Unit 3 AP World

Cards (62)

  • The Gunpowder empires include the Russian, Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires
  • new monarchies at the time included the Tudors in England, the Valois in France, and Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand in Spain
  • Russia was in between Europe and Russia but was centralized in Europe because that is where the capital was
  • Ivan the Terrible took control of the Mongols Khanates and converted people in Siberia to Orthodox Christianity
  • the Yuan Dynasty stabilized China
  • the Manchu created the Qing dynasty and rebuilt the wall for protection
  • Emperor Kangxi conquered Taiwan, Mongolia, and Central Asia
  • Emperor Qianlong was a poet and calligraphist, and had high taxes
  • the Qing dynasty allowed limited trading privileges to Europe for funding
  • all of the islamic gunpowder empires descended from Turkish nomads
  • Tamerlane invaded central Asia and middle east
  • the ghazi ideal wa the model for warrior life
  • Tamerlane set the stage for gunpowder empires
  • the Ottoman empire was founded by the Osman Dynasty
  • Mehmed II sieged Constantinople and turned it into Istanbul
  • Mehmed II attacked Venice and forced them to pay him a tax
  • Suleman I captured the Island of Rhodes and Thipoli and caused fear in Europe
  • the Safavids lacked a navy and natural defenses
  • Ismail conquered most of Persia and was named the shah of the Safavids
  • Shah Abbas I stated that shahs control the religion and the military
  • the Safavids had conflict over trade routes with the Ottomans because they were different types of Islam
  • the Safavids were Shi'a Islam
  • Babur founded Mughal India and Akbar reached the religious and political goals
  • the Mughal empire used the Caste System
  • the Islamic gunpowder empires did not modernize their military which led to their fall
  • the Ottoman empire was known as the sick man of Europe during its decline
  • the Safavids declines due to ineffectual leaders and Sunni rebellions
  • the Mughals declined due to corruption and uprisings from minority religions
  • The divine right of kings was used in Europe to legitimize rule
  • The Justices of the Peace maintained peace in England
  • William and Mary signed the English bill of rights which gave people individual civil rights
  • France practiced absolutism
  • Louis XIII and his minister Cardinal Richelieu created the system of intendants in France
  • The system of intendants allowed royal officials to control the local administration and collect taxes. This was known as tax farming
  • in the Russian empire the boyars were at the top of the hierarchy
  • Louis XIV was a virtual dictator who claimed that he was the state
  • ivan the terrible made the boyars move to Moscow to keep an eye on them
  • Ivan made the oprichnina force which was a loyal secret police
  • Peter the great created the Romanov dynasty and split Russia into three groups- the church, the boyars, and the peasants
  • peter the great put the Streltsy (boyars) into the military when they rebelled