166009789 | Commercial Revolution | economic and political expansion, spurred mercantilism and colonialism | 0 | |
166009790 | Prince Henry the Navigator | sponsored early voyages of exploration (Portugal) | 1 | |
166009791 | Christopher Columbus | New World | 2 | |
166009792 | Ferdinand Magellan | first trip around the world | 3 | |
166009793 | Dutch East India Company | govt sponsored joint stock, controlled spice trade | 4 | |
166009794 | British East India Company | controlled India, spice trade after Dutch | 5 | |
166009795 | Treaty of Tordesillas | split west between Portugal and Spain | 6 | |
166009796 | Columbian Exchange | plants, animals, disease b/t New and Old Worlds | 7 | |
166009797 | Northwest Passage | route to Indies through Canada | 8 | |
166009798 | Middle Passage | slave route | 9 | |
166009799 | Bartolome de Las Casas | fought against harsh treatment of natives | 10 | |
166009800 | Potosi | silver mine in Bolivia | 11 | |
166009801 | conquistador | Spanish conqueror of Americas | 12 | |
166009802 | colonization | taking over another place and bringing in your own settlers | 13 | |
166009803 | joint-stock company | early corporation, raised money to fund explorations | 14 | |
166009804 | mercantilism | economic system, must have favorable balance of trade | 15 | |
166009805 | creoles | European born in America | 16 | |
166009806 | mestizos | Spanish and native mix | 17 | |
166009807 | mulatto | African/European mix | 18 | |
166009808 | peninsulares | born in Europe | 19 | |
166009809 | encomienda | system which person received grant of land and used natives who lived there | 20 | |
166009810 | viceroyalty | Spanish province in the Americas | 21 | |
166009811 | caravel | Portuguese ships | 22 | |
166009812 | triangular trade | Americas/Europe/Africa | 23 | |
166009813 | sugar plantation | high need for labor, extended slavery | 24 | |
166009814 | Louis XIV | absolutist ruler of France | 25 | |
166009815 | Act of Toleration | religious freedom-Christianity | 26 | |
166009816 | Enlightenment | intellectual movement based on reason | 27 | |
166009817 | Italian Renaissance | cultural movement | 28 | |
166009818 | Northern Renaissance | cultural movement | 29 | |
166009819 | Jesuits | Catholic religious order (missionary) | 30 | |
166009820 | Cossacks | peasants recruited to settle Siberia | 31 | |
166009821 | Estates General | meeting of the three states of France | 32 | |
166009822 | Reconquista | Spanish overthrow of the Moors | 33 | |
166009823 | Protestant Reformation | religious movement to reform the Catholic church | 34 | |
166009824 | Ninety Five Theses | Luther's list of complaints against the Catholic church | 35 | |
166009825 | Martin Luther | leader of Protestant Reformation | 36 | |
166009826 | Scientific Revolution | began using Scientific Method (experimentation) | 37 | |
166009827 | Adam Smith | economist, free trade and capitalism | 38 | |
166009828 | baroque architecture | used to show power (Louis XIV) | 39 | |
166009829 | philosophes | thinkers of the Enlightenment | 40 | |
166009830 | absolute monarchy | all power rests with the queen/king | 41 | |
166009831 | boyars | Russian nobles | 42 | |
166009832 | divine right | God given right to rule | 43 | |
166009833 | nation state | single government, common culture/identity | 44 | |
166009834 | parliamentary monarcy | shared power b/t royalty and parliament | 45 | |
166009835 | sovereignty | freedom from control | 46 | |
166009836 | heliocentric theory | earth revolves around the sun | 47 | |
166009837 | indulgence | pardon from sins | 48 | |
166009838 | laissez faire | hands off | 49 | |
166009839 | proto-industrialization | shift from ag. to making products at home | 50 | |
166009840 | Tokugawa Shogunate | Japanese ruling dynasty, isolation | 51 | |
166009841 | Ming Dynasty | voyages to show power | 52 | |
166009842 | Zheng He | leader of Ming voyages | 53 | |
166009843 | Janissaries | Ottoman troops | 54 | |
166009844 | Isfahan | capital of Safavid | 55 | |
166009845 | Tanzimat Reforms | western influenced, railroads, postal, etc. | 56 | |
166009846 | viziers | bureaucrat of Ottomans | 57 | |
166009847 | millet system | division under a religious leader | 58 |
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