History Final Exam Flashcards
Catholic missionaries from what order were especially welcome in China?
Jesuits
What did Lord McCartney refuse to do for the Chinese emperor?
Kowtow
What kingdom was known as the Hermit Kingdom?
Korea
Native Americans were forced to produce what in the Andes?
Silver
People of African and European descent were known as ?
Mulattoes
The absolute monarchs of Europe all had to bring what sources of medieval power under their control?
Lords
In what state did peasants become more and more tied to the land as serfs?
Russia
What ruler sought religious toleration for Protestants?
Henry IV
The Thirty’s Year War began in?
Bohemia
Who was able to win the support of most of the Hapsburg subjects in the war of Austrian Succession?
Frederick II
How did the Salons of the Enlightenment develop?
A group of noblewoman held parties and stuff
Why did the colonists protest against taxation without representation?
They were not represented in Parliament
What new form of literature developed by the 1700s
Novels
Which political group strongly supported Laissez-faire economics?
Liberals
In the 1820’s, the French army marched over to the Pyrenees to suppress a revolt in which nation
Spain
In France in the 1840’s utopian _____ called for an end to private ownerships of property
Socialists
Nationalists in the Italian states sought to end ______ domination
Hapsburg
After unification Italy faced conflicts with?
The church, regional disputes, and demands for reform
Percentage of people who can read and write?
Literacy Rate
System in which they broke up large agricultural holding?
Land Reform
Korean phonetic alphabet?
Hangul
Chains of islands off the Asian mainland?
Archipelago
Warriors meaning “those who serve”?
Samurai
Domeshaped shrines?
Stupa
Italian merchant?
Marco Polo
Genghis Khan’s grandson?
Kublai Khan
Multistoried Temple?
Pagoda
Inheritance through the mother?
Matrilineal
English Humanist?
Sir Thomas Moore
Printed the first complete version of the Bible?
Johann Gutenberg
Wrote a guide to rulers on how to gain and maintain power?
Niccolo Machiavelli
Separate section of a city where members of a minority are forced to live?
Ghetto
The idea that long ago God determined who would salvation?
Predestination
Possible explanation?
Hypothesis
Any ideal society?
Utopian
Everyday language?
Vernacular
Financial supporters?
Patron
Government run by church leaders?
Theocracy
Sun centered model of the universe?
Heliocentric
An intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on the classics and education?
Humanism
Representatives who ruled in the name of the king in each province?
Viceroys
Spanish conquerors who forced Christianity on the natives?
Conquistadors
The right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans in a particular area?
Encomiendas
Workers forced to labor for a landlord in order to pay off a debt?
Peons
English protestants?
Pilgrims
Pirates?
Privateers
The trade route that went to the Americas?
Middle passage
People who take on financial risk to make profits?
Entrepreneurs
Aimed at strengthening nation economics?
Mercantilism
The sharp increase in price?
Inflation
Conquistador?
Francisco Pizarro
Early conquistador who fought the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortes
Also called Doña Marina. Cortes’ translator, a young Indian women who spoke Spanish as well as Aztec and Mayan language
Malinche
Aztec Emperor who believed Cortes was a god and tried to send him goods to prevent him from attack Tenochtitlan?
Montezuma
An Italian navigator who wanted to reach the East Indes?
Christopher Columbus
Led the way in sponsoring exploration for Portugal, a small nation next to Spain?
Prince Henry
Spanish sailor who wanted to reach the Pacific Ocean quickly?
Ferdinand Magellan
A military ruler who won control of the trading post, Kumasi
Osei Tutu
War between the British and French+Indians?
French Indian War
The atlantic slave trade that formed a 3-legged international trade network between North America, Europe, and Africa?
Triangular Trade
The trade route that went to the Americas?
Middle Passage
A global exchange started by Columbus?
Columbian Exchange
The claim of Canada as French land?
New France