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5953229200Trans-Oceanic Tradeglobal trading system in the Caribbean and the Americans trade networks extended to all corners of Atlantic Ocean0
5953229201Columbian 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
5953229202MercantilismAn 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
5953229203Triangular 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
5953229204Middle PassageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies4
5953229205CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.5
5953229206Cartographythe science or the art of making maps6
5953229207Joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses7
5953229208East India CompaniesBritish, French, and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions.8
5953229209Royal African Companya mercantile company set up by the Stuart family and London merchants to trade along the west coast of Africa9
5953229210AmerindiansAmerican Indians10
5953229211SikhismA monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak. It is not a part of Islam or Hinduism.11
5953229212VodunAfrican religious ideas and practices among descendants of African slaves in Haiti.12
5953229213Italian 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 religion13
5953229214Northern RenaissanceAn extension of the Italian Renaissance to the nations of northern Europe; the Northern Renaissance took on a more religious nature than the Italian Renaissance14
5953229215The 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.15
5953229216HumanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements16
5953229217Protestant 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.17
5953229218Martin 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.18
595322921995 ThesesMartin Luther's ideas that he posted on the church door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation19
5953229220AnglicanismA Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII in England20
5953229221Catholic 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.21
5953229222JesuitsMembers 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.22
5953229223Scientific 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.23
5953229224CopernicusDevised a model of the universe with the Sun at the center, and not earth.24
5953229225DescartesFrench philosopher, discovered analytical geometry. Saw Algebra and Geometry have a direct relationship. Reduced everything to spiritual or physical.25
5953229226NewtonThis physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science26
5953229227GalileoHe 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.27
5953229228DeismA 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.28
5953229229John 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.29
5953229230ColumbusItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)30
5953229231MagellanPortuguese explorer who sailed around the Southern end of South America and eventually reached the Philippines, but was killed in a local war there31
5953229232Vasco da Gamathe first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.32
5953229233Zheng 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.33
5953229234Little 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.34
5953229235Chattel SlaveryAbsolute legal ownership of another person, including the right to buy or sell that person.35
5953229236El MinaMost important of early Portuguese trading factories in forest zone of Africa36
5953229237Plantation 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.37
5953229238Indentured 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.38
5953229239Encomienda SystemSpaniards received grants of a number of Indians, from whom they could exact "tribute" in the form of gold or labor39
5953229240Hacienda Systemlanded estates granted to conquistadors40
5953229241Mita SystemThe system recruiting workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept.41
5953229242DevshirmeChristian 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.42
5953229243Jannisariesa member of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan's guard43
5953229244Zamindarsa landowner, especially one who leases his land to tenant farmers.44
5953229245Daimyo(in feudal Japan) one of the great lords who were vassals of the shogun45
5953229246Peninularesa Spanish-born Spaniard residing in the New World or the Spanish East Indies46
5953229247Creolesa person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean47
5953229248MestizosA person of mixed Native American and European ancestry48
5953229249MulattosPersons of mixed European and African ancestry49
5953229250Sociedad de castasCaste system based on racial origins50
5953229251Cape Colonya former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 181451
5953229252Boersthe Dutch and Afrikaans word for "farmer". As used in South Africa, it was used to denote the descendants of the Dutch-speaking settlers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 18th century52
5953229253Great Treka movement of Dutch-speaking colonists up into the interior of southern Africa in search of land where they could establish their own homeland, independent of British rule53
5953229254Commercial 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.54
5953229255Proletariatworkers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism)55
5953229256Cossacksmember of a people of southern Russia and Ukraine, noted for their horsemanship and military skill56
5953229257Boyarsa member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince57
5953229258Potosia city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center58
5953229259Absolutismthe acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters59
5953229260*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.60
5953229261*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.61
5953229262*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.62
5953229263*Ivan IVthe Terrible, beat the Mongols, Tartars, and the Poles, forced nobles into service, first ruler to take the title tsar63
5953229264*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.64
5953229265*Parliamentary monarchyA government with a king or queen whose power is limited by the power of a parliament65
5953229266Divine RightsA belief of kings and monarchs that they have a God-given right to rule and that rebellion against them is a sin.66
5953229267VersaillesA 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 style67
5953229268Taj Mahalthe acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters68
5953229269Manchusa plateau of central Spain, between the mountains of Toledo and the hills of Cuenca69
5953229270Ottomans (Suleiman)Gun powder empire70
5953229271Safavids (Abbas)Gun powder empire71
5953229272Mughals (Akbar, Aurangzeb)Gunpowder empire72
5953229273Russians73
5953229274European Empires in the AmericansGreat Britain, France, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark74
5953229275Aztecsa 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 century75
5953229276IncasA 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.76
5953229277Ming-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.77
5953229278Tokugawa Shogunate - Japan78
5953229279ConquistadorsEarly-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)79
5953229280Thirty 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.80
5953229281Treaty 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.81
5953229282Edict of Nantesdocument that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots82
5953229283English Civil Wara series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government83
5953229284Glorious 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.84
5953229285Enlightenmenta European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition85
5953229286*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.86
5953229287*Adam Smitha Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment87
5953229288*Mary WollstonecraftEnglish writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women88
59532292897 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.89
5953229290French & 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.90
5953229291Treaty of TordesillasA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divide the new world.91
5953229292Treaty of ZaragosaA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divided up Asia.92
5953229293Hernan Cortesa Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire93
5953229294Francisco PizzaroSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca's94
5953229295Time of Troublesperiod of Russian history comprising the years of interregnum between the death of the last Russian Tsar of the Rurik Dynasty, Feodor Ivanovich, in 1598, and the establishment of the Romanov Dynasty in 161395
5953229296Pugachev RebellionYemelyan Pugachev rallied the peasants and Cossacks and promised the serfs land of their own and freedom from their lords96
5953229297Council of the IndiesBody within the Castilian government that issued all laws and advised king on all matters dealing with the Spanish colonies of the New World.97
5953229298Viceroyaltiesthe office, position, or authority of a viceroy98
5953229299Audienciasan appellate court in Spain and its empire. The name of the institution literally translates as Royal Audience99
5953229300CapitainciesStrips of land along Brazilian coast granted to minor Portuguese nobles for development; enjoyed limited success in developing the colony.100
5953229301Japan's Closed Country policyDidn't allow anyone to enter or leave the country.101

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