6176782308 | Creole | Term for Spanish born in Americas | 0 | |
6176790728 | Humanism | Focus on human potential and achievement | 1 | |
6176798226 | Middle Passage | Slave ships crossing the Atlantic | 2 | |
6176800846 | Al Andalus | Term for Muslim Spain | 3 | |
6176802412 | Shah Jahan | Built the Taj Mahal | 4 | |
6176807035 | Devshirme | Christian boys taken by Ottomans to seve | 5 | |
6176811034 | Viceroy | Governor in colonial empires | 6 | |
6176812252 | Akbar the Great | Religiously tolerant leader of Mughal India | 7 | |
6176819639 | Galileo Galilei | Scientist arrested by Catholic Church | 8 | |
6176824119 | British East India Company | Joint Stock Company that trades in India | 9 | |
6176826055 | Potosi | Silver mine in Peru | 10 | |
6176828868 | Peninsulares | Those in America who were born in Spain | 11 | |
6176828869 | Taino | First people encountered by Columbus | 12 | |
6176830885 | Piracy | Threat to naval vessels throughout world | 13 | |
6176832988 | Leonardo Da Vinci | Renaissance artist, inventor, etc. | 14 | |
6176838537 | English Bill of Rights | Separates power and limits power of British Monarchy | 15 | |
6176841683 | John Calvin | Religious leader believes in predestination | 16 | |
6176848760 | Mehmed the Conqueror | Attacks Constantinople in 1453 | 17 | |
6176853153 | Encomienda | Spanish manor system in Americas | 18 | |
6176856238 | Counter Reformation | Changes made within the Catholic Church | 19 | |
6176860185 | Treaty of Tordesillas | Agreement of Spain and Portugal's New World Claims | 20 | |
6176862029 | Peace of Westphalia | End of Religious wars in Europe | 21 | |
6176862943 | Heliocentric Theory | Sun as center of universe | 22 | |
6176864234 | Divine Right | Belief monarch's power given by God | 23 | |
6176865687 | Caravel | Small, fast Spanish ship | 24 | |
6176898177 | Abolition | Movement to get rid of slavery | 25 | |
6176901422 | Inquisition | Tribunal to suppress heresy | 26 | |
6176904638 | Isaac Newton | Scientist most known for gravity and laws of motion | 27 | |
6176909768 | Glorious Revolution | Peaceful change of ruler in England in 1688 | 28 | |
6176913714 | Zheng He | Muslim Chinese admiral | 29 | |
6176918014 | Vasco Da Gama | Portuguese explorer who first made it to India | 30 | |
6176922108 | Cult of Saints | Use of local beliefs to make Natives in Latin America convert | 31 | |
6176924816 | Afrikanners | Dutch South African settlers | 32 | |
6176930405 | Closed Country Policy | Policy enacted by Tokugawa lemitsu | 33 | |
6176934253 | Tokugawa Shogunate | Gov't in Japan that closes the country to foreigners | 34 | |
6176939544 | Absolute Monarch | King or queen with complete rule in a state | 35 | |
6176941432 | Cash Crops | Ex. Tobacco, Cotton, Sugar | 36 | |
6176943766 | Monopoly | Something exclusively done by one company | 37 | |
6176946080 | Ghazis | Muslim military fighters in the Ottoman Empire | 38 | |
6176950811 | Hacienda | Manor house in Spanish America | 39 | |
6176952247 | Habsburgs | Ruling family of HRE, Spain, Netherlands | 40 | |
6176954878 | Commonwealth | Organization of British independent states | 41 | |
6176957350 | Peter the Great | Czar responsible for modernizing Russia | 42 | |
6176962809 | Circumnavigation | Feat accomplished by the crew of Magellan | 43 | |
6176990672 | Indentured Servitude | Working for up to 7 years in order to move to the Americas | 44 | |
6176995941 | VOC | Dutch East India Trading Company | 45 | |
6177000458 | Son of Heaven | Imperial Title of China | 46 | |
6177000459 | Ming China | After Mongols put Chinese customs in power | 47 | |
6177002407 | Colonization | Process of setting peoples overseas | 48 | |
6177011976 | Hugeuenots | French Protestants | 49 | |
6177013024 | Peru | Spanish territory in Americas | 50 | |
6177018274 | Ignatius de Loyola | Founder of Catholic Jesuit order | 51 | |
6177019651 | Nation States | Countries defined by culture and language uniting the people | 52 | |
6177023548 | Matteo Ricci | Portuguese Missionary to China | 53 | |
6177026830 | Janissaries | Fighting force of Ottoman Empire | 54 | |
6177029695 | Fur Trade | Trapping of animals for skins | 55 | |
6177029696 | Parliament | Representative body of British Government | 56 | |
6177031834 | Martin Luther | Individual who "begins" the Protestant Reformation | 57 | |
6177031835 | 30 Years War | Conflict between Christians in Europe | 58 | |
6177035398 | Sundiata | Ruler of Songhai | 59 | |
6177040183 | Commericialism | Intending to make a profit from business | 60 | |
6177049857 | Christopher Columbus | "First" European to reach the Americas | 61 | |
6177051651 | Kongo | Central African state influenced by Portugese | 62 | |
6177058146 | Perspective | Creating a 3D aspect in art | 63 | |
6177060797 | Versailles | Palace of Louis XIV in France | 64 | |
6177103192 | Prince Henry the Navigator | Portuguese ruler who encouraged exploration | 65 | |
6177105510 | Taj Mahal | Tomb built by Shah Jahan | 66 | |
6177106890 | Printing Press | Moveable type made in Europe by Gutenburg | 67 | |
6177117398 | Louis XIV | Absolute king of France | 68 | |
6177120023 | Joint Stock Company | Corporation to divide wealth and risk | 69 | |
6177121490 | Pope Leo X | Excommunicates Martin Luther | 70 | |
6177125396 | Renaissance | "Rebirth" | 71 | |
6177129384 | South Africa | Settler colony of he Dutch "Afrikanners" | 72 | |
6177134142 | Queen Elizabeth I | Ruled England during Renaissance and Shakepeare | 73 | |
6177136310 | Henry VII | King of England who creates Anglican Church | 74 | |
6177141294 | Suleyman the Magnificent | Ottoman expanded empire an created laws | 75 | |
6177143171 | Smallpox | Disease that contributes to the "Great Dying" | 76 | |
6177172996 | Plantation Economy | System of growing one crop by forced labor to sell overseas | 77 | |
6177178070 | Francisco Pizarro | Conquered the Incas | 78 | |
6177183650 | Hernan Cortes | Conquered Aztecs | 79 | |
6177187650 | Protestant Reformation | Attempt to make changes within the Catholic Church | 80 | |
6191489137 | Trans Atlantic Slave Trade | Movement of 12 million Africans | 81 |
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