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9186259978Trans-Oceanic Tradeglobal trading system in the Caribbean and the Americans trade networks extended to all corners of Atlantic Ocean0
9186259979Columbian ExchangeAn exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.1
9186259980MercantilismAn economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought2
9186259981Triangular TradeTrading System between Europe, Africa, and the colonies; European purchased slaves in Africa and sold them to colonies, new materials from colonies went to Europe while European finished products were sold in the colonies.3
9186259982Middle PassageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies4
9186259983CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.5
9186259984Cartographythe science or the art of making maps6
9186259985Joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses7
9186259986East India CompaniesBritish, French, and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions.8
9186259987Royal African Companya mercantile company set up by the Stuart family and London merchants to trade along the west coast of Africa9
9186259988AmerindiansAmerican Indians10
9186259989Italian Renaissancerebirth of Classical (Greece/Rome) art/architecture - humanistic focus - patrons - families like Medici and the Catholic Church - blended natural world w/ religion - transition away from religion11
9186259990Northern RenaissanceAn extension of the Italian Renaissance to the nations of northern Europe; the Northern Renaissance took on a more religious nature than the Italian Renaissance12
9186259991The MediciThe Medici family was a family of bankers that started out as middle class & then loaned money to a guy that became the pope & then they became the wealthiest family in Florence. They sponsored many artists/architects like Brunesllshci & made lots of money off them.13
9186259992HumanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements14
9186259993Protestant ReformationA religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church and resulted in the creation of Protestant churches.15
9186259994Martin LutherA German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices. He led the Protestant Reformation.16
918625999595 ThesesMartin Luther's ideas that he posted on the church door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation17
9186259996AnglicanismA Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII in England18
9186259997Catholic ReformationReligious reform movement within the Latin Christian Church, begun in response to the Protestant Reformation. It clarified Catholic theology and reformed clerical training and discipline.19
9186259998JesuitsMembers of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic order founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1534. They played an important part in the Catholic Reformation and helped create conduits of trade and knowledge between Asia and Europe.20
9186259999Scientific RevolutionA major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.21
9186260000CopernicusDevised a model of the universe with the Sun at the center, and not earth.22
9186260001DescartesFrench philosopher, discovered analytical geometry. Saw Algebra and Geometry have a direct relationship. Reduced everything to spiritual or physical.23
9186260002NewtonThis physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science24
9186260003GalileoHe was the first person to use a telescope to observe objects in space. He discovered that planets and moons are physical bodies because of his studies of the night skies.25
9186260004DeismA popular Enlightenment era belief that there is a God, but that God isn't involved in people's lives or in revealing truths to prophets.26
9186260005John Locke17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.27
9186260006ColumbusItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)28
9186260007MagellanPortuguese explorer who sailed around the Southern end of South America and eventually reached the Philippines, but was killed in a local war there29
9186260008Vasco da Gamathe first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.30
9186260009Zheng HeAn imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa.31
9186260010Plantation EconomyThis referred to the inefficient, slave-centered economy of the South where all land was used to grow large amounts of cash crops for export.32
9186260011Indentured servitudeA worker bound by a voluntary agreement to work for a specified period of years often in return for free passage to an overseas destination. Before 1800 most were Europeans; after 1800 most indentured laborers were Asians.33
9186260012Encomienda SystemSpaniards received grants of a number of Indians, from whom they could exact "tribute" in the form of gold or labor34
9186260013Hacienda Systemlanded estates granted to conquistadors35
9186260014Mita SystemThe system recruiting workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept.36
9186260015Peninularesa Spanish-born Spaniard residing in the New World or the Spanish East Indies37
9186260016Creolesa person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean38
9186260017MestizosA person of mixed Native American and European ancestry39
9186260018MulattosPersons of mixed European and African ancestry40
9186260019Commercial RevolutionA dramatic change in the economy of Europe at the end of the Middle Ages. It is characterized by an increase in towns and trade, the use of banks and credit, and the establishment of guilds to regulate quality and price.41
9186260021Absolutismthe acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters42
9186260022*Louis XIV(1638-1715) Known as the Sun King, he was an absolute monarch that completely controlled France. One of his greatest accomplishments was the building of the palace at Versailles.43
