Unit 3- Land Based Empires
a group of people employed by the government who carry out the will of the emperor (used by land-based empires)
bureaucracy
time period when people started to challenge the absolute monarchs and demand more rights, and was the basis for revolutions of the 1700-1800s
Enlightenment
This civil rights leader was inspired by Gandhi
Martin Luther King Jr/MLK Jr
This challenged the corrupt practices of the Catholic church such as selling indulgences
Protestant Reformation
in Islamic empires, rulers took on this title which legitimized their power connecting them to the prophet Mohammad
caliph
elite force in the Ottoman army (which was often made up of enslaved Christian boys due to the devshirme system)
Janissaries
As a result of the Industrial Revolution, mercantilism was replaced by the economic system of
capitalism
This policy led to protests such as Soweto Uprising and Sharpeville Massacre
apartheid
Philosopher who believed in separation of powers into 3 branches, legislative, executive, judicial
Montestquie
This land-based empire used tax farming to collect their taxes, which was a group of people called tax farmers who collected it for them
Ottomans
tribute system
According to Marx, this group should own the means of productions
proletariat
This country seized control of the Suez Canal, kicking off a crisis where Israel invaded on behalf of the French & British
Transformation of the world from agrarian and hand crafted economies to economies built around industry and machine manufacturing
Industrial Revolution
In this empire in Africa, to legitimize their power all rulers and nobles converted to Islam
Songhai
This group collected taxes for the Mughal empire
One of Bolívar's most important pieces of writing and a landmark of Latin American political theory which revealed Bolívar's passionate commitment to independence for Spain's Latin American colonies
Letter from Jamaica/Jamaica Letter
As a result of religious differences, after independence, India was partitioned. What nations were formed and what religions were they?
India-Hindu/Pakistan-Muslim (later Bangladesh-Muslim)
This organization in India was led by Gandhi and advocated for independence
Indian National Congress
This French colony experienced issues that led to a war for independence using guerilla tactics
Algeria
Louis XIV
This revolution occurred in 1791 in the Caribbean
Haitian
Idi Amin was the leader (dictator) of this county and forced many Indians to leave the country
Uganda
The IRA is associated with terrorism and freedom fighters in
Ireland