The Global Age
Important Figures of the Global Age
Global Age Continued
Age of Absolutism
Important Figures in the Age of Absolutism
100
The 3 "G's"
What are Gold, God, and Glory?
100
Explorer from Spain who "discovers" the New World
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
This conquistador defeated the Incas
Who is Francisco Pizarro?
100
A ruler with total power
What is an Absolute Monarch?
100
*DOUBLE JEOPARDY* This man was "Russian" to Westernize his country
Who is Peter the Great?
200
The name for the Spanish conquerors
Who are the Conquistadors?
200
This group of people were at the top of the social class system in the colonies
Who are the penninsulares?
200
The term for when a European country would have total control over trade in a certain area
What is a Monopoly?
200
The right to rule from God
What is divine right?
200
This king led Spain into a golden age
Who is Phillip II?
300
The global exchange of people, plants, animals, ideas, and food
What is the Columbian Exchange?
300
This man was responsible for the downfall of Tenochtitlan
Who is Hernan Cortes?
300
*DOUBLE JEOPARDY* The Europeans wanted Africans because...
What is they needed slaves to replace Native population?
300
The "divine right" of China
What is Mandate of Heaven?
300
This Russian leader was known for his cruel ways and use of total power
Who is Ivan the Terrible?
400
The system that used the forced labor of the natives
What is the Encomienda System?
400
People born in the colonies who had a European and a Native parent
Who are the Mesitzos?
400
Spain having too much gold from the New World caused this
What is Inflation?
400
*DOUBLE JEOPARDY* This was the goal of powerful kings
What is to further increase their wealth and power?
400
This group in England was responsible for starting a civil war against Charles I (they also made laws)
What is Parliament?
500
The dangerous journey from Africa to the Americas
What is the Middle Passage?
500
Direct descendents of penninsulares but born in the colonies
Who are the Creoles?
500
The policy in which a nation sought to increase its power and wealth by maintaining a favorable balance of trade
What is Mercantilism?
500
This document limited the power of the English monarch
What is the English Bill of Rights (or Magna Carta)?
500
This king declared "L'etat, c'est moi"
Who is Louis XIV of France and what is "I am the state"
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