9186260023*Phillip IIKing of Spain, 1556 - 1598; married to Queen Mary I of England;he was the most powerful monarch in Europe until 1588; controlled Spain, the Netherlands, the Spanish colonies in the New World, Portugal, Brazil, parts of Africa, parts of India, and the East Indies. He was also father to Alexander the Great.44
9186260027*Parliamentary monarchyA government with a king or queen whose power is limited by the power of a parliament45
9186260028Divine RightsA belief of kings and monarchs that they have a God-given right to rule and that rebellion against them is a sin.46
9186260029VersaillesA palace built for Louis XIV near the town of Versailles, southwest of Paris. It was built around a chateau belonging to Louis XIII, which was transformed by additions in the grand French classical style47
9186260030European Empires in the AmericansGreat Britain, France, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark48
9186260031Aztecsa nomadic tribe in northern Mexico, arrived in Mesoamerica around the beginning of the 13th century. From their magnificent capital city, Tenochtitlan, the Aztecs emerged as the dominant force in central Mexico, developing an intricate social, political, religious and commercial organization that brought many of the region's city-states under their control by the 15th century49
9186260032IncasA Native American people who built a notable civilization in western South America in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The center of their empire was in present-day Peru. Francisco Pizarro of Spain conquered the empire.50
9186260034ConquistadorsEarly-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)51
9186260035Thirty Year Wara series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. It was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, as well as the deadliest European religious war, resulting in eight million casualties.52
9186260036Treaty of WestphaliaEnded Thirty Years War in 1648; granted right to individual rulers within the Holy Roman Empire to choose their own religion-either Protestant or Catholic.53
9186260037Edict of Nantesdocument that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots54
9186260038English Civil Wara series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government55
9186260040Enlightenmenta European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition56
9186260041*John Locke17th century English philosopher who opposed the Divine Right of Kings and who asserted that people have a natural right to life, liberty, and property.57
9186260042*Adam Smitha Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment58
9186260043*Mary WollstonecraftEnglish writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women59
9186260045French & Indian WarAmerican version of the 7 Year's War, French and Indians fight colonists and are victorious in early stages, then British pour on the pressure and emerge victorious, end-result French are removed from North America and Britain is left in debt.60
9186260046Treaty of TordesillasA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divide the new world.61
9186260047Treaty of ZaragosaA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divided up Asia.62
9186260048Hernan Cortesa Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire63
9186260049Francisco PizzaroSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca's64
9186260050Viceroyaltiesthe office, position, or authority of a viceroy65
9186260052balance of powerDistribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong (especially in Europe).66
9186260053James CookEnglish navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779).67
9186260054Council of TrentCalled by Pope Paul III to reform the church and secure reconciliation with the Protestants. Lutherans and Calvinists did not attend.68
9186260055Charles VThis was the Holy Roman Emperor that called for the Diet of Worms. He was a supporter of Catholicism and tried to crush the Reformation by use of the Counter-Reformation69
9186260057Francis DrakeEnglish explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)70
9186260058Glorious RevolutionA reference to the political events of 1688-1689, when James II abdicated his throne and was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband, Prince William of Orange.71
9186260059joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses72
9186260061Henry VIII(1491-1547) King of England from 1509 to 1547; his desire to annul his marriage led to a conflict with the pope, England's break with the Roman Catholic Church, and its embrace of Protestantism. Established the Church of England in 1532.73
9186260062patronsa person who supports artists, especially financially74
9186260064Holy Roman EmpireLoose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962 to 1806.75
9186260066PrussiaA former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland76
9186260067Renaissance ManA person who is successful when it comes to working, and overall universal, knew how to dance, fight, sing, write poetry, and how to create art, and well educated with the classics.77
9186260068secularConcerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters78
9186260070Triangular Slave TradeA practice, primarily during the eighteenth century, in which European ships transported slaves from Africa to Caribbean islands, molasses from the Caribbean to Europe, and trade goods from Europe to Africa.79
9186260072westernizationadoption of western ideas, technology, and culture80
9186260073capitalismAn economic system based on private ownership of capital81
9186260075Oliver CromwellEnglish general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)82
9186260076St. Ignatius of Loyolafounder of the society of jesus (jesuits)83
9186260078African DiasporaThe separation of Africans from their homeland through centuries of forced removal to serve as slaves in the Americas and elsewhere.84

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