History Flashcards
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Belief the authority from rule comes directly from God
Divine right
A distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from dominating
Balance of power
Government In which a constitution or legislative body that limits monarchs power
Limited monarchy
American colony’s effect on Spain
Neglect farming and commerce
Major factors that lead to the decline of Spain
Soaring inflation
What was Louis XIV relationship with the estates general
Did not meet at all
Why did England not have a absolute monarchy
Parliament
Results of glorious revolution
Bill of rights
How did Peter and Catherine the great change Russia
Westernization
Investment of money to make a profit entrepreneurs and increase trade throughout the world
Capitalism
Economic policy aimed at strengthening national economies through its gold and silver treasure
Mercantilism
What was the main factor European countries want to get from their colonies
Raw materials
Resources
Markets
What hemisphere was most profitable for the Europeans
Eastern
Dramatic wide reaching change in the way something works or organized or people’s ideas
Revolution
Data contradicted Christian teachings that the heavens were fixed unmoving and perfect
Galileo
Practical thinking
Bacon
Nature follows uniform laws, motion In the universe can be measured/described by mathematically
Newton
Matched teachings of the church fixed heaven
Ptolemy
Model used today to explain the solar system
Copernicus
Data supports planets did not move in a perfect circle but in a oval shaped orbit
Kepler
A ruler that has complete authority over the government and people
Absolute monarch
Divine right
Belief the authority from rule comes directly from God
Balance of power
A distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from dominating
Limited monarchy
Government In which a constitution or legislative body that limits monarchs power
