Leaders
Reforms and Revolutions
The Social Ladder
Name that Empire
Important Terms
100
This Russian leader was known for his selective Westernization.
Peter the Great
100
This reformation resulted in the creation of the Protestant sects of Christianity.
Protestant Reformation
100
People of this Russian class were little more than slaves.
Serfs
100
This empire gained control of Brazil.
Portugese Empire
100
This term means "rebirth," stressed humanism, and began in Italy.
Renaissance
200
This religious leader created the first Protestant sect of Christianity.
Martin Luther
200
This revolution occurred as science became far more advanced and promoted changes in popular outlook.
Scientific Revolution
200
This class of people was at the top of the Latin American social ladder. (Be specific--the answer is not "whites".)
Peninsulares
200
This empire conquered Constantinople.
Ottoman Empire
200
This is the term for Russian aristocrats.
Boyars
300
This Mughal leader attempted massive social reform, particularly for the status of women.
Akbar
300
Growing commericalization and a boom in the economy were characteristic of this revolution taking place in Europe.
Commercial Revolution
300
This class of European people was impoverished and had no access to wealth-prdoucing property.
Proletariat
300
This empire originally followed the Sufi sect of Islam.
Safavid Empire
300
These peasants were recruited to expand Russia and settle newly conquered lands.
Cossacks
400
This Russian tsar succeeded in expelling the Mongols and freeing most of Russia in 1462.
Ivan III
400
These were reforms in Spain and the Spainish New World, initiated by the new dynasty of monarchs ruling Spain, especially Charles III.
Bourbon Reforms
400
This was the collective term for peole of mixed ethnicity in Latin America.
Castas
400
Vasco de Gama, an explorer working for this empire, led the first European expedition to reach India by sea.
Spainish Empire
400
This consisted primarily of bringing diseases to the New World and bringing food to the Old World.
Columbian Exchange
500
The Mughal empire was created by this leader.
Babur
500
This authoritarian Portugese prime minister attempted to reform Brazil's economy and reduce the hold that Britain had on the Brazilian economy.
Marquis of Pombal
500
The social systems of both the Ottomans and Safavids were dominated, particularly in their early phases, by this group.
Warrior Aristocracies
500
Humayan was a leader of this empire, which he inherited from his father.
Mughal Empire
500
The monarch of Spain ruled the the Spainish portion of the New World through this council.
Council of Indies
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