The terms and definitions for the vocabulary terms in Ways of the World: Chapter 14.
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| 6165767973 | Zunghars | Western Mongol group that created a substantial state (1671-1760); the Zunghar threat provoked Qing expansion into Central Asia. | 0 | |
| 6165767974 | yasak | Tribute that Russian rulers demanded from the native peoples of Siberia, most often in the form of furs. | 1 | |
| 6165767975 | Siberia | Russia's great frontier region, a vast territory of what is now central and eastern Russia, most of it unsuited to agriculture but rich in mineral resources and fur-bearing animals. | 2 | |
| 6165767976 | settler colonies | Colonies in which the colonized people settled in large numbers, rather than simply sending relatively small numbers to exploit the region; particularly noteworthy in the case of the British colonies in North America. | 3 | |
| 6165767977 | Qing dynasty | Ruling dynasty of China from 1644 to 1912; the Qing rulers were originally from Manchuria, which had conquered China. | 4 | |
| 6165767978 | plantation complex | Agricultural system based on African slavery that was used in Brazil, the Caribbean, and the southern colonies of North America. | 5 | |
| 6165767979 | peninsulares | In the Spanish colonies of Latin America, the term used to refer to people who had been born in Spain; they claimed superiority over Spaniards born in the Americas. | 6 | |
| 6165767980 | Ottoman Empire | Major Islamic state centered on Anatolia that came to include the Balkans, the Near East, and much of North Africa. | 7 | |
| 6165767981 | mulattoes | Term commonly used for people of mixed African and European blood. | 8 | |
| 6165767982 | Mughal Empire | One of the most successful empires of India, a state founded by Muslim Turks who invaded India in 1526; their rule was noted for efforts to create partnerships between Hindus and Muslims. | 9 | |
| 6165767983 | mestizo | Literally, "mixed"; a term used to describe the mixed-race population of Spanish colonial societies in the Americas. | 10 | |
| 6165767984 | mercantilism | An economic theory that argues that governments best serve their states' economic interests by encouraging exports and accumulating bullion. | 11 | |
| 6165767985 | jizya | Special tax levied on non-Muslims in Islamic states; the Mughal Empire was notable for abolishing the jizya for a time. | 12 | |
| 6165767986 | the "great dying" | Term used to describe the devastating demographic impact of European-borne epidemic diseases on the Americas. | 13 | |
| 6165767987 | fixed winds | The prevailing winds of the Atlantic, which blow steadily in the same direction; an understanding of these winds made European exploration and colonization of the Americas possible. | 14 | |
| 6165767988 | devshirme | The tribute of boy children that the Ottoman Turks levied from their Christian subjects in the Balkans; the Ottomans raised the boys for service in the civil administration or in the elite Janissary infantry corps. | 15 | |
| 6165767989 | creoles | Spaniards born in the Americas. | 16 | |
| 6165767990 | Constantinople, 1453 | Constantinople, the capital and almost the only outpost left of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the army of the Ottoman invaders in 1453, an event that marked the end of Christian Byzantium. | 17 | |
| 6165767991 | conquistadores | Spanish conquerers of the Native American lands, most notably the Aztec and Inca empires. | 18 | |
| 6165767992 | Columbian exchange | The massive transatlantic interaction and exchange between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia that began in the period of European exploration and colonization. | 19 | |
| 6165767993 | Aurangzeb | Mughal emperor (r. 1658-1707) who reversed his predecessors' policies of religious tolerance and attempted to impose Islamic supremacy. | 20 | |
| 6165767994 | Akbar | The most famous emperor of India's Mughal Empire (r. 1556-1605); his policies are noted for their efforts at religious tolerance and inclusion. | 21 |
