APWH Questions Missed on Princeton
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fallacychan on May 12, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Chattel slavery | enslavement of Native Americans |
| Gunpowder empires | Muskovy Russia, Ottoman Turks, Tokugawa Shogunate, Safavid Persia, Mughal India, Ming China, Spanish and Portuguese |
| Peter the Great | dictatorial ruler who modernized 18th c Russia adopt Western-style culture, make central bureaucratic gov't, build strong military, increase agricultural/industrial productivity |
| Glorious Revolution | 1688, Catholic James II dissolved Parliament over religious differences Parliament leaders led uprising against him and installed dual monarchy held by his Protestant daughter Mary and husband William |
| Delhi Sultanate | introduced Islam into Indian society |
| Hindu Upanishad movement | focus on religious leaders on ritual instead of substance |
| Mongol Empire | Yuan - China, Muscovy - Russia, Delhi and Mughal - India, Safavid - Persia |
| Brinkmanship | Cold War, each side brandishing massive powers (military chicken) |
| Council of Trent | part of Catholic Counter-Reformation outlawed sale of indulgences, commissioned religious art/architecture to reinforce perception of power, affirm doctrines (reject Calvinist predestination) |
| Tanzimat Reforms | modernization reforms in Ottoman Empire in an attempt to save the empire mobilize industry, more political/religious freedom, expand infrastructure, introduce Western-style education |
| Akbar the Great | military leader who built strong civ based on prosperity and tolerance Divine Faith to combine Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Hinduism, Christianity |
| Taj Mahal | built by Shah Jahan as a tribute to his wife |
| Magna Carta | guaranteed basic rights to nobility and restricted ability of king to increase taxes |
| Vikings | descendants of Germanic warriors who raided w Europe and established Kiev and Novogrod in Russia linked Slavs in e Europe to world |
| Neo-Confucianism | developed during Song, became dominant during Ming synthesized Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism influential in Japan and Korea |
| Reconquista | 13th c attempt to remove Islamic influence from the Iberian peninsula resulted in Spanish Inquisition became group of independent states united by marriage between Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile |
| Muhammad Ali | modernized Egypt thru industrialization, imperialism, Western political/educational systems |
| Suez Canal | linked Med. and Red Sea debts forced Egypt to sell canal to Britain |
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