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How did Timur the lames military activities affect the growth of the Ottoman Empire

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They interupted it’s growth

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What was the devshirme system designed to do?

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Turn Christian boys into Muslim soilders

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Why shah jahan ordered the Taj Mahal

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In memory of his wife

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A result of the western influenced on the Safavid empire

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Carpet weaving became a national industry

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What contributed to the decline of both the ottoman and Safavid empires

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Incompetent industry

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What mehmed ii did after he conquered Constantinople

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Opened city to new citizens of many religious backgrounds

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What change did the Sikhs undergo during the course of the Mughal empire

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Transformed from non violent group to militant group

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Facts about Isma’il

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Took title shah, established Shia Islam as Safavid state religion

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What suleyman the lawgiver supported

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Government reform and cultural achievements

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Who ruled India for jahangir

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Nur Jahan

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The Tokugawa shogunate ruled during a time of

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Peace

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Why did Portugal explore the African coast

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To find an all water route to asia

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After the crusades ended, who controlled the trade if goods from east to west

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Muslims and Italians

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In 1612 Tokugawa Ieyasu began a campaign to rid japan of all of what regions belief

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Christian

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What European country stablished good trade relations with Japan partly due to them introducing the musket

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Portugal

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Kangxi and Qain-long were emperors during what dynasty

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Qing

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Portugal the Netherlands England and France competed for control of which oceans trade

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Indian

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What Chinese muslim explorer led 7 voyages of exploration

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Zheng He

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The Dutch were able to win the favor of what country’s emperors by accepting trade restrictions paying tribute and kowtowing

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China

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Under Japan’s system of feudalism what group functioned most similarly to the lords in Europes system of feudalism

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Daimyo

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1st permanent English settlement in Americas

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Jamestown

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Where did the middle passage of the triangular trade system begin

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Africa

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To maintain a favorable balance of trade the value of what must be higher

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Exports

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The French lost their North American holdings after they were defeated in which war

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French and Indian war

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Mestizos were descendants of which European colonists

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Spanish and native Americans

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One of the long term effects of the African slave trade

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Introduction of guns

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The main purpose of a joint stock company

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To share risk and profits of colonial investments

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Which economic system is based on private ownership and then investment of wealth for profit

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Mercantilism

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Describe the columbium exchange

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Global transfer of foods, plants and animals during colonization of Americas

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The first Spanish settlers to the Americas were brought on a ship captained by whom

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Christopher Columbus

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Because of the response to what did European monarchs become absolute rulers

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Religious and territorial conflicts that cause warfare and revolts

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After the northern Dutch gained their freedoms from Spain what type of government did the united provinces of the Netherlands establish

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Republic

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What was the edict of Nantes issued to do

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Being end to violent religious conflicts in France

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Political purpose the palace at Versailles served

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Show power of Louis XIV and arouse envy of other monarchs

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Frederick the great believed a ruler should be what to his people

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Father

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Which war resulted in the beginning of the modern state system in Europe

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30 years war

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Which if the following did the restoration restore to power in England

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Monarchy as an institution

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Peter the great was the first Russian ruler to make an effort to do what

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Westernize Russia

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Put following in chronological order

Glorious revolution, English civil war and restoration

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English civil war, restoration, glorious revolution

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How did the economy of Central Europe differ from that of Western Europe

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Serfs didn’t move to cities and became middle class

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What did the neoclassical style of art emphasize

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Elegance and simplicity

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What was the law of the universal gravitation

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All physical objects are affected equally

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What did frederick ii support

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Freedom of worship

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how were Thomas Hobbes and Catherine the great similar

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Both believed absolute authority in monarchy

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How did the baroque style and the neoclassical style differ

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Baroque: grand and ornate
Neo: simple and elegant

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Montesquieu’s influence on US constitution

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3 branches of government

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Event that occurred after American revolution

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Constitutional convention

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Correct sequence of scientific process

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Observation, hypothesis, experiment, conclusion

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What the enlightenment promoted

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Secular outlook in life, faith in science, belief in progress

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What did American colonists protest as taxation without representation

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Stamp act

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