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9351331342Trans-Oceanic Tradeglobal trading system in the Caribbean and the Americans trade networks extended to all corners of Atlantic Ocean0
9351331343Columbian 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
9351331344MercantilismAn 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
9351331345Triangular 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
9351331346Middle PassageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies4
9351331347CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.5
9351331348Cartographythe science or the art of making maps6
9351331349Joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses7
9351331350East India CompaniesBritish, French, and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions.8
9351331351Royal African Companya mercantile company set up by the Stuart family and London merchants to trade along the west coast of Africa9
9351331352AmerindiansAmerican Indians10
9351331353SikhismA monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak. It is not a part of Islam or Hinduism.11
9351331355Italian 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 religion12
9351331356Northern RenaissanceAn extension of the Italian Renaissance to the nations of northern Europe; the Northern Renaissance took on a more religious nature than the Italian Renaissance13
9351331358HumanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements14
9351331359Protestant 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.15
9351331360Martin 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
935133136195 ThesesMartin Luther's ideas that he posted on the church door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation17
9351331362AnglicanismA Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII in England18
9351331363Catholic 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
9351331364JesuitsMembers 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
9351331365Scientific 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
9351331366CopernicusDevised a model of the universe with the Sun at the center, and not earth.22
9351331367DescartesFrench philosopher, discovered analytical geometry. Saw Algebra and Geometry have a direct relationship. Reduced everything to spiritual or physical.23
9351331368NewtonThis physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science24
9351331369GalileoHe 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
9351331370DeismA 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
9351331371John 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
9351331372ColumbusItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)28
9351331373MagellanPortuguese explorer who sailed around the Southern end of South America and eventually reached the Philippines, but was killed in a local war there29
9351331374Vasco da Gamathe first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.30
9351331375Zheng 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
9351331376Little 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.32
9351331377Chattel SlaveryAbsolute legal ownership of another person, including the right to buy or sell that person.33
9351331378El MinaMost important of early Portuguese trading factories in forest zone of Africa34
9351331379Plantation 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.35
9351331380Indentured 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.36
9351331381Encomienda SystemSpaniards received grants of a number of Indians, from whom they could exact "tribute" in the form of gold or labor37
9351331382Hacienda Systemlanded estates granted to conquistadors38
9351331383Mita SystemThe system recruiting workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept.39
9351331384DevshirmeChristian 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.40
9351331385Jannisariesa member of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan's guard41
9351331387Daimyo(in feudal Japan) one of the great lords who were vassals of the shogun42
9351331388Peninularesa Spanish-born Spaniard residing in the New World or the Spanish East Indies43
9351331389Creolesa person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean44
9351331390MestizosA person of mixed Native American and European ancestry45
9351331391MulattosPersons of mixed European and African ancestry46
9351331392Sociedad de castasCaste system based on racial origins47
9351331393Cape Colonya former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 181448
9351331394Boersthe 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 century49
9351331396Commercial 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.50
9351331397Proletariatworkers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism)51
9351331398Cossacksmember of a people of southern Russia and Ukraine, noted for their horsemanship and military skill52
9351331399Boyarsa member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince53
9351331400Potosia city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center54
9351331401Absolutismthe acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters55
9351331402*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.56
9351331403*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.57
9351331404*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.58
9351331405*Ivan IVthe Terrible, beat the Mongols, Tartars, and the Poles, forced nobles into service, first ruler to take the title tsar59
9351331406*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.60
9351331407*Parliamentary monarchyA government with a king or queen whose power is limited by the power of a parliament61
9351331408Divine RightsA belief of kings and monarchs that they have a God-given right to rule and that rebellion against them is a sin.62
9351331409VersaillesA 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 style63
9351331412Ottomans (Suleiman)Gun powder empire64
9351331413Safavids (Abbas)Gun powder empire65
9351331414Mughals (Akbar, Aurangzeb)Gunpowder empire66
9351331442Russians67
9351331415European Empires in the AmericansGreat Britain, France, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark68
9351331416Aztecsa 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 century69
9351331417IncasA 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.70
9351331418Ming-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.71
9351331443Tokugawa Shogunate - Japan72
9351331419ConquistadorsEarly-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)73
9351331420Thirty 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.74
9351331421Treaty 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.75
9351331422Edict of Nantesdocument that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots76
9351331423English Civil Wara series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government77
9351331424Glorious 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.78
9351331425Enlightenmenta European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition79
9351331426*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.80
9351331427*Adam Smitha Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment81
9351331428*Mary WollstonecraftEnglish writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women82
93513314297 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.83
9351331430French & 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.84
9351331431Treaty of TordesillasA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divide the new world.85
9351331432Treaty of ZaragosaA treaty signed by Portugal and Spain to divided up Asia.86
9351331433Hernan Cortesa Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire87
9351331434Francisco PizzaroSpanish conquistador who conquered the Inca's88
9351331439Audienciasan appellate court in Spain and its empire. The name of the institution literally translates as Royal Audience89
9351331440CapitainciesStrips of land along Brazilian coast granted to minor Portuguese nobles for development; enjoyed limited success in developing the colony.90
9351331441Japan's Closed Country policyDidn't allow anyone to enter or leave the country.91

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