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12221342785Trans-Oceanic Tradeglobal trading system in the Caribbean and the Americans trade networks extended to all corners of Atlantic Ocean0
12221342786Columbian 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
12221342787MercantilismAn 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
12221342788Triangular 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
12221342789Middle PassageA voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies4
12221342790CaravelA small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.5
12221342791Cartographythe science or the art of making maps6
12221342792Joint-stock companiesbusinesses formed by groups of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses7
12221342793East India CompaniesBritish, French, and Dutch trading companies that obtained government monopolies of trade to India and Asia; acted independently in their regions.8
12221342794Royal African Companya mercantile company set up by the Stuart family and London merchants to trade along the west coast of Africa9
12221342795VodunAfrican religious ideas and practices among descendants of African slaves in Haiti.10
12221342796Italian 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 religion11
12221342797The 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
12221342798HumanismA Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements13
12221342799Protestant 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
12221342800Martin 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
1222134280195 ThesesMartin Luther's ideas that he posted on the church door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation16
12221342802AnglicanismA Protestant denomination of the Christian faith founded by Henry VIII in England17
12221342803Catholic 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
12221342804JesuitsMembers 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
12221342805Scientific 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
12221342806CopernicusDevised a model of the universe with the Sun at the center, and not earth.21
12221342807DescartesFrench philosopher, discovered analytical geometry. Saw Algebra and Geometry have a direct relationship. Reduced everything to spiritual or physical.22
12221342808NewtonThis physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science23
12221342809GalileoHe 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.24
12221342810John 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
12221342811ColumbusItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)26
12221342812MagellanPortuguese explorer who sailed around the Southern end of South America and eventually reached the Philippines, but was killed in a local war there27
12221342813Vasco da Gamathe first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa.28
12221342814Zheng 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.29
12221342815Little 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.30
12221342816Chattel SlaveryAbsolute legal ownership of another person, including the right to buy or sell that person.31
12221342817El MinaMost important of early Portuguese trading factories in forest zone of Africa32
12221342818Plantation 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.33
12221342819Indentured 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.34
12221342820Encomienda SystemSpaniards received grants of a number of Indians, from whom they could exact "tribute" in the form of gold or labor35
12221342821Hacienda Systemlanded estates granted to conquistadors36
12221342822Mita SystemThe system recruiting workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept.37
12221342823DevshirmeChristian 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.38
12221342824Jannisariesa member of the Turkish infantry forming the Sultan's guard39
12221342825Zamindarsa landowner, especially one who leases his land to tenant farmers.40
12221342826Daimyo(in feudal Japan) one of the great lords who were vassals of the shogun41
12221342827Peninsularea Spanish-born Spaniard residing in the New World or the Spanish East Indies42
12221342828Creolesa person of mixed European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean43
12221342829MestizosA person of mixed Native American and European ancestry44
12221342830MulattosPersons of mixed European and African ancestry45
12221342831Sociedad de castasCaste system based on racial origins46
12221342832Cape Colonya former province of southern South Africa that was settled by the Dutch in 1652 and ceded to Great Britain in 181447
12221342833Commercial 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.48
12221342834Potosia city in S Bolivia: formerly a rich silver-mining center49
12221342835Absolutismthe acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters50
12221342836*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.51
12221342837*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.52
12221342838*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.53
12221342839*Ivan IVthe Terrible, beat the Mongols, Tartars, and the Poles, forced nobles into service, first ruler to take the title tsar54
12221342840*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.55
12221342841*Parliamentary monarchyA government with a king or queen whose power is limited by the power of a parliament56
12221342842Divine RightsA belief of kings and monarchs that they have a God-given right to rule and that rebellion against them is a sin.57
12221342843VersaillesA 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 style58
12221342844Absolutismthe acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters59
12221342845Ottomans (Suleiman)Gun powder empire60
12221342846Safavids (Abbas)Gun powder empire61
12221342847Mughals (Akbar, Aurangzeb)Gunpowder empire62
12221342848Maroonescaped slave in the Americas63
12221342849European Empires in the AmericansGreat Britain, France, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark64
12221342850Aztecsa 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 century65
12221342851IncasA 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.66
12221342852Ming-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.67
12221342853Tokugawa ShogunateUnified daimyo (lords) to keep peace from 1600 to 1867 in Japan68
12221342854ConquistadorsEarly-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru. (Examples Cortez, Pizarro, Francisco.)69
12221342855Thirty 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.70
12221342856Treaty 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.71
12221342857Edict of Nantesdocument that granted religious freedom to the Huguenots72
12221342858English Civil Wara series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's government73
12221342859Glorious 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.74
12221342860*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.75

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