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6099731942Trans-Oceanic Tradeglobal trading system in the Caribbean and the Americans trade networks extended to all corners of Atlantic Ocean0
6099731943Columbian 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
6099731944MercantilismAn 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
6099731945Triangular 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
6099731946Middle PassageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies4
6099731947CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.5
6099731948Cartographythe science or the art of making maps6
6099731949Joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses7
6099731950East India CompaniesBritish, French, and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions.8
6099731953SikhismA monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak. It is not a part of Islam or Hinduism.9
6099731954VodunAfrican religious ideas and practices among descendants of African slaves in Haiti.10
6099731958HumanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements11
6099731959Protestant 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.12
6099731960Martin 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.13
609973196195 ThesesMartin Luther's ideas that he posted on the church door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation14
6099731962AnglicanismA Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII in England15
6099731963Catholic 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.16
6099731964JesuitsMembers 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.17
6099731965Scientific 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.18
6099731971John 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.19
6099731972ColumbusItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)20
6099731973MagellanPortuguese explorer who sailed around the Southern end of South America and eventually reached the Philippines, but was killed in a local war there21
6099731974Vasco da Gamathe first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.22
6099731975Zheng 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.23
6099731976Little Ice AgeTemporary but significant cooling period between the fourteenth and the nineteenth centuries; accompanied by wide temperature fluctuations, droughts, and storms, causing famines and dislocation.24
6099731977Chattel SlaveryAbsolute legal ownership of another person, including the right to buy or sell that person.25
6099731979Plantation 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.26
6099731980Indentured 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.27
6099731981Encomienda SystemSpaniards received grants of a number of Indians, from whom they could exact "tribute" in the form of gold or labor28
6099731982Hacienda Systemlanded estates granted to conquistadors29
6099731983Mita SystemThe system recruiting workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept.30
6099731984DevshirmeChristian boys, taken from the Balkan provinces, converted to Islam, and recruited by force to serve the Ottoman government. The boys must passed through a series of examinations to determine their intelligence and capabilities.31
6099731985Jannisariesa member of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan's guard32
6099731986Zamindarsa landowner, especially one who leases his land to tenant farmers.33
6099731987Daimyo(in feudal Japan) one of the great lords who were vassals of the shogun34
6099731993Cape Colonya former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 181435
6099731996Commercial 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.36
6099731998Cossacksmember of a people of southern Russia and Ukraine, noted for their horsemanship and military skill37
6099731999Boyarsa member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince38
6099732001Absolutismthe acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters39
6099732002*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.40
6099732003Phillip 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.41
6099732004Ivan 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.42
6099732005Ivan IVthe Terrible, beat the Mongols, Tartars, and the Poles, forced nobles into service, first ruler to take the title tsar43
6099732006Peter 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.44
6099732007Parliamentary monarchyA government with a king or queen whose power is limited by the power of a parliament45
6099732008Divine RightsA belief of kings and monarchs that they have a God-given right to rule and that rebellion against them is a sin.46
6099732009VersaillesA 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
6099732010Taj Mahalthe acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters48
6099732012Ottomans (Suleiman)Gun powder empire 349
6099732013Safavids (Abbas)Gun powder empire 250
6099732014Mughals (Akbar, Aurangzeb)Gunpowder empire 151
6099732017Aztecsa 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 century52
6099732018IncasA 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.53
6099732019Ming-Dynasty - Chinaruling dynasty of China—then known as the Empire of the Great Ming—for 276 years following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.54
6099732020Tokugawa Shogunate - JapanShift of shogunate living city to Edo (Tokyo55
6099732021ConquistadorsEarly-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)56
6099732026Glorious 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.57
6099732027Enlightenmenta European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition58
6099732028John 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.59
60997320317 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.60
6099732032French & 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.61
6099732035Hernan Cortesa Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire62
6099732036Francisco PizzaroSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca's63
6099732038Pugachev RebellionYemelyan Pugachev rallied the peasants and Cossacks and promised the serfs land of their own and freedom from their lords64
6099732043Japan's Closed Country policyDidn't allow anyone to enter or leave the country.65

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