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Mr. Wesney - Empires Expand - Unit 3.1 Flashcards

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1
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What did the Russians call the Mongols when being ruled by them?

A

Tartars

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2
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Who was the first tsar in Russia?

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The Great Ivan III

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3
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What did Ivan accomplish with his countries size?

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Tripled it

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Who ruled at age 3, and was locked up his whole life by the nobles?

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Ivan IV (The Terrible)

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5
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What did Ivan IV establish?

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Code of Laws

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What was the secret police that Ivan IV created?

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Oprichniki

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What people did Ivan IV massacre, to avenge the death of his mother?

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Boyars (nobles)

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What did Ivan IV used to conquer the east?

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Cossacks

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9
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What did Russia come into closer contact with?

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Western Europe

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10
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What was the last family to carry on the tradition of the tsar?

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Romanov Family

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11
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What two people established control by expansion and using influence of the Eastern Orthodox?

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Michael and Alexis Romanov

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12
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Who brought out the Westernization of Russia?

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Peter the Great

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13
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Who did Peter go to war with in order to gain a warm water port?

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Sweden

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14
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What did Peter require men to do?

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Shave beards

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15
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What port city did Peter build?

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St. Petersburg

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16
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What was the issue with Peter’s attempt on Westernization?

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Focused on elites

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17
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Who deposed Peter III?

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Catherine the Great

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18
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What was Catherine’s image considered to be?

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Enlightened

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19
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What country did Catherine invade, and split borders with other nations?

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Poland

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20
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What type of people were the Ottomans composed of?

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Sunni Muslims

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21
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Who founded the Ottoman Empire?

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Osman

22
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What straits did the Ottomans conquer?

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Bosporus & Dardanelles

23
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Who destroyed the city of Constantinople, and what did they rename it?

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Mehmed II, Istanbul

24
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Who expanded the Ottomans into Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Arabia?

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Sultan Selim I

25
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What type of empire were the Ottomans?

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Gunpowder empire

26
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Who was the first to fire cannons at infantry?

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Suleyman I

27
Q

What dynasty rose in Persia during the 16th century?

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Safavid Dynasty

28
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What were the Safavid Dynasty composed of?

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Shiite Muslims

29
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Who founded the Safavid?

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Shah (King) Isma’il

30
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Who did the Safavid lose to, and what was the deciding battle called?

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Ottomans, Battle of Chaldiran

31
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Who controlled Turkic chiefs through conciliatory methods?

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Tahmasp I

32
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Who helped Safavid connect to European advisors to form a stronger military?

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Shah Abbas

33
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What dynasty was in India, that unified the people and were Sunni Muslim?

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Mughal Empire

34
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What were the people in Mughal empire primarily?

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Hindu

35
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Who founded the Mughal?

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Babur

36
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Who was Babur successor, that would cause the downfall of the empire?

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Humayan

37
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Who was Humayan’s succesor who would get the Mughal’s back on track?

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Akbar

38
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What religion did Akbar make to combine the ideas of Hindus and Muslims?

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Din-i-Ilahi

39
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What Hindu traditions did Akbar discourage?

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Sati & Child marriage

40
Q

Who succeeded Akbar that would begin the decline of the Mughal?

A

Aurangzeb

41
Q

What does Renaissance mean?

A

rebirth

42
Q

Who were the city state family leaders of Florence?

A

Medici

43
Q

Who had great wealth in the Medici family who valued art & books.

A

Cosimo

44
Q

What focuses on humankind as the center of intellectual & artistic endeavor?

A

Humanism

45
Q

Who wrote The Divine Comedy that Kitt was yapping about?

A

Dante Alighieri

46
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Who wrote The Prince, which spoke about how a leader should rule?

A

Machiavelli

47
Q

Who made free standing statues once again?

A

Donatello

48
Q

Who called the “father of modern painting”?

A

Masaccio

49
Q

Who took art to the next level

A

Michelangelo Buonarroti

50
Q

Who was favored by the popes?

A

Raphael Santi

51
Q

Who’s considered the greatest writer of all time?

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William Shakespeare

52
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