1500 Vocab Pt. 1 Flashcards
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Divine right
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Monarchs are gods representatives
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Absolutism
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Monarchs passed laws without parliament
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Parliamentary monarchy
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Kings are partially checked by significant legislative parliament powers
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Proletariat
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Class of working people who do not own property
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Ethnocentrism
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My race is better than yours
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Conquistador
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Spanish explorer
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Colonialism
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Control of one power over a dependent city or people
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Viceroy
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Member of the nobility
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Colombian exchange
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Global transfer of food, plants, etc
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Hegemony
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The predominant influence of a state over others
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Janissaries
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Ottoman infantry divisions that dominated ottoman armies
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Devshirme
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Taking conquered Christian boys
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Shah
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Mughal king
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Vizier
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Head of ottoman bureaucracy
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Harem
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The women in a Muslim household
