World History

1. Absolute Monarch
• Wields unrestricted political power over the sovereign state and its
people.

2. Agrarian
• Person who advocates a redistribution of landed property

3. Capitalism
• An economic and political system in which a country's trade and
industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by
the state

4. Divine Right
• Political and religious doctrine of royal and political legitimacy. It
asserts that a monarch is subject to no earthly authority, deriving the
right to rule directly from the will of God

5. Left-Wing
• Liberal, socialist, or radical section of a political party or system

6. Monopoly
• The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a
commodity or service

7. Right-Wing
• Conservative section of a political party or system

8. Edict of Nantes
• Gave rights to Huguenauts.

9. Edict of Fountainbleu
• Revoked Edict of Nantes.

10. Elizabeth I of England
• She supported the northern protestant cause as a safeguard against
Spain attacking England. She had her rival, Mary, Queen of Scots,
beheaded.

11. English Bill of Rights
• Document that guaranteed certain rights to English citizens and
declared that elections for Parliament would happen frequently.

12. Henry Tudor (Henry VIII)
• After the pope refused to grant a divorce from his wife, Catherine of
Aragon, founded the Church of England

13. Louis XIV (France)
• Absolute monarch that built up France's internal strength through
finance and military.

14. Church of England (Anglican Church)
• Founded by King Henry VIII

15. Huguenots
• French Protestants.

16. Peter the Great (Russia)
• Ruled Russia, wanted closer ties to western Europe, modernize and
strengthen Russia