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10th Grade
02/18/2013

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Tokugawa Leyasu
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vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi; succeeded him as the most powerful military figure in Japan; granted title of shogun in 1603 and established the Tokugawa shogunate; established political unity in Japan
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Zheng He
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chinese admiral who led seven overseas trade expeditions under Ming emperor Yunglo btw 1405-1423; demonstrated that the chinese were capable of major ocean exploration
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Asian sea trading network
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divided from W to E, into 3 zones prior to the Eu arrival; an Arab zone based upon glass, carpets, and tapestries; an Indian zone with cotton textiles; a chinese zone with paper, porcelain, and silks
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Sikhs
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Indian sect, beginning as a synthesis of Hindu and Muslim faiths; pushed to opposition to muslim and mughal rule
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Akbar
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son and successor of Hymayn; built up the military and admin structure of the dy; followed policies of coop and toleration w/ the hindu majority
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Mughal dynasty
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est by turkic invaders in 1526; endured until the mid 19th century
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imams
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shi'a religious leaders who traced their descent to ali's successors
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Abbas I (the great)
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safavid shah (1587-1629); extended the emp to its greatest extent; used W milit tech
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Safavid Dynasty
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founded by a turkic nomad family with Shi'a islamic beliefs; est a kingdom in Iran and ruled until 1722
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Mehmed II
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the conq; ottoman sultan; captured constantinople in 1453 and destroyed byzantine empire
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Ottomans
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Turkic speaking ppl who advanced into ASia minor during the 14thc; est an emp in Mid E, N af, and E eu that lasted until after WWI
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Creoles
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ppl of Eu ancestry born in Spanish New World colonies; dominated local econs; ranked socially below peninsulares
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Sociedad de castas
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spanish am social sys based on racial origins; eu on top, mixed race in mid, indians and Af slaves ath the bottom
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Audiencia
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royal courts of appeals est in Spanish New World colonies; staffed by professional magistrates who made and applied laws
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viceroyalties
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major divisions of Spanish new world colonies headed by direct reps of the king; one based in Lima, the orther in Mexico city
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Hacienda
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rural agr and herding estates; produced for consumers in Am; basis for wealth and power of the local aristocracy
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Adam Smith
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est a new school of econ thought; argued that gov should avoid regulation of the econ in favor of the free play of market forces
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Enlightenment
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intellectual movement centered in france during the 18th century; argued for scientific advance; the application of scientific methods to study human society; believed that rational laws could describe social behavior
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Glorious Revolution
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eng polit settlement of 1688-1689 which affirmed that parliament had basic sovereignty over the king
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Deism
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concept of God during the scientific rev; the role of divinity was limited to setting natural laws in motion
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isaac Newton
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english scientist; author of principia; drew the various astronomical and physical observations and wider theories together in a neat framework of natural lwas; est principles of motion and defined forces of gravity
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scientific revolution
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process culminating in Eu during the 17th cent; pd of empirical advances associated with the dev of wider theoretical generalizations; became a central focus of W cult
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English civil war
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1640-1660; included religious and constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy; ended with restoration of a limited monarchy
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Treaty of Westphalia
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ended 30yrs war in 1648; granted right of individual rulers and cities to choose their own religion for their people; netherlands gained independence
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thirty years war
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1618-1648 fought betw Germ protestants and their allies and the Holy roman emp and spain; caused great detruction
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Edict of nantes
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1598 grant of tolerance in france to french protestants after length civil wars betw catholic and protestants
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jean calvin
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french protestant who stressed doctrine of predestination; est cent of his group in Geneva; in the long run encouraged wide public edu and access to gov
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Northern Renaissance
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cult and intellectual movement of N Eu; inf by earlier italian renaissance; centered in france, low countries, england, and germ; featured greater emphasis on religion that teh italian renaissance
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italian renaissance
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14th and 15th cent movement infl polit forms, lit, and the arts; consisted largely of a revival of classical cult
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dep econ zones
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regions w/in the world econ tht produced raw materials; dep upon eu markets and shipping; tendency to build sys based on forced or cheap labor
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core nations
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nations usually Eu that profited from from the world econ; contr int'l banking and commercial services; exp't mfg goods and imp't raw materials
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East India Companies
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Brit,Fr, and Du trading comp's. that obtained gov. monopolies of trade to Ind & Asia; acted ind. in their own regions
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Columbian Exchange
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The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and tech btw the Ams & the rest of the of the world following Columbus's voyages.
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Core Nations
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nations, usually Eu, that profited from the World econ; controlled int'l banking and comm. services; exported mfg goods and imported raw materials
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Mercantalism
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the colonial econ policy, by which a colonizing nation must import only from its own colonies, but sell exports as widely as possible
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Dependent Econ zones
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regions w/in the world econ that produced raw materials; dependent upon Eu markets & shipping; tendency to build sys. based on forced & cheap labor
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Mestizos
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ppl of mixed Eu & Nat. Am. heritage
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Italian Renaissance
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14thc & 15thc movement influencing polit forms, lit, and the art; consisted largely of a revival of classical cult
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Humanism
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philosophy, or ideology, w/ a focus on humanity as the cent. of intellectual and artistic endeavor
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Northern Renaissance
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cult & intellectual movement of N. Eu; influenced by earlier Italian Renaissance; centered in Fr., low countries, Eng., and Germ; featured greater emphasis on religion that the Italian Renaissance
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Intro movable type to W. Eu in the 15thc; greatly expanded the availability of printed materials
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Martin Luther
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Germ. Catholic monk who initiated the Protestant Reformation; emphasized the primacy of faith for gaining salvation in place of Catholic Sacraments; rejected papal authority
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Protestantism
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general wave of relgious dissent against the Catholic church; formally began w/ Martin Luther in 1517
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