9047932476 | Penninsulares | people who had been born in Spain and lived in Latin America @top of social hierarchy in Latin America | 0 | |
9047932477 | Creoles | Spaniards born in Latin America and @2nd their for social hierarchy | 1 | |
9047932478 | Meztizos | People who are a mix of Europeans and Natives involved in the encomienda system | 2 | |
9047932479 | Mulatto | The term used in Spanish and Portuguese colonies to describe someone of mixed African and European descent. | 3 | |
9047932480 | Plantation Complex | 1450-1750 : Colonies, such as those in south Africa, new Zealand, Algeria, Kenya and Hawaii where minority European populations lived among a majority of indigenous people -- based upon African slavery beyond the Caribbean ad brazil to encompass the southern colonies of British North America where tobacco, cotton, rice and indigo where major crops where | 4 | |
9047932481 | Yasak | Also known as a tribute paid in cash or in kind that Russian rulers demanded from the Native peoples of Siberia mainly for pelts. | 5 | |
9047932482 | Mughal Empire | Muslim empire, early 1500s, in India, which brought new customs that conflicted with the Hindus. 20% people were Muslim (rulers) everyone else was Hindu. | 6 | |
9047932483 | Safavid Empire | Shia Muslim dynasty that ruled Persia between 16th and 18th centuries. Was the only empire around to practice Shia Islam. | 7 | |
9047932484 | Akbar | Mughal ruler with a genius for cultural blending, military conquest, and art, put Hindus in military, removed Jizya very tolerant of religion. | 8 | |
9086485328 | Wahhabism | A type of islam that reformed to the original Islamic beliefs before religious syncretism such as no idol no tobacco and no books on logic. | 9 | |
9086485329 | Tokugawa Shogunate | Japanese ruling dynasty that strove to isolate it from foreign influences, ended civil wars and unified Japan | 10 | |
9086485330 | Soft Gold | Nickname for animal furs due to their high value, primarily from Russia | 11 | |
9086485331 | Renaissance | Rebirth of Greek and Roman culture rejection of Middle Ages. Depicted things as realistic believed in humanism, individualism, secularism | 12 | |
9086485332 | Secularism | Not related to religion believed in the now and not as much in the afterlife | 13 | |
9086485333 | Humanism | A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity | 14 | |
9086485334 | Johann Gutenberg | Man who created the printing press and changed the production and reading of books | 15 | |
9086485335 | Leonardo da Vinci | Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect, drew the human body and Mona Lisa | 16 | |
9086485336 | Protestant Reformation | • movement against Catholic indulgences started by complaints in Martin Luther's 95 Theses created a schism in Christianity | 17 | |
9086485337 | Catholic Counter Reformation | The Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation in which it tried to reform itself. | 18 | |
9086485338 | Martin Luther | began the Protestant Reformation, wrote 95 Thesis believed salvation could be reached through bible and that teachings should come directly from bible | 19 | |
9086485339 | 95 Theses | Arguments written by Martin Luther against the Catholic church. They were posted on Octobe 31, 1517. | 20 | |
9086485340 | Tsar | The Russian term for ruler or king; taken from the Roman word caesar. | 21 | |
9086485341 | Jizya | Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within a Muslim empire | 22 | |
9086485342 | Jesuits | Members of the Society of Jesus who helped spread Christianity in China and Spanish America | 23 | |
9086485343 | Ottoman Empire | A Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the 1300's to 1922. Created by Turkic warriors controlled much of Middle East and coastal north Africa | 24 | |
9089724365 | Suleiman 1 | The most famous sultan of the Ottoman Empire | 25 | |
9089724366 | Devshirme System | Ottoman system where balkans/Christians were required each conquered village give certain number of young men for army | 26 | |
9089724367 | Janisarries | elite Ottoman army force | 27 | |
9089724368 | Sultans | Rulers of Muslim states like the Ottoman Empire | 28 | |
9089724369 | "God, Glory, Gold" | The motivations for European exploration | 29 | |
9089724370 | Prince Henry | Portuguese prince who started a school for sailors and sponsored early voyages of exploration, wanted to spread Christianity | 30 | |
9089724371 | Dutch East India Co. | Government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies. | 31 | |
9089724372 | British East India Company | set up trading posts in India in the 1600s, beginning the British economic interest there | 32 | |
9089724373 | Ming Dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644 | 33 | |
9089724374 | Zheng He | A Chinese admiral and diplomat who voyaged overseas to promote trade and collect tribute, was in charge of voyages and was supported by the Ming Dynasty | 34 | |
9095615649 | Aztecs | Located in Mexico capital Tenochtitlan, centralized and didn't assimilate new people. Human sacrifice and tribute were paid | 35 | |
9095615650 | human sacrifice | a person who is killed as part of a religious ritual to keep cosmos in balance and fuel the sun god | 36 | |
9095615651 | Incas | Ancient civilization (1200-1500AD) that was located in the Andes in Peru had a labor tribute system called Mita wanted material things | 37 | |
9095615652 | Quipu | An arrangement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information. Used in Incan Empire | 38 | |
9095615653 | Mita system | Incan system for payment of taxes with labor | 39 | |
9095615654 | Pochteca | Special merchant class in Aztec society; specialized in long-distance trade in luxury items,like slaves | 40 | |
9095615655 | Tenochtitlan | The captial city of the Aztecs. | 41 | |
9095615656 | Cuzco | The capital city of the Incan Empire, Located in present-day Peru | 42 | |
9095615657 | Macchu Picchu | Inca city on top of Andes Mountains | 43 | |
9095615658 | Chinampas | floating gardens, in Aztec | 44 | |
9095615659 | Incan road system | often compared to roman road system due to its reach and complexity, 14000 miles wide | 45 | |
9102187430 | Qing Dynasty | China's last dynasty, which ruled from 1644 to 1912, reunified China and rebuilt it | 46 | |
9102187431 | Manchus | Founded the Qing Dynasty | 47 | |
9102187432 | Christopher Columbus | He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India, for the European crown | 48 | |
9102187433 | Caravel | a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th-17th centuries. Used in expeditions | 49 | |
9102187434 | Astrolabe | Navigational tool that helped explorers sail the Atlantic | 50 | |
9102187435 | Colonies | territories controlled by other countries, occurred in the Americas most popular are the US Colonies. Goal is to establish new life | 51 | |
9102187436 | Great Dying | the devastation of American Indian populations by diseases brought over from Europe. Allowed Europeans to more easily subject natives | 52 | |
9102187437 | Explorers | Christopher Columbus, Zheng He, Vasco de Gama | 53 | |
9102187438 | Mercantilism | the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys. Europeans in Americas were tasked with getting goods to Europe to be sold for a higher price. Merchants in spices islands practice this. | 54 | |
9102187439 | Colombian Exchange | the transfer of slates, plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa | 55 | |
9102358452 | Atlantic Slave Trade | the buying, transporting, and selling of Africans for work in the Americas, slaves had to cross the middle passage. | 56 | |
9102358453 | Capitalism | economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit, joint stock company's and mercantilism gave rise to this | 57 | |
9102358454 | Triangular Trade | A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa | 58 | |
9102358455 | cash crops | crops, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit | 59 | |
9102358456 | Joint Stock Company | A business, often backed by a government charter, that sold shares to individuals to raise money for its trading enterprises and to spread the risks (and profits) among many investors. | 60 |
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