Global 10 Q1 Vocabulary Test

The sudden seizure of political power in a nation

a feudal Japanese warrior

1 of the 18th-century monarchs inspired by the Enlightenment to rule justly and respect the rights of their subjects

only one type of people making up a culture.

A king or queen that has unlimited power and seeks to control all aspects of society

The practice of burning crops and killing livestock during wartime so that the enemy cannot live off the land

The agreement by which people define and limit their individual rights, thus creating an organized society or government

Land that is fit for farming or fertile

member of 1 of 2 great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first 4 caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad

member of a loosely organized fighting force that makes surprise attacks on enemy troops occupying his or her country.

The people in the first half of the 19th century who wanted to extend democracy to all people

in Spanish colonial society, a colonist who was born in Latin America to Spanish parents.

A warrior for Islam

hereditary right of a monarch to rule.

the code of conduct for Japanese samurai warriors.

one of a group of social thinkers in France during the Enlightenment.e held in the homes of wealthy women in Paris

relating to, a grand, ornate style that characterized European painting, music, and architecture in 1600s & early 1700s.

the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly

a Japanese lord.

The idea that monarchs are God’s representatives on earth and are therefore answerable only to God

relating to a simple, elegant style, based on Ancient Greece and Rome that characterized the arts in Europe

The people in the first half of the 19th century who wanted to give more power to elected parliament

prejudice based on the premise that one’s own culture or way of life is superior to all other people’s cultures

a Japanese military general who held the actual power in the Japanese feudal government.

a feudal Japanese warrior

In Spanish colonial society, colonists who were born in Spain were called

1 of the 3 major social classes in France before the French Revolution

a non-violent religious group whose beliefs blend elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sufism.

a member of an elite force of soldiers in the Ottoman Empire.

The people in the first half of the 19th century who wanted to keep traditional monarchies

a group of islands in an expanse of water.

a social gathering of intellectuals and artists, like those held in the homes of wealthy women in Paris

The use of troops or ships to prevent commercial traffic from entering or leaving a city or region

a machine for beheading people, used as a means of execution during the French Revolution

the rights that all people are born with. John Locke stated they included the rights of life, liberty, and property.

the political and social system that existed in France before the French Revolution

an assembly of representatives from all three of the estates, or social classes, in pre-revolution France.

a person of mixed African and European ancestry

member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor of Muhammad