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6825385920Trans-Oceanic Tradeglobal trading system in the Caribbean and the Americans trade networks extended to all corners of Atlantic Ocean0
6825385921Columbian 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
6825385922MercantilismAn 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
6825385923Triangular 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
6825385924Middle PassageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies4
6825385925CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.5
6825385926Cartographythe science or the art of making maps6
6825385927Joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses7
6825385928East India CompaniesBritish, French, and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions.8
6825385929Royal African Companya mercantile company set up by the Stuart family and London merchants to trade along the west coast of Africa9
6825385930AmerindiansAmerican Indians10
6825385931Italian 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
6825385932Northern 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
6825385933The 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
6825385934HumanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements14
6825385935Protestant 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
6825385936Martin 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
682538593795 ThesesMartin Luther's ideas that he posted on the church door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation17
6825385938AnglicanismA Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII in England18
6825385939Catholic 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
6825385940JesuitsMembers 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
6825385941Scientific 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
6825385942CopernicusDevised a model of the universe with the Sun at the center, and not earth.22
6825385943DescartesFrench philosopher, discovered analytical geometry. Saw Algebra and Geometry have a direct relationship. Reduced everything to spiritual or physical.23
6825385944NewtonThis physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science24
6825385945GalileoHe 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
6825385946DeismA 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
6825385947John 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
6825385948ColumbusItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)28
6825385949MagellanPortuguese explorer who sailed around the Southern end of South America and eventually reached the Philippines, but was killed in a local war there29
6825385950Vasco da Gamathe first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.30
6825385951Zheng 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
6825385952Plantation 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
6825385953Indentured 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
6825385954Encomienda SystemSpaniards received grants of a number of Indians, from whom they could exact "tribute" in the form of gold or labor34
6825385955Hacienda Systemlanded estates granted to conquistadors35
6825385956Mita SystemThe system recruiting workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept.36
6825385957Peninularesa Spanish-born Spaniard residing in the New World or the Spanish East Indies37
6825385958Creolesa person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean38
6825385959MestizosA person of mixed Native American and European ancestry39
6825385960MulattosPersons of mixed European and African ancestry40
6825385961Commercial 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
6825385962Boyarsa member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince42
6825385963Absolutismthe acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters43
6825385964*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
6825385965*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
6825385966*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
6825385967*Ivan IVthe Terrible, beat the Mongols, Tartars, and the Poles, forced nobles into service, first ruler to take the title tsar47
6825385968*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
6825385969*Parliamentary monarchyA government with a king or queen whose power is limited by the power of a parliament49
6825385970Divine RightsA belief of kings and monarchs that they have a God-given right to rule and that rebellion against them is a sin.50
6825385971VersaillesA 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
6825385972European Empires in the AmericansGreat Britain, France, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark52
6825385973Aztecsa 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
6825385974IncasA 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
6825385975Ming-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
6825385976ConquistadorsEarly-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)56
6825385977Thirty 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
6825385978Treaty 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
6825385979Edict of Nantesdocument that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots59
6825385980English Civil Wara series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government60
6825385981Glorious 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
6825385982Enlightenmenta European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition62
6825385983*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
6825385984*Adam Smitha Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment64
6825385985*Mary WollstonecraftEnglish writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women65
68253859867 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
6825385987French & 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
6825385988Treaty of TordesillasA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divide the new world.68
6825385989Treaty of ZaragosaA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divided up Asia.69
6825385990Hernan Cortesa Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire70
6825385991Francisco PizzaroSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca's71
6825385992Viceroyaltiesthe office, position, or authority of a viceroy72
6825385993Zheng 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
6825385994balance of powerDistribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong (especially in Europe).74
6825385995James CookEnglish navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779).75
6825385996Council of TrentCalled by Pope Paul III to reform the church and secure reconciliation with the Protestants. Lutherans and Calvinists did not attend.76
6825385997Charles 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
6825385998creolesDescendents of Spanish-born but born in Latin America; resented inferior social, political, economic status.78
6825385999Francis DrakeEnglish explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)79
6825386000Glorious 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
6825386001joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses81
6825386002humanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements82
6825386003Henry 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
6825386004patronsa person who supports artists, especially financially84
6825386005middle passageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies85
6825386006Holy Roman EmpireLoose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962 to 1806.86
6825386007Peter 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
6825386008PrussiaA former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland88
6825386009Renaissance 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
6825386010secularConcerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters90
6825386011vernacularEveryday language of ordinary people91
6825386012Triangular 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
6825386013Vasco de GamaA Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean93
6825386014westernizationadoption of western ideas, technology, and culture94
6825386015capitalismAn economic system based on private ownership of capital95
6825386016absolutismA form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)96
6825386017Oliver CromwellEnglish general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658)97
6825386018St. Ignatius of Loyolafounder of the society of jesus (jesuits)98
6825386019Maria 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
6825386020African 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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