Absolutism & Exploration Review

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  1. 6. Peter wanted his nobility to look and act like Europeans, so he instituted a ____ tax
  2. 7. This empire seized Constantinople and forced Europeans to seek new trade routes around the globe
  3. 10. this Chinese concept was similar to divine right theory in Europe
  4. 11. converted to catholic to become french king; "paris is worth a mass"
  5. 12. Name of a powerful European monarch family, notorious for their physical deformities
  6. 15. Palace built by Louis XIV to house the French nobility
  7. 17. Russia's foreign policy has often pursued obtaining these types of ports
  8. 19. Greatest sultan of the Ottoman Empire
  9. 20. explorer who’s accidental discovery radically changed the world
  10. 21. Chinese invention that helped Europeans navigate the globe
  11. 22. Russian tsarina and enlightened monarch; opened schools for women
  12. 23. The _____ Revolution led to the creation of new joint-stock companies and capitalism
  13. 24. Edict that Henry IV (Henry of Navarre) issued to give religious freedom to protestants
  14. 25. Louis XIV's nickname; "the ______"
  15. 26. Theory that monarchs are ordained by God to rule
  16. 27. Islamic invention that helped Europeans navigate the globe
  17. 28. split up his enormous Hapsburg empire; too big for one person to rule and too many wars
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  1. 1. New type of ship that could carry valuable goods and supplies around the globe
  2. 2. Embarked on a policy of modernization and westernization in Russia
  3. 3. Peter the Great called his new capital city Russia’s "____ to the west"
  4. 4. first European to complete a sea route around Africa to Asia
  5. 5. French monarch who bankrupted france through many wars
  6. 8. Edict that Louis XIV revoked that ended religious tolerance in France
  7. 9. Absolute Monarch of Austria, Spain, Netherlands, and the Holy Roman Empire
  8. 11. French protestants forced to flee under Louis XIV
  9. 13. Absolute monarch that sent his Armada to destroy Protestant England
  10. 14. a type of government in which a single ruler centralizes all government power
  11. 16. Mother countries import gold and silver, and export manufactured goods
  12. 17. many European monarchs built large armies and navies to wage ____ against their rivals
  13. 18. A popular European nickname for a famous Ottoman ruler
  14. 19. Russian city built on the Baltic as the "window on the west"