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An appointment official in the Ottoman Empire who collected taxes and was directly responsible for the sultans court

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Pasha

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A soldier in the elite guard of the ottoman Turks

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Janissary

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Residence of a sultan and his wife

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Harem

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“Holder of power”, the military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turks

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Sultan

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A group of religious advisers who educated Muslims

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Ulema

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Chief official of a sultan

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Grand vizier

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He executed his two most able sons on suspicion of treason

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Süleyman

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Persian King

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Shah

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Conformity to traditional religious beliefs

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Religious orthodoxy

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Political disorder

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Anarchy

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They used Shiite faith as a unifying force

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Safavids

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_____ believed that the shah was divine

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Shiites

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His paintings were characterized by simple subjects, soft colors, and flowing movements

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Riza-I-Abbasi

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Isfahan was _____’s capital which featured a central polo ground

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Shah Abbas

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A local official in Mogul India who received a plot of farmland for temporary use in return for collecting taxes

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Zamindar

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Hindu custom of cremating a widow on her husbands funeral pyre

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Suttee

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During his rule he had an empty treasury, military campaigns forced his to raise taxes and he was imprisoned by his son

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Shah Jahan

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Foreigners in India who were also Muslims

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Moguls

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British military success in India was achieved by the genius of

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Sir Robert Clive

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Founded the a mogul dynasty in India

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Babur

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An increase in population, growth in manufacturing and trade and improvements in the food supply all occurred in ____ between 1500 and 1800

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China

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The extended family was the ideal family unit in

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Qing, China

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The ________ was closed to commoners

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Forbidden city

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The prose literature of this era was lighthearted and entertaining

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Tokugawa

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Shoguns, Ronins, and Daimyo all comprised the ______ warrior class
Japanese
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_______ was the first Jesuit missionary who came to Japan
Francis Xavier
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A ______ could hold the title of adviser, government official, and castle guard
Samurai
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This emperor was generally tolerant of Christian missionaries
Kangxi
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The Portuguese were the first Europeans to make contact with this dynasty
Ming
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Reports from early ____ missionaries made Europe more curious about China
Christian
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Leader of exploration and trading voyages
Zheng He
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Ruling dynasty from 1644 until 1911
Qing
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Active Christian missionaries in China
Jesuits
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Territories or domains
Hans
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Japanese social outcasts
Eta
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Head of noble families
Daimyo
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Private business based on profit
Commercial capitalism
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The hostage system was political control used by the _____
Shogunates
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Banners were ______ fighting units
Manchu
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Ming was a dynasty found by?
Ming Hong Wu
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Wrote, "wealth of nations"
Adam Smith
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Framed a new religious movement, Methodism
John Wesley
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Wrote, "upon experimental philosophy"
Margaret Cavendish
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Wrote, "discourse on Method"
Rene Descartes
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Wrote "discourse on the origins of the inequality of mankind"
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Thought scientists should use inductive reasoning instead of relying on ancient authorities
Francis Bacon
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Gravity is the law of what?
Universal Attraction
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Kepler developed laws of _____
Planetary motion
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Reason is the chief source of knowledge is the definition of what?
Rationalism
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Maria Theresa was a traditional empress from where?
Austria
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______ was invaded by Austria in the War of the Austrian Succession
Prussia
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The diplomatic revolution was an alliance between France, Austria, and _____
Prussia
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This involved proceeding from the particular to the general
Inductive reasoning
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______ and Britain fought over colonial empires
France
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They approved the Declaration of Independence
Second Continental congress
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The sharing of power between national and state governments
Federal system
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Served as head of the cabinet for the British and wanted a peaceful foreign policy
Robert Walpole
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Scotland and _____ came together to create a the United Kingdom of Great Britain
England
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Offspring of _____ and Europeans were Mulattoes
Africans
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Offspring of _____ and Europeans were mestizos
Native Americans
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The first estate consisted of the ____
Clergy
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The second estate consisted of _____
Nobility
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The third estate consisted of the ____
Social commoners
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Meetings of the estates general opened here
Versailles
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Home to the armory and prison that was stormed by the Parisians
Paris
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The legislative assembly declared war on _____ in the spring of 1792
Austria
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Rulers of _____ threatened to use force to restore Louis XVI to full power
Prussia
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The Declaration of the rights of man and citizen proclaimed freedom of speech, freedom of press, and ______
Tax exemptions
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The ______ of the National Assembly set up a limited monarchy
Constitution
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The _____ and the Mountains were dissenting groups within the national convention
Girondins
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The government of the directory was opposed by the _____ and Radicals
Royalists
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_____ toppled the Directory
Napoleon
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The the committee of public safety was originally set up to defend France from ___
Foreign Armies
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Enemies of the republic during the reign of terror were prosecuted by ____
Revolutionary courts
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1,880 citizens of ____ were executed by the Committee of Public Safety
Lyon
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Citizens of ____ were sunk in barges in the Loire River
Nantes
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Napoleon was born here
Corsica
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Napoleons argument with the ____ allowed Catholicism to be recognized, made those who purchased church land his supporters and restored some stability to France
Catholic Church
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Women were treated as less than equal to men by Napoleon's ____
Civil Code
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Napoleon's ______ was designed to stop British trade with Europe
Continental System
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Germany was the ally of ______
Austria-Hungary
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Russia was the protector of ____
Serbia
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The Triple Alliance included: Germany, Austria and ______.
Italy
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Across ______, war time governments setup planned Economies
Europe
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____ entered the war over unrestricted submarine warfare
United States
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______ states used propaganda to maintain high morale and maintain support for the war among their citizens
Democratic
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The Von Schlieffen plan was a _____ plan during the war
German
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Austria-Hungary feared that Serbia would create a large ___ state
Slavic
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____ was the Red Army's commissar
Trotsky
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Setup a provisional government and made the fatal mistake of continuing the war
Kerensky
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Site of a women led, organized strike
Petrograd
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The Duma was a ________ legislative body in 1917
Russian
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Representative councils of workers and soldiers
Soviets
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The Allies promised to recognized independent ___ states on reference to the Ottoman Turks during the war
Arab
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Lloyd George was the _____ leader in 1919
British
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In the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to give up land to a new ______ state
Polish
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Georges Clemenceau was the _____ leader in 1919
French
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Woodrow Wilson argued at the ____ peace conference most strongly for the League of Nations to prevent future wars
Paris
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Aggressive preparation for war
Militarism
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Military Draft
Conscription

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