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319223629Thomas AquinasPriest, murged together science and religion0
319223630Bubonic Plaguedecreased population by 1/3, came from the Middle East, spread by the Mongols1
3192236313 Field SystemRotated crops, improved harvest2
319223632Wat Tyler's RebellionAfter Bubonic Plague, over wages, very forceful3
319223633Guildgroup of people who had the same job, set prices, regulated business4
319223634Marco PoloEuropean explorer, sparked intrest in New Worlds5
319223635Renaissance"The Rebirth" looked back to Glory Days, art; thought; and general learning6
319223636Humanismfocus on the human expriences, what it means to be human7
319223637DanteRenaissance author8
319223638Chaucerwrote Canterbury Tales9
319223639GiottoMidevial art - Renaissance, one of the first Renaissance artists10
319223640Patronpaid for artwork11
319223641Lorenzo Medicicommetioned artwork, very influential patron of the arts12
319223642Universitiesmajor trade cities, rebirth of literacy13
319223643Magna Carta1st time king was subject to law, king had limits, writen by parliment14
319223644Gutenberg Bible10 million Bibles by 1500, Getenberg Printing Press, helped improve literacy rate15
319223645Hundred Years WarMonarchs much stronger, taxes went to training crossbows16
319223646Parliament Zheng HeEmperor of the Ming Dynasty17
319223647Prince Henry the Navigatorset up navigation schoolo in Portugal, Portugal Prince18
319223648Astrolabemaps, technology from East Coast, found location at sea, used sun and stars, worked night and day19
319223649CaravelEuropean exploration ships, much smarter than most ships, used for Africa; India; and America20
319223650Bartolomeu Diaz1st to round the tip of Africa21
319223651Vasco de Gama1st to reach India22
319223652Christopher Columbus1st European to discover the Americas,wanted to find a direct map to India23
319223653Ferdinand Magellan1st to lead a voyage around the world, died in the Philipines24
319223654Gold CoastWest African Coast, had tons of Gold25
319223655Hernan CortesSpanish conquestador, Mexico - Aztecs, Aztecs thought that he was a returning God26
319223656Malinche/Dona Mariatranslator, seen as betrayor to Aztecs, Princess to one of the Aztecs conqured tribes, helped collect data on war27
319223657MoctezumaAztec leader when spanish took over, rebellion, spanish took over28
319223658Francisco Pizarrotook over Inca29
319223659Tready of Tordesillas/Saragrossaline dividing where Spain and Portugese could take over, created by Pope30
319692406Protestant ReformationChristian split, indulgences, 95 theses, faith over deeds, use of Printing Press, calvinism vs. Democracy31
319692407Indulgencespayment for sins, never supported by the Pope, only individual priests32
319692408Martin Luthernailed 95 theses on church door33
319692409Catholic Reformationcounter attack to major schism, jesuits, inquisition, missionaries34
319692410Jesuitssociety of Jesus, missionaries, very orderly35
319692411Inquisitionto find people that went against the church, heretics, persecuted/killed36
319692412English ReformationKing Henry VIII seeks for annulment, Anglican church37
319692413Henry VIIIEnglish Reformation, set up Anglican Church38
319692414Scientific Revolutionmajor change in scientific thought, heliocentric, telescope, gravity39
319692415Copernicussun was the center - not the Earth, Heliocentric40
319692416Heliocentricthe sun is the center, Copernicus41
319692417Galileoconfirmed Copernicus's ideas, invented telescope42
319692418Isaac NewtonGravity, laws of motion43
319692419Enlightenmentmajor philosophical movement, questioned power of government, questioned rights of people44
319692420Voltairefree speech in society45
319692421John Lockegovernment should be responsive to the people46
319692422Social Contract Theoryeveryone gives up rights for government protection47
319692423Joint-Stock CompanyDutch, fueled colonization of Americas and Bahamas, people put money together, private investors made $$$, Dutch East India Company48
319692424AbsolutismMonarchs were in total control of area, got all taxes, huge military, centralization, unification49
319692425Palace of Versaillesage of Absolutism example, took so much $$ to make and keep up50
319692426Balance of Powercountries banded together, kept countries in check, didn't want one in total power51
319692427Parliamentthe legislature of Great Britain52
319692428Colombian Exchangeall of the goods and ideas that were exchanged between the New World and the Old World and back again53
319692429ViceroyKing/Queen of Spain - Viceroy (New Spain) - Governors54
319692430Encomiendasystem of forced labor, used by spanish in Latin America55
