Empires in the Middle East
This is the type of government seen in many Islamic states, with political and religious authority combined together.
What is a theocracy?
What is Manchuria (Manchu)?
What is the king?
This Huguenots were THIS sect of Christianity.
What are (French) Protestants?
This was the governing body in England that restricted the king's power.
What is Parliament?
This was the reason Suleiman was called "The Lawgiver" / "The Magnificent".
What is the creation of the courts / religious tolerance / protection of minorities?
This is one of the ways the Mughals made a lot of money.
What is agriculture, trade, or taxation?
The Spanish Empire was primarily this religion, most famously followed by King Phillip II.
What is Catholic?
Maria Theresa, Ruler of Austria, comes from this infamous royal family known for their genetic defects.
Who are the Hapsburgs?
Catherine the Great studied this Enlightenment Philosopher to find ideas for her reforms.
Who is Voltaire?
Shia Muslims believe their leaders should be THIS, as opposed to Sunni Muslims who have their leaders selected by the people.
What is descendants of Muhammed?
This is the reason Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal.
What is as a tomb for his wife?
Spanish power began to decline thanks to the defeat of the Spanish Armada by THIS COUNTRY.
What is Britain / England?
King Louis XIV was considered a good / bad ruler in France for one of these reasons.
What was strengthening the French empire, expanding colonies over seas, starting wars and creating debt in France, and taxing the poor.
Russia's goal in the Great Northern War against Sweden was to gain access to THIS territory / sea.
What is the Baltic Sea?
The Ottoman Empire took over these two cities in 1512 - 1520 which are holy to Muslims.
What are Mecca and Medina?
Urban growth challenged the Tokugawa Shogunate by eliminating THIS resource.
What is farmland and timber?
These formerly Spanish territories gained freedom from Spain and created their own nation in 1581.
What are the Dutch Netherlands?
The Peace of Westphalia was intended to end THIS war that left Germany a wasteland.
What is the Thirty Years' War?
This act in the late 1600's protected people from being imprisoned with no trial, and is a law in the US today.
What is habeas corpus?
Explain the process of recruitment for Janissaries.
Christian children were kidnapped, converted to Islam, and then trained with gunpowder weapons to be loyal to the Sultan due to their shared faith.
Explain the main difference between Japanese and Chinese foreign / trade policies.
While the Chinese expanded their empire, took more land, and regularly traded with the Europeans, the Japanese isolated themselves and did not expand their territory, focusing on native Japanese peoples.
The Spanish expelled these TWO groups of people from their empire from the 1500s-1600s.
Who are the Jews and Muslims?
Known as the Great Elector, this ruler strengthened his country by building a strong army, turning it into an "Army with a State".
What is Frederick William, the Duke of Prussia?
The Glorious Revolution was considered glorious for this reason.
What was the bloodless transfer of power?