World History Exam
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hugenots | french protestants |
| Richeliu | started 30 years war, thought protestants were conspirators |
| Hapsburgs | Austrian Catholics |
| Mazarin | ended 30 years war |
| Jean Baptiste | mercantilism |
| Louis 14 | Edict of Nantes |
| Petition of Rights | When Charles made no contact with parliament, forced him to sign |
| Jahangir | , killed sikhists |
| Suleiman | Ottoman ruler, religous freedom, big navy, devshirme |
| Mehmet | Constantinople,Hagia Sophia, religous freedom |
| Shahadah | confession of faith |
| Salat | 5 prayers towards mecca |
| Sawn Ramadan | fast |
| Zakat | giving alms |
| Hajj | pilgramage |
| Akbar` | complete tolerance, welcomed other cultures, tax system similar to u.s |
| Locke | Natural Rights, life, liberty, property, government protects rights |
| Oliver Cromwell | Puritans General in English civil war, banned merry making |
| Hobbes | government keeps order in return for some rights |
| Erasmus | Personal interpretation of bible was most important |
| Machiavelli | Good leader must be clever and take advantage of others, wrote Prince |
| Aurangzeb | Forced Ismamic views, banned hinduism, gave english Bombay |
| Rouseau | man is better of without civilization |
| Secular | focused on the here and now |
| Humanism | focus on human potential and past achievements, study of old documents |
| Peter the Great | westernized Russia, brought potatoes, newspapers, fashion |
| Treaty of Utrecht | Ended war of Spanish Succession, bourbons vs. others |
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