Topic 3.2 - Administrations

Question 1

Divine right of kings

Answer 1

The social construct that Kings used to legitimize their rule in Europe. It stated that the king was appointed by god and to challenge him was to challenge god.

Question 2

Justices of the peace

Answer 2

Officials chosen by the landed gentry whose job it was to keep the peace in England.

Question 3

English Bill of Rights

Answer 3

An act signed by William III and Mary II that gave the parliament power over the monarchy.

Question 4

Absolute

Answer 4

Rulers who had all of the power in the government.

Question 5

Cardinal Richelieu

Answer 5

An advisor to Louis XIII and he was the Chief Minister.

Question 6

Intendants

Answer 6

Royal officials that executed the will of the monarch.

Question 7

Tax farmers

Answer 7

People who collect taxes for the government and they were not paid a salary, they were supposed to collect extra taxes from the people to survive.

Question 8

Louis XIV

Answer 8

A French Monarch who built and ruled from Versailles. A very powerful ruler.

Question 9

Versailles

Answer 9

The new French catle/government building built by Louis XIV. It was very opulent and a symbol of power. Government officials also lived here.

Question 10

Boyars

Answer 10

The Russian nobility. Ivan the Terrible removed them from office.

Question 11

Serfdom

Answer 11

The act of becoming tied to the land when you owe debts. A way to compensate for excessive debts.

Question 12

Romanov Dynasty

Answer 12

The ruling power of Russia.

Question 13

Peter I

Answer 13

A ruler of Russia who was a Romanov. He tried to assimilate Russia into European culture. He built the city of St. Petersburg.

Question 14

Janissaries

Answer 14

Soldiers in the Ottoman Empire who were Christians taken from the Balkans.

Question 15

Daimyo

Answer 15

Feudal lords of Japan who had armies of samurai and who were relatively autonomous.

Question 16

Edo

Answer 16

The period of Japanese history when the Tokugawa dynasty ruled Japan.

Question 17

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Answer 17

A Japanese military leader who unified reunified Japan.

Question 18

Period of Great Peace

Answer 18

A peaceful time for Japan when it was under the rule of the Tokugawa.

Question 19

Tokugawa shogunate

Answer 19

The dynasty of Japan that made it even more feudal. It was a hereditary military leadership.

Question 20

Delhi

Answer 20

The capital city of India.

Question 21

Zamindars

Answer 21

Local officials in Mughal India who received a plot of farmland for temporary use in return for collecting taxes for the central government.

Question 22

Askia the Great

Answer 22

An emperor, military commander, and political reformer of the Songhai empire.

Question 23

Taj Mahal

Answer 23

A tomb built by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, for his favorite wife.

Question 24

Shah Jahan

Answer 24

An emperor who built the Taj Mahal and developed the Mughal style of art.

Question 25

Tax farming

Answer 25

A system of taxation where a person would collect taxes from the peasants and give a sum of that money to the government. They were not paid wages, they were expected to collect more taxes from the people to survive.

Question 26

Tributes

Answer 26

A system where conquered states would give money or precious goods to the conquering government in exchange for their relative freedom.