Ch. 14-16 Flashcards

1
Q

the goal of European nations to ensure
that no nation would dominate Europe; involved the for-
mation of alliances

A

Balance of power

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2
Q

emperor of Russia; comes from the word casear

A

Czar

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3
Q

belief that the king was established by God
and therefore had abs ol ute power and was not bound
by human law

A

Divine right

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4
Q

made it illegal for the British govern- ment to arbitrarily hold someone in jail

A

Habeas Corpus Act

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5
Q

officials directly responsible to the French king

A

Intendents

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6
Q

supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War

A

Roundheads

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7
Q

A term for the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

A

Age of Reason

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8
Q

The idea that all knowledge comes through
experience

A

Empiricism

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9
Q

theory that the earth orbits the sun; promoted by Copernicus

A

Heliocentric Theory

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10
Q

A sudden and illegal seizure of power by force

A

Coup d’Etat

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11
Q

delegating specified powers to the national government and reserving all other powers for the state governments

A

Federalism

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12
Q

unlimited and unrestrained power

A

Absolute power

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