Islamic Kingdoms
A solider in the elite guard of the Ottoman Turks
Who were the janissaries?
The system of the universe in which the Earth and planets revolve around the sun
What is heliocentrism?
A sudden overthrow of the government which Napoleon used to seize power
What is a coup d'état?
A form of government in which the executive, legislative, and judicial branches limit and control each other through a system of checks and balances
What is the separation of powers?
Italian explorer who believed he could reach Asia by sailing west instead of east around Africa
Who is Christopher Columbus?
"holder of power": the military and political head of state under the Seljuk Turks and the Ottomans
Who was a sultan?
A system procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence that was crucial to the evolution of science in the modern world
What is the scientific method?
The biggest order in France which paid the taille
What is the Third Estate?
Idea that the universe was like clock and God the clockmaker who left it run its course
What is Deism?
New boat technology the Portuguese invented that was faster than previous models and had a large cargo hold
What is a caravel?
"Sacred place"; the private domain of an Ottoman sultan, where he and his wives resided
What was a harem?
The Polish scientist who promoted the heliocentric model as opposed to the geocentric model
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
Period in the French Revolution where Maximilien Robespierre came to dominate France and resulted in the execution of over 40,000 people
What is the Reign of Terror?
What is the Methodist movement?
Portuguese explorer who went around Africa and cut across the Indian Ocean to the coast of India
Who is Vasco da Gama?
The empire that built the Taj Mahal
The tool Galileo used for his discoveries
What is the telescope?
The convention which broke away from the Estates General and declared they would draft a Constitution
Book written by Adam Smith which emphasized laissez-faire economics
What is The Wealth of Nations?
What is the Fall of Constantinople?
A form of Islam which the Safavids followed as opposed to what their neighbors followed
What is Shia Islam?
British scientist who defined universal law of gravitation
Who is Isaac Newton?
The political idea of the French Revolution based on Enlightenment principles, holding that people should be free as possible from government restraint
What is liberalism?
Famous philosophe who wrote Discourse on the Origins of Inequality of Mankind and The Social Contract
The widespread transfer of plants, animals, people, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, Europe, and Africa following Columbus’s voyages
What is the Columbian Exchange?