5 Steps to a 5 AP World History, 2014-2015 Edition

KEY IDEA

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Empires and Other Political Systems

IN THIS CHAPTER

Summary: About 1450, a major global transition took place with the with-

drawal of the Chinese from global interactions and the rise of European

dominance. The Byzantine Empire fell to the power of the Ottoman Turks,

an empire which by 1750 was in decline. Russia emerged from Mongol

control to forge an empire under the rule of the Romanovs. New patterns

of world interactions formed as societies of the Eastern and Western hemi-

spheres exchanged cultural traditions across the Atlantic Ocean.

Key Terms

An asterisk (*) denotes items listed in the glossary.

absolute monarchy* mestizos*

boyars* Mughal dynasty

Cossacks* mulato (mulatto)*

criollos (creoles)* nation-state*

devshirme* parliamentary monarchy*

divine right* peninsulares*

Dutch learning* purdah*

encomienda* Qing dynasty

Enlightenment* Reconquista (Reconquest)*

Estates-General* repartamiento*

Glorious Revolution* sovereignty*

Hagia Sophia Taj Mahal

Janissaries* Tokugawa Shogunate

Jesuits* Treaty of Tordesillas*

Manchus* viceroyalty*

mercantilism*

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