Row 1-2 Flashcards
Absolutism
Political principal of absolute power in government
95 theses
Written by Martin Luther in 1517, protests against clerical abuses, especially the sale of indulgences
Absolute monarch
Monarchical form of government in which the monarch exercises ultimate governing authority
African diaspora
The historic movement of Africans and their descendants to places throughout the world
Akbar
Mogul emperor of India who conquered most of northern India and exercised religious tolerance
Anglican Church
Church of England, official Christian church in England
“Army of the Pure”
The most brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir, fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule
Asante
Most important ethnic group of south Ghana
Atahualpa
The last emperor of the inca empire prior to the Spanish conquest
Babur
A conqueror from Central Asia who created the became the first emperor of Mughal
Bakufu
Shogunate, rule by a shogun
Benin
Country located in Western Africa
Boyars
Was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Bulgarian/Russian aristocracies second only to princes
Tycho Brahe
A Danish noble man known for his accurate astronomical observations, astronomer
John Calvin
French theologian and reformer, leader of the Protestant Reformation, developed “Calvinism”
Cape colony
Part of modern South Africa settled by the Dutch ceded to Great Britain
Capitalism
Economic system based on competition between businesses
Caravel
Light sailing ship
Cash crops
An agricultural crop grown for sale or profit
Castas
A Spanish term to describe as a while the mixed race people which appeared in the post-conquest period
Catholic Reformation
The period of catholic revival which is sometimes considered a response to the Protestant Reformation
