History Test Flashcards

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Akbar

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Great Mughal Empire Leader of India and reigned 1556 to 1605

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Shah Jahan

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Created Taj Mahal

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Direct Democracy

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In direct democracy, the people decide on policies without any intermediary or representative, whereas in a representative democracy people vote for representatives who then enact policy initiatives.

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Representitive Democracy

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What is the representative democracy?
The United States is a representative democracy. This means that our government is elected by citizens. Here, citizens vote for their government officials. These officials represent the citizens’ ideas and concerns in government. Voting is one way to participate in our democracy.

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Yang Jian

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Who was Yang Jian leader?
Yang Jian, (born 541, China—died 604, China), Founder of the Chinese Sui dynasty, which reunified China after centuries of instability. He was born into a powerful family in northern China, an area controlled by the non-Chinese Northern Zhou dynasty (557–81).

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Genghis Khan

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Founded Mongol Empire

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Kublai Khan

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Kublai Khan was a Mongolian general and statesman who was the grandson and greatest successor of Genghis Khan. He was the fifth emperor (reigned 1260–94) of the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty. In 1279 he completed the conquest of China begun by Genghis Khan and became the first Yuan ruler of all of China.

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8
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Babur

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Founded Mughal Dynasty

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9
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Jahangir

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Jahangir was famous for his “Chain of Justice”. In contemporary paintings it has been shown as a golden chain with golden bells. In his memoir Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri he has written that he ordered the creation of this chain for his oppressed subjects to appeal to the emperor if they were denied justice at any level.

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Aurangzeb

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urangzeb was arguably the most powerful and wealthiest ruler of his day. His nearly 50-year reign (1658–1707) had a profound influence on the political landscape of early modern India, and his legacy—real and imagined—continues to loom large in India and Pakistan today.

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Theocracy

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Preiets Rule

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12
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Dictatorship

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Something is given all power

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13
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Autocracy

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One guy has all power and no checks and Balances

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14
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Oligraphy

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Small group of people have all power

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Monarchy

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Led by king or queen

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Anarchy

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No one in charge

17
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Checks and Balances

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Provides each branches of government with Individual powers

18
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Veto

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Get rid of

19
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Who started REP democracy

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Roman empire

20
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Who started DEC Democracy

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Antheins democracy

21
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Buddhism

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Religion in India

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