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| 6725833649 | Letrados | university-trained lawyers from Spain; basic personnel of the Spanish colonial bureaucratic system | 0 | |
| 6725835758 | Viceroyalties | major divisions of Spanish New World colonies headed by direct representatives of the king; one based in Lima, the other in Mexico City | 1 | |
| 6725838529 | Audiencia | royal courts of appeals established in Spanish New World colonies; staffed by professional magistrates who made and applied laws | 2 | |
| 6725841938 | Captaincies | areas along the Brazilian coast granted to Portuguese nobles for colonial development | 3 | |
| 6725845508 | Paulistas | backwoodsmen from Sao Paula, Brazil; penetrated Brazilian interior in search of precious metals during the 17th century | 4 | |
| 6725851410 | Sociedad de castas | Spanish American social system based on racial origins; Europeans on top, mixed race in middle, Indians and African slaves at the bottom | 5 | |
| 6726139098 | Peninsulares | Spanish-born residents of the New World | 6 | |
| 6726142812 | Creoles | people of European ancestry born in Spanish New World colonies; dominated local economies; ranked socially below peninsulares | 7 | |
| 6726146894 | Amigos del pais | clubs and associations dedicated to reform in Spanish colonies; flourished during the 18th century; called for material improvement rather than political reform | 8 | |
| 6726153605 | War of the Spanish Succession | Wide-ranging war fought between European nations; resulted in the installation of Philip of Anjou as king of Spain(1702-1703) | 9 | |
| 6726162514 | Comunero Revolt | popular revolt against Spanish rule in New Granada in 1781; suppressed due to government concessions and divisions among rebels | 10 | |
| 6726167803 | Factories | trading stations with resident merchants established by the Portuguese and other Europeans | 11 | |
| 6726169813 | Nzinga Mvemba | ruler of the Kongo kingdom (1507-1543); converted to Christianity; his efforts to integrate Portuguese and African ways foundered because of the slave trade | 12 | |
| 6726173764 | Royal African Company | chartered in Britain in the 1660s to establish a monopoly over the African trade; supplied slaves to British New World colonies | 13 | |
| 6726177679 | Indies piece | in the complex exchange system of the west African trade; based on the value of an adult male slave | 14 | |
| 6726184072 | Triangular trade | complex commercial pattern linking Africa, the Americas, and Europe; slaves from Africa went to the New World; American agricultural products went to Europe; European goods went to Africa | 15 | |
| 6726188911 | Dahomey | African state among the Fon peoples; developed in the 17th century centered at Abomey; became a major slave trading state through utilization of Western firearms | 16 | |
| 6726202890 | Usuman Dan Dodio | Muslim Fulani leader who launched a great religious movement among the Hausa | 17 | |
| 6726206076 | Great Trek | movement inland during the 1830s of Dutch-ancestry settlers in South Africa seeking to escape their British colonial government | 18 | |
| 6726210102 | Shaka | ruler among the Nguni peoples of southeast Africa during the early 19th century; developed military tactics that created the Zulu state | 19 | |
| 6726213520 | Mfecane | wars among Africans in southern Africa during the early 19th century; caused migration and alterations in African political organization | 20 | |
| 6726215746 | Middle Passage | slave voyage from Africa to the Americas; a deadly and traumatic experience | 21 | |
| 6726220042 | Saltwater slaves | name given to slaves born in Africa; distinguished from American-born descendants, the creoles | 22 | |
| 6726227169 | Obeah | African religious practices in the British American islands | 23 | |
| 6726231000 | Candomble | African religious practices in Brazil among the Yoruba | 24 | |
| 6726235236 | Vodun | African religious practices among descendants in Haiti | 25 | |
| 6726239582 | Ottomans | Turkic-speaking people who advanced into Asia Minor during the 14th century; established an empire in the Middle East, north Africa, and eastern Europe that lasted until after World War I | 26 | |
| 6726419365 | Mehmed II | "The Conqueror"; Ottoman sultan; captured Constantinople in 1453 and destroyed the Byzantine Empire | 27 | |
| 6726425771 | Janissaries | conscripted youths from conquered regions who were trained as Ottoman infantry divisions; became an important political influence after the 15th century | 28 | |
| 6726429396 | Vizier | head of the Ottoman bureaucracy; after the 15th century often more powerful than the sultan | 29 | |
| 6726435591 | Safavid dynasty | founded by a Turkic nomad family with Shi'a Islamic beliefs; established a kingdom in Iran and ruled until 1722 | 30 | |
| 6726514144 | Sail al-Din | Eponymous founder of the Safavids; Sufi mystic; leader of the Read Heads | 31 | |
| 6726516853 | Chaldiran | an important battle between the Safavids and Ottomans in 1514; Ottoman victory demonstrated the importance of firearms and checked the western advance of the Safavid Shi'a state | 32 | |
| 6726520459 | Abbas I (the Great) | Safavid shah (1587-1629); extended the empire to its greatest extent; used Western military technology | 33 | |
| 6726530239 | Imams | Shi'a religious leaders who traced their descent to Ali's successors | 34 | |
| 6726533118 | Mullahs | religious leaders under the Safavids; worked to convert all subjects to Shi'ism | 35 | |
| 6726535946 | Mughal dynasty | established by Turkic invaders in 1526; endured until the mid-19th century | 36 |
