The World in 1750 Vocab 1

Belief that a ruler’s authority comes directly from God

• Divine Right

• Social contract theory
• Mandate of Heaven
• Centralize

Ruler of the Ottoman Empire known for strengthening the government and an improved justice system.  His rule is considered the golden age of the Ottoman Empire

• Akbar the Great

• Peter the Great

• Louis XIV

• Suleiman the Magnificent

A Russian Czar that worked to centralize royal power and expand Russia’s territory; in addition, Peter the Great followed a policy of Westernization by bringing ideas to Russia from Western Europe

• Louis XIV

• Akbar the Great

• Nicholas II
• Peter the Great

To bring under one control, especially in government

• decentralization
• urbanization

• tolerant

• centralize

Movement of people to cities

• Suburbanization
• Ruralization
• Metropolitanization
• Urbanization

Political system in which autocratic rulers have complete authority over the government and the lives of the people in their nations

• Democracy
• Oligarchy
• Absolutism

• Monarchy

An Islamic/Muslim empire established by the Mongol conquerors of India that lasted from approximately 1526 to 1857

• Ottoman Empire
• Safavid Empire
• Ming Dynasty
• Mughal Empire

The last feudal government to rule Japan, this group of shoguns brought peace and stability for nearly 300 years

• Shogun

• Tokugawa

• Balkans

• Meiji Restoration

A divine right absolute monarch that claimed his power to rule came from God; he was well known for increasing the power of the French Monarchy and for building his magnificent palace at Versailles

• Charles I
• Peter the Great

• Suleiman the Magnificent

• Louis XIV

An Islamic/Muslim empire that was founded after the conquest of the Byzantine city of Constantinople; it reached its greatest size under Emperor Suleiman the Magnificent, when it covered parts of Asia, Europe, and North Africa

• Ottoman Empire
• Urbanization

• Mughal Empire
• Safavid Empire