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AP WORLD HISTORY CH 15 Flashcards

AP World History, "Ways of The World" Second Thoughts column.

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8629642147Indian Ocean commercial networkThe massive web of commerce in the premodern times between the lands that bordered the Indian Ocean0
8629642148trading post empireForm of imperial dominance based on control of trade rather than on control of subject peoples.1
8629642149Philippines (Spanish)Spainish influence on the Philippines with Christianity and including the state into the Pacific Web2
8629642150British/Dutch East India CompaniesAimed to monopolize the spice trade. Made Taiwan become ethically Chinese. Private companies to raise money trading monopolies.3
8629642151Tokugawa ShogunateJapanese ruling dynasty that strove to isolate it from foreign influences4
8629642152Silver DrainEvent in which almost all silver extracted from Americas was sent to Asia on Manilla Galleons. Where most ended up in China.5
8629642153PotosíA rich silver mine in Bolivia that enriched Spain with lots of wealth.6
8629642154Soft GoldNickname for animal furs due to their high value, primarily from Russia7
8629642155African DiasporaName given to the spread of African peoples across the Atlantic via the slave trade. Spread a new culture to the Americasz8
8629642156Benin KingdomThis ancient African society was famous for its bronze statues of the oba, or king. Avoided Slave Trade9
8629642157DahomeyWest African kingdom that became strong through its rulers' exploitation of the slave trade.10

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