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8587853085Trans-Oceanic Tradeglobal trading system in the Caribbean and the Americans trade networks extended to all corners of Atlantic Ocean0
8587853086Columbian 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
8587853087MercantilismAn 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
8587853088Triangular 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
8587853089Middle PassageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies4
8587853090CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.5
8587853091Cartographythe science or the art of making maps6
8587853092Joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses7
8587853093East India CompaniesBritish, French, and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions.8
8587853094Royal African Companya mercantile company set up by the Stuart family and London merchants to trade along the west coast of Africa9
8587853095AmerindiansAmerican Indians10
8587853096Italian 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
8587853097Northern 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
8587853098The 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
8587853099HumanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements14
8587853100Protestant 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
8587853101Martin 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
858785310295 ThesesMartin Luther's ideas that he posted on the church door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation17
8587853103AnglicanismA Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII in England18
8587853104Catholic 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
8587853105JesuitsMembers 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
8587853106Scientific 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
8587853107CopernicusDevised a model of the universe with the Sun at the center, and not earth.22
8587853108DescartesFrench philosopher, discovered analytical geometry. Saw Algebra and Geometry have a direct relationship. Reduced everything to spiritual or physical.23
8587853109NewtonThis physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science24
8587853110GalileoHe 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
8587853111DeismA 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
8587853112John 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
8587853113ColumbusItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)28
8587853114MagellanPortuguese explorer who sailed around the Southern end of South America and eventually reached the Philippines, but was killed in a local war there29
8587853115Vasco da Gamathe first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.30
8587853116Zheng 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
8587853117Plantation 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
8587853118Indentured 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
8587853119Encomienda SystemSpaniards received grants of a number of Indians, from whom they could exact "tribute" in the form of gold or labor34
8587853120Hacienda Systemlanded estates granted to conquistadors35
8587853121Mita SystemThe system recruiting workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept.36
8587853122Peninularesa Spanish-born Spaniard residing in the New World or the Spanish East Indies37
8587853123Creolesa person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean38
8587853124MestizosA person of mixed Native American and European ancestry39
8587853125MulattosPersons of mixed European and African ancestry40
8587853126Commercial 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
8587853127Boyarsa member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince42
8587853128Absolutismthe acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters43
8587853129*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.44
8587853130*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.45
8587853131*Ivan III"Ivan the Great"; ruled as great prince and first ruler of the independent state called Russia. Prince of Moscow who ended Mongol rule in 1480 and adopted the title of tsar.46
8587853132*Ivan IVthe Terrible, beat the Mongols, Tartars, and the Poles, forced nobles into service, first ruler to take the title tsar47
8587853133*Peter the Great(1672-1725) Russian tsar. He enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite, moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg.48
8587853134*Parliamentary monarchyA government with a king or queen whose power is limited by the power of a parliament49
8587853135Divine RightsA belief of kings and monarchs that they have a God-given right to rule and that rebellion against them is a sin.50
8587853136VersaillesA 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 style51
8587853137European Empires in the AmericansGreat Britain, France, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark52
8587853138Aztecsa 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 century53
8587853139IncasA 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.54
8587853140Ming-Dynasty - ChinaThe Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China—then known as the Empire of the Great Ming—for 276 years following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.55
8587853141ConquistadorsEarly-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)56
8587853142Thirty 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.57
8587853143Treaty 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.58
8587853144Edict of Nantesdocument that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots59
8587853145English Civil Wara series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government60
8587853146Glorious 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.61
8587853147Enlightenmenta European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition62
8587853148*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.63
8587853149*Adam Smitha Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment64
8587853150*Mary WollstonecraftEnglish writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women65
85878531517 Years Wara war fought between 1754 and 1763, involving every European great power of the time except the Ottoman Empire, spanning five continents, and affected Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines. The conflict split Europe into two coalitions, led by the Kingdom of Great Britain (Prussia, Portugal, Hanover, and other small German states) on one side and the Kingdom of France (Austria-led Holy Roman Empire, Russia, Spain, and Sweden) on the other.66
8587853152French & 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.67
8587853153Treaty of TordesillasA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divide the new world.68
8587853154Treaty of ZaragosaA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divided up Asia.69
8587853155Hernan Cortesa Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire70
8587853156Francisco PizzaroSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca's71
8587853157Viceroyaltiesthe office, position, or authority of a viceroy72
8587853158Zheng 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.73
8587853159balance of powerDistribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong (especially in Europe).74
8587853160James CookEnglish navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779).75
8587853161Council of TrentCalled by Pope Paul III to reform the church and secure reconciliation with the Protestants. Lutherans and Calvinists did not attend.76
8587853162Charles 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-Reformation77
8587853163creolesDescendents of Spanish-born but born in Latin America; resented inferior social, political, economic status.78
8587853164Francis DrakeEnglish explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)79
8587853165Glorious 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.80
8587853166joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses81
8587853167humanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements82
8587853168Henry 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 1532.83
8587853169patronsa person who supports artists, especially financially84
8587853170middle passageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies85
8587853171Holy Roman EmpireLoose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962 to 1806.86
8587853172Peter the Great(1672-1725) Russian tsar (r. 1689-1725). He enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite, moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg.87
8587853173PrussiaA former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland88
8587853174Renaissance 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.89
8587853175secularConcerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters90
8587853176vernacularEveryday language of ordinary people91
8587853177Triangular 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.92
8587853178Vasco de GamaA Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean93
8587853179westernizationadoption of western ideas, technology, and culture94
8587853180capitalismAn economic system based on private ownership of capital95
8587853181absolutismA form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)96
8587853182Oliver CromwellEnglish general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)97
8587853183St. Ignatius of Loyolafounder of the society of jesus (jesuits)98
8587853184Maria TheresaThis was the queen of Austria as a result of the Pragmatic Sanction. She limited the papacy's political influence in Austria, strengthened her central bureaucracy and cautiously reduced the power that nobles had over their serfs99
8587853185African DiasporaThe separation of Africans from their homeland through centuries of forced removal to serve as slaves in the Americas and elsewhere.100

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