Unit 3 Vocabulary Flash Cards

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Gunpowder Empires

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Empires that used gunpowder to expand (Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal)

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Janissaries

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Elite Ottoman soldiers taken from Christian boys

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Devshirme

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Ottoman system of taking boys for military/government service

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Safavid Empire

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Shia Muslim empire in Persia (Iran)

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Mughal Empire

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Islamic empire ruling mostly Hindu India

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Tokugawa Shogunate

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Japanese military government that centralized power

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Peter the Great

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Russian czar who modernized and Westernized Russia

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Tribute System

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Payment from conquered people to the empire

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Absolutism

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One ruler has all the power (example: Louis XIV)

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St. Petersburg

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Russian “Window to the West,” built by Peter the Great