Midterm Part 2

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In 1639 the shoguns sealed Japan’s borders and excluded merchants and missionaries except for the port of Nagasaki, which remained open but only to Dutch and Chinese traders. This lasted for more than 200 years.

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Closed Country Policy

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According to the Treaty of Tordesillas, which country had the right to claim territories to the east of the line of demarcation?

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Portugal

Front

Which writer described life in nature as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”?

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Thomas Hobbes

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Absolute monarchs argued that their power must not be challenged because

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they ruled by divine right.

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A monarchy limited by law is called a ____________________ monarchy.

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Constitutional

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When Charles V abdicated in 1556, his son, ____________________, took over the Netherlands, Spain, Sicily, and Spain’s colonies in the Americas.

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Philip II

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What does the "Divine Right of Kings" refer to?

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The belief that monarchs derive their authority from God.

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What concept is James I describing? “The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth; for kings are not only God’s Lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God’s throne, but even by God himself they are called Gods.”

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Divine Right

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Businesses where shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. These companies were instrumental in funding large-scale colonial expeditions and trade ventures, particularly during the Age of Exploration.

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Joint-Stock Companies

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When Japan closed their ports and refused to interact with other countries, this is known as

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Isolationism