319692431Mitareplaced the Encomienda, not as tightly controlled56
319692432Bartolome de Las Casaspriest, 1st fighter for Indian Rights, against forced conversions, thought everyone's soul was equal57
319692433Indentured Servantsslave, gave life to work for 7 years, return would be land and money, usually died during work58
319692434Iroquois Confederacy1st to take on and go with Europeans, wanted peace59
319692435Chartered Companiescompanies permitted by the King to go to make money off the goods there60
319692436Dutch West India CompanyChartered company told to go to West Indies and/or Caribbean61
319692437Dutch East India CompanyChartered company told to go to East India62
319692438Royal African Companychartered company told to go to African and make profit from slave trade63
319692439Plantation Systemlarge farms that relied on slave labor, extremely stratified, disease was a major killer, low ferility64
319692440Sugar Plantationsin the Caribbean and Brazil, used sugar as major export65
319692441Slave Drivera slave that enforces slave labor without a rebellion66
319692442Manumissionwhen a slave earns there freedom, least common in British North America67
319692443Mercantilismpurpose of colonies is to benefit the main country, may limit trade68
319692444Capitalismtake capital, invest into something to have capital in turn, Joint-Stock Company69
319692445Middle Passagethe voyage of slaves from Africa to North America and the West Indies70
319692446African Diasporadisperses of Africans to everywhere that slave trade was, caused by slave trade, spreading of Africans to South America, North America, Middle East, West Indies, Caribbean, Brazil71
319692447Sugarmajor export from Brazil and Caribbean, West Indies Brazil72
319692448Tobaccomajor exports from British North Americas73
319692449Ottoman EmpireBalkins and Turkey, similar to centralized monarchies in France ans Spain, tax farming74
319692450Sultana muslim king75
319692451Mehmed IISultan responsible for conquering Constantinople76
319692452Suleiman the Magnificentsultan at height of Ottoman, centralized power, expanded military, bettered economy77
319692453Istanbulcrossroads of culture, was Constantinople78
319692454Hagia Sophiabecame a mosque79
319692455Janissaryelite military grouped, formed to guard sultan, Ottoman80
319692456Tax FarmingSuleiman invented in Ottoman, private collectors sent out to collect taxes81
319692457Tulip Periodperiod in Ottoman in history where everything was high demand, name comes from demand for tulips grown in Denmark82
319692458Omansitting right at the most important area for global oil trade, controlled by Ottoman but still had European ports83
319692459Safavid Empirerise of Shi'ite Islam, modern day Iran, increased veiling and concealment of women84
319692460Mughal Empiremodern day India, land of hindus, controlled by Muslims, relied on military bureaucracy to get taxes, prosperous economy - cotton cloth, trade with Europe - textiles85
319692461Baburexpanded empire (Mughal), wanted to unify all Empires86
319692462Tokugawa Shogunatereunification of Japan87
319692463Jesuitsfocused on intellectuals88
319692464Francis Xavierprominent Jesuits in Japan89
319692465Rice Exchangespaper currency, bushels of white rice, receive a deposit of rice to later on trade the paper(deposit) to receive more rice, related to Flying Money90
319692466Roninmaster-less samurai, 47 Ronin group - 47 samurai91
319692467Qing Empire2x size of Ming - 350 million - 2x of Europe92
319692468Kangxirepair roads, encouraged settlements, welcome jesuits - discussed philosophy and science with them, only allowed one port per trade93
319692469Forbidden Citynew capital, allowed only i who he wished in, allowed Jesuits in - didn't agree with them but enjoyed discussion94
319692470Great WallWarring States Period, now Ming Empire, $$$95
319692471Kowtowultimate sign of respect to a higher government - bowed knees and face to ground, only in China96
319692472China Wareknow as 'Fine China' porselin, cups - plates - bowls97
319692473Tzaremperor of Russia, (Tsar)98
319692474MuscoviteRussians bring back domestic Russian rule from the Mongols99
319692475RomanovRoyals in Russia, Peter the Great was one100
319692476Cossackssurvivalists - ability to fight and hunt, drove demand for fur pelts, went to Siberia for furs101
319692477Peter the GreatWesternization, absolute power, modernized army, drills uniformity102
319692478St. PetersburgPeter the Great changed capital103
319692479Catherine the Greatabsolutism, westernization, promoted enlightenment ideas104

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