and costuming from the 1600s
- creoles
- children born in Latin America whose parents were born in Spain
- Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
- mexican nun who became the greates lyric poet of the colonial period
- Manchus
- people of Manchuria who conquered China in 1644 and ruled until 1912
- Hausa
- a people who lived in city-state trading centers in what is now northern Nigeria
- Tokugawa
- the third and final period of Japan's feudal age, lasting from 1603 to 1868.
- Kanem-Bornu
- the strongest muslim state of the central sudan in africa in the 1500s
- Safavid Dynasty
- Shiite Muslim dynasty which arose in Persia in the 1500s and maintained a rivalry with the Ottoman Empire for several centuries
- Aurangzeb
- muslim leader in the 1600s of India who tried to unite it
- encomienda
- system of forced labor used by Spanish settlers in Latin American colonies
- Sulieman the Great
- sultan of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, from 1520 to 1566
- Qian Long
- Last of the great Manchu emperors of China; reigned 1736 to 1795
- Daimyo
- feudal nobles of Japan
- Seljuk Turks
- Took over the arab states in 1055 and ruled there during the crusades.
- Uthman dan Fodio
- African leader of the Fulani's political and religious government against the Hausa between 1804 and 1809; builder of the Fulani Empire in Africa
- No drama
- Type of daram in Japan that developed during the Ashikaga period; poetic passages and two main characters in splendid costume were characteristic
- viceroy
- person ruling a country or province as the deupty of the sovereign; governor
- Idris Allooma
- Ruler of Kanem-Bornu in the central Sudan in Africa, from 1580 to 1617.
- Kangxi
- Chinese emperor from 1661 to 1722, the longes reign in Chinese history.
- Alexander II
- Tsar of Russia from 1855 to 1881. Abolished Serfdom.
- Alexander I
- Tsar of Russia from 1801 to 1825.
- Florence Nightingale
- English nurse who worked to improve nursing and hospital sanitation.
- Camillo di Cavour
- Italian statesma, a leader in unifying Italy in the early 1800s.
- Napoleon III
- Luois Napoleon, president of France from 1848 to 1852 and emperor from 1852 to 1870; the nephew of Napoleon I (Bonaparte).
- Guiseppe Garibaldi
- Italian patriot and statesman in the 1800s.
- liberalism
- in governments, the desire for a more democratic form of government and the push for change and reform
- Jose de San Martin
- Creole soldier who led armies against the Spanish in Argentina, Chile, and Peru
- Maxmilliam de Rebespierre
- one of the chief leaders of the French Revolution and of the Reign of Terror
- Romanticism
- style of literature, art and music prevalent during the romantic Period (1798 to 1870) whe nfreedom of form, individualism, love of nature, and humanitarianism were championed.
- Communist Manifesto
- Marx and Engels writings that stated the main ideas of Marxian socialism and set forth a whole plan for social revolution.
- Laissez-faire
- principle that trade, business, and industry should operate with a minimum or complete absence of regulation and interference by government
- Adam Smith
- Scottish political economist; wrote the first major explanation of the Laissez-faire capitalism
- Thomas Malthus
- English clergyman and economist in late 1700s and early 1800s
- John Locke
- English philosopher during the Age of Reason
- Rousseau
- French philosopher who wrote about government and education.
- Montesquieu
- French philosopher and writer.