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11905969864Trans-Oceanic Tradeglobal trading system in the Caribbean and the Americans trade networks extended to all corners of Atlantic Ocean0
11905969865Columbian 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
11905969866MercantilismAn 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
11905969867Triangular 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
11905969868Middle PassageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies4
11905969869CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.5
11905969870Cartographythe science or the art of making maps6
11905969871Joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses7
11905969872East India CompaniesBritish, French, and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions.8
11905969873Royal African Companya mercantile company set up by the Stuart family and London merchants to trade along the west coast of Africa9
11905969874AmerindiansAmerican Indians10
11905969875Italian 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
11905969876Northern 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
11905969877The MediciThe 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
11905969878HumanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements14
11905969879Protestant ReformationA religious movement of the 16th century that began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church.15
11905969880Martin 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
1190596988195 ThesesMartin Luther's ideas that he posted on the church door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation17
11905969882AnglicanismA Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII in England18
11905969883Catholic 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
11905969884JesuitsMembers 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
11905969885Scientific 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
11905969886CopernicusDevised a model of the universe with the Sun at the center, and not earth.22
11905969887DescartesFrench philosopher, discovered analytical geometry. Saw Algebra and Geometry have a direct relationship. Reduced everything to spiritual or physical.23
11905969888NewtonThis physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science24
11905969889GalileoHe 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
11905969890DeismA 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
11905969891John 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
11905969892ColumbusItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)28
11905969893MagellanPortuguese explorer who sailed around the Southern end of South America and eventually reached the Philippines, but was killed in a local war there29
11905969894Vasco da Gamathe first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.30
11905969895Zheng 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
11905969896Plantation 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
11905969897Indentured 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
11905969898Encomienda SystemSpaniards received grants of a number of Indians, from whom they could exact "tribute" in the form of gold or labor34
11905969899Hacienda Systemlanded estates granted to conquistadors35
11905969900Mita SystemThe system recruiting workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept.36
11905969901Peninsularesa Spanish-born Spaniard residing in the New World or the Spanish East Indies37
11905969902Creolesa person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean38
11905969903MestizosA person of mixed Native American and European ancestry39
11905969904MulattosPersons of mixed European and African ancestry40
11905969905Commercial 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
11905969906Phillip 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.42
11905969907Parliamentary monarchyA government with a king or queen whose power is limited by the power of a parliament43
11905969908Divine RightsA belief of kings and monarchs that they have a God-given right to rule and that rebellion against them is a sin.44
11905969909European Empires in the AmericasGreat Britain, France, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark45
11905969910Aztecsa nomadic tribe in northern Mexico, arrived in Mesoamerica around the beginning of the 13th century. From their magnificent capital city, Tenochtitlan, this group 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 century46
11905969911IncasA 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.47
11905969912ConquistadorsEarly-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)48
11905969913Thirty 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.49
11905969914Treaty 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.50
11905969915Enlightenmenta European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition51
11905969916John 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.52
11905969917Adam Smitha Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment53
11905969918Mary WollstonecraftEnglish writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women54
119059699197 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.55
11905969920French & 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.56
11905969921Treaty of TordesillasA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divide the new world.57
11905969922Treaty of ZaragosaA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divided up Asia.58
11905969923Hernan Cortesa Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire59
11905969924Francisco PizzaroSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca's60
11905969925Viceroyaltiesthe office, position, or authority of a viceroy61
11905969926Zheng 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.62
11905969927balance of powerDistribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong (especially in Europe).63
11905969928James CookEnglish navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779).64
11905969929Council of TrentCalled by Pope Paul III to reform the church and secure reconciliation with the Protestants. Lutherans and Calvinists did not attend.65
11905969930Charles 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-Reformation66
11905969931creolesDescendents of Spanish-born but born in Latin America; resented inferior social, political, economic status.67
11905969932Francis DrakeEnglish explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)68
11905969933Glorious 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.69
11905969934joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses70
11905969935humanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements71
11905969936Henry 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 1532.72
11905969937patronsa person who supports artists, especially financially73
11905969938middle passageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies74
11905969939Holy Roman EmpireLoose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962 to 1806.75
11905969940Renaissance 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.76
11905969941secularConcerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters77
11905969942vernacularEveryday language of ordinary people78
11905969943Triangular 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
11905969944Vasco de GamaA Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean80
11905969945westernizationadoption of western ideas, technology, and culture81
11905969946capitalismAn economic system based on private ownership of capital82
11905969947absolutismA form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)83
11905969948St. Ignatius of Loyolafounder of the society of jesus (jesuits)84
11905969949African DiasporaThe separation of Africans from their homeland through centuries of forced removal to serve as slaves in the Americas and elsewhere.85

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