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13735340777Trans-Oceanic Tradeglobal trading system in the Caribbean and the Americans trade networks extended to all corners of Atlantic Ocean0
13735340778Columbian 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
13735340779MercantilismAn 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
13735340780Triangular 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
13735340781Middle PassageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies4
13735340782CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.5
13735340783Cartographythe science or the art of making maps6
13735340784Joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses7
13735340785East India CompaniesBritish, French, and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions.8
13735340786Royal African Companya mercantile company set up by the Stuart family and London merchants to trade along the west coast of Africa9
13735340788Italian 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 religion10
13735340789Northern RenaissanceAn extension of the Italian Renaissance to the nations of northern Europe; the Northern Renaissance took on a more religious nature than the Italian Renaissance11
13735340790The 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.12
13735340791HumanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements13
13735340792Protestant 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.14
13735340793Martin 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.15
1373534079495 ThesesMartin Luther's ideas that he posted on the church door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation16
13735340795AnglicanismA Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII in England17
13735340796Catholic 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.18
13735340797JesuitsMembers 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.19
13735340798Scientific 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.20
13735340799CopernicusDevised a model of the universe with the Sun at the center, and not earth.21
13735340800DescartesFrench philosopher, discovered analytical geometry. Saw Algebra and Geometry have a direct relationship. Reduced everything to spiritual or physical.22
13735340801NewtonThis physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science23
13735340803DeismA 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.24
13735340804John 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.25
13735340805ColumbusItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)26
13735340807Vasco da Gamathe first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.27
13735340808Zheng 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.28
13735340809Plantation 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.29
13735340810Indentured 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.30
13735340811Encomienda SystemSpaniards received grants of a number of Indians, from whom they could exact "tribute" in the form of gold or labor31
13735340812Hacienda Systemlanded estates granted to conquistadors32
13735340813Mita SystemThe system recruiting workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept.33
13735340814Peninsularesa Spanish-born Spaniard residing in the New World or the Spanish East Indies34
13735340815Creolesa person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean35
13735340816MestizosA person of mixed Native American and European ancestry36
13735340817MulattosPersons of mixed European and African ancestry37
13735340818Commercial 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.38
13735340825*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.39
13735340827Divine RightsA belief of kings and monarchs that they have a God-given right to rule and that rebellion against them is a sin.40
13735340828VersaillesA 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 style41
13735340829European Empires in the AmericansGreat Britain, France, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark42
13735340830Aztecsa 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 century43
13735340831IncasA 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.44
13735340832Ming-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.45
13735340833ConquistadorsEarly-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)46
13735340834Thirty 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.47
13735340835Treaty 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.48
13735340839Enlightenmenta European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition49
13735340840*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.50
13735340841*Adam Smitha Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment51
13735340842*Mary WollstonecraftEnglish writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women52
137353408437 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.53
13735340844French & 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.54
13735340847Hernan Cortesa Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire55
13735340848Francisco PizzaroSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca's56
13735340850Zheng 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.57
13735340851balance of powerDistribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong (especially in Europe).58
13735340853Council of TrentCalled by Pope Paul III to reform the church and secure reconciliation with the Protestants. Lutherans and Calvinists did not attend.59
13735340854Charles 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-Reformation60
13735340855creolesDescendents of Spanish-born but born in Latin America; resented inferior social, political, economic status.61
13735340858joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses62
13735340863Holy Roman EmpireLoose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. It lasted from 962 to 1806.63
13735340864Peter 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.64
13735340865PrussiaA former kingdom in north-central Europe including present-day northern Germany and northern Poland65
13735340866Renaissance 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.66
13735340867secularConcerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters67
13735340869Triangular 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.68
13735340870Vasco de GamaA Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean69
13735340871westernizationadoption of western ideas, technology, and culture70
13735340872capitalismAn economic system based on private ownership of capital71
13735340877African DiasporaThe separation of Africans from their homeland through centuries of forced removal to serve as slaves in the Americas and elsewhere.72

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