Japan, China and The Gun Powder Empires

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What was the Japanese government that was similar to feudalism

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Tokugawa Shogunate

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Areas in Japan that were under control of wealthy, local leaders called

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Daimyo- Lords

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The Japanese entered a era where they kicked out Christian missionaries, establishing strict trade restrictions

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Isolationism

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The Tokugawa government declined to

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Corruption, and financial struggles to pay Daimyo lords

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Ming Dynasty

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restored Confucianism and the civil service exam

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Chinese Explorer

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Zheng-He

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Ming Dynasty Social status

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The merchants were at the very bottom because the Chinese valued work more

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Qing Dynasty

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Ruled by Manchus, not Chinese

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Qing Decline

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Inability to meet the standards of a growing population

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The Ottoman used these people as soldiers, and were Christian

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janissaries

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Ottoman Empire leader who took over Constantinople

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Mehmed ll

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City was conquered, and changed their name

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Constantinople, Istanbul

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Sha Abbas was

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able to tolerate of many practicing religion, and improved trade

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Leader of the Mughal Empire

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Shah Jahan

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Decline of the Ottoman Empire

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failed to Industrialize

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Decline of the Safavid Empire

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Weak Leaders

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Decline of the Mughal Empire

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Religious Conflicts, social unrest, financial issues

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Meritocracy

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People can improve their social standing based on their ability

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Tax on Non-Muslims is called the

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Jizya

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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Made the Heliocentric Model, and said the sun was the center

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Johannes Kepler

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proved the heliocentric model right, and founded the planetary motion

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Galileo Galilei

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Challenged the church’s teachings, and observed Saturn further proving the heliocentric Model

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Isaac Newton

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developed the 3 laws of Motion

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The Enlightenment

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Period of time where we saw the intellectual developments regarding governments and citizen rights and responsibility’s ( gave more freedom to the people)

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John Locke

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Developed the Social Contract Theory, and believed in ones right to life, liberty, and property

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argued governments should not have much power, and officials should be freely elected

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Rosseau

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Social Contract Theory

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Where citizens enter into an unspoken agreement with the government

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Spoke out against the French monarchy and supported freedom of religion and speech

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Voltaire