Spring Final HWH - 2017 Flashcards
mestizo
latin America term for children of Spanish and native parentage
Hernan Cortes
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico
Motecuzoma II
leader of the Aztecs when Cortes conquered them
Pizarro
Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in Peru
Peninsulares
Latin American officials from Spain and Portugal
Martin Luther
1483-1546, German monk and Catholic priest who became a critical figure in the Protestant Reformation after challenging the corruption of the church in his 95 These published in 1517
Henry III
King of England during the Protestant Reformation
Council of Trent
1545-63, assembly of high Roman Catholic church officials which met over a period of years to institute reforms in order to increase morality and improve the preparation of the priests
Thirty Years’ War
1618-48 last of the religious wars that began after the Holy Roman Emperor
attempted to force his Bohemian subjects to return to the Catholic Church. It was one of the
longest and deadliest religious war in Europe
Louis XIV
aka the Sun King or Louis the Great, who modeled royal absolutism and built the palace at Versailles
Peace of Westphalia
ended the Thirty Years’ War and laid a foundation for a system of independent, competing states
Olympe de Gouges
1748-93 French feminist who authored the Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen at the start of the French Revolution in 1789, which advocated for equal rights for women, she was later executed by Jacobins during the Terror
Sultan
the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
Daimyo
prominent and powerful (lord like) Japanese families who provided allegiance to the local shogun in exchange for protection
Shah Jahan
Mughal emperor who built the Taj Mahal and lead the zenith of the empire
Mehmed II
Aka Mehmed the Conqueror who captured Constantinople for the Ottomans and laid the foundations for their success
Aurangzeb
Mughal emperor who experienced the greatest extent and also broke the rule for
religious tolerance and imposed a tax on Hindus in order to try to convert them to Islam
Maximilien Robespierre
trained lawyer that was the radical leader of the Committee of Public Safety, the executive authority of the French Republic, and was involved in the reign of terror
Toussaint Louverture
controlled most of Saint Domingue and created a constitution by 1801 for Haiti, he was literate, son of a slave, and skilled organizer; he was arrested and died in jail
Simon Bolivar
lead Creole armies to overcome Spain for independence and tried to create a united Gran Colombia
Mary Wollstonecraft
self-educated British writer that fought for women’s rights through literary works and wrote Frankenstein
Cecil Rhodes
miner that worked tirelessly on behalf of British imperial expansion
Klemens von Metternich
foreign minister of Austria that guided the Congress of Vienna