AP WORLD: Unit 3 Flashcard/Test

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From 1400 to 1750, Eurasian rulers sponsored the arts primarily for which of the following reasons? To display power and legitimize their rule, To spend excess money collected in taxes, To encourage tourism and pilgrimages, To increase employment opportunities for struggling artists

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To display power and legitimize their rule

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Which of the following describes a major cause of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries? Options: The Ottoman Empire successfully pursued mercantilist economic policies. Ottoman citizens unified by their recent conversion to Islam were strongly motivated to conquer. Exploitation of artillery and small arms gave the Ottomans advantages over many of their political rivals. The decentralized federalism of the Ottoman Empire encouraged competition and technological innovation.

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Exploitation of artillery and small arms gave the Ottomans advantages over many of their political rivals.

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The passage above is best understood in the context of which of the following? European monarchs’ continued use of religion to legitimize political authority, The influence of Islamic political thought on Europe after the Crusades, The establishment of theocracies throughout Eurasia, The differential treatment of Protestants and Catholics in England

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European monarchs’ continued use of religion to legitimize political authority

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What could most reasonably be concluded from the sermon: “It is most evident that kings, queens, and other princes . . . are ordained of God, are to be obeyed and honored by their subjects; that such subjects as are disobedient or rebellious against their princes, disobey God.”?

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Rulers often used religious ideas and institutions to justify their rule.

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The use of children from Eastern Europe to become soldiers was called Divshirme and they were trained and eventually became ________________.

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Janissaries

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The __________empire used Gunpowder and was a Muslim empire in India.

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Mughal

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This land based empire took over Constantinople or the Byzantine capital in 1453 under Mehmet II.

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Ottoman Empire

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______________was excommunicated after he criticized the Roman Catholic Churches sale of Indulgences. He nailed his 95 thesis or criticisms to Wittenberg Cathedral.

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Martin Luther

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_____________was when kings felt they had a religious blessing to rule and were actually higher and more powerful people in society because of the Lord's blessing.

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divine right

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Soon in Switzerland there was a person named ______________ who created the religion of Calvinism that believed that some people were destined to go to heaven. This was a huge difference with the Catholic Church.

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John Calvin