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Ch 13 AP World History Strayer Flashcards

Unit 4 Part 2

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8288300144CortesSpanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)0
8288300145the great dyingThe massive epidemic caused by Old World diseases (zoonoses) after Columbian Exchange. It killed around 90% of the Native American (it also happened in parts of Asia and the Polynesian Islands).1
8288300146Dona MarinaAztec woman who became an interpreter for Hernando Cortes during his conquest of the Aztec empire2
8288300147Columbian ExchangeThe exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.3
8288300148peninsularesSpanish-born, came to Latin America; ruled, highest social class.4
8288300149mestizoA new racial concept that develops in Latin America following the intermixing that occurred between European colonists and the native American population.5
8288300150plantationA large farm in tropical and subtropical climates that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country.6
8288300151mulattoesPeople of African and European descent7
8288300152settler coloniesColonies, such as those in South Africa, New Zealand, Algeria, Kenya, and Hawaii, where minority European populations lived among majority indigenous peoples.8
8288300153SiberiaThe northeastern sector of Asia or the Eastern half of Russia.9
8288300154yasakTribute that Russian rulers demanded from the native peoples of Siberia, most often in the form of furs.10
8288300155Qing dynasty(1644-1911 CE), the last imperial dynasty of China which was overthrown by revolutionaries; was ruled by the Manchu people: began to isolate themselves from Western culture,11
8288300156Mughal Empirean Islamic imperial power that ruled a large portion of Indian subcontinent which began in 1526, invaded and ruled most of Hindustan (South Asia) by the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and ended in the mid-19th century.12
8288300157AkbarThe most famous Muslim ruler of India during the period of Mughal rule. Famous for his religious tolerance, his investment in rich cultural feats, and the creation of a centralized governmental administration, which was not typical of ancient and post-classical India.13
8288300158AurangzebThe other son of Shah Jahan who won the power struggle and put his brother to death and his father in prison. He tried to rid India of social evils but ironically returned the intolerance of Hindus due to his strong Muslim faith14
8288300159Ottoman EmpireIslamic state founded by Osman in northwestern Anatolia. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire was based at Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) from 1453-1922. It encompassed lands in the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and eastern Europe.15
8288300160devshrimein the Ottoman Empire, a system (literally, "Collection") of training talented children to be administrators or members of the sultan's harem; originally meritocratic, by the 17th century it had degenerated into a hereditary caste.16
8288300161ConstantinopleToday known as Istanbul, former capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell in 1453 to the Turks17

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