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136337267AsianMuch of the territory added to the Russian empire was...0
136337268Ivan IIIRussian ruler who freed a large part of Russia from Mongol control in the 15th century.1
136337269Ivan the Greatclaimed that Russia had succeeded the Roman and the Byzantine Empires as the "Third Rome".2
136337270Cossackspeasants that were recruited to migrate to newly seized lands in the Russian Empire.3
136337271Romanov familychosen in 1613 to establish a new ruling dynasty in Russia.4
136337272Alexis Romanovtsar responsible for the abolition of the assemblies of the nobles and reform of the Orthodox church.5
136337273The Old BelieversRussians who refused to accept tsarist reforms of the Orthodox church.6
136337274Peter the Greatunder his reign, Russia went to war with Sweden and, as a result, gained territory on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea.7
136337275Baltic Seabecame critical to the development of Russian power during the reign of Peter the Great.8
136337276Catherine the Greatpowerful ruler of Russia following Peter the Great.9
136337277Alaska, parts of Siberia, and the Pacific coast of North AmericaTerritories colonized or claimed by the Russian Empire during the reign of Catherine the Great.10
1363372781649Russian serfdom became hereditary.11
136337279Pugachevcossack that led a peasant rebellion in Russia in the 1770s.12
136337280Characteristics of both Europe and Russiarigid serfdom, dominant aristocracy, and the lack of a native commercial class with an urban culture.13
136824737Characteristics of Iberian societyheavy urbanization, slaveholding traditions, emphasis on nobility, and emphasis on patriarchal ideals.14
136824738HispaniolaWhat was the first Spanish colony established in the New World?15
136824739encomiendasgrants of Indians to individual Spaniards as a labor system.16
136824740the SpanishWho created the models that were applied throughout their possessions in the New World in the Caribbean?17
136824741American cities were laid out on a grid plan.What was the difference between Spanish American cities and those from Europe?18
136824742Hernan Cortezman responsible for the conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico.19
136824743Indian nobilityan institution that was retained by the Spanish to serve European administrative purposes.20
136824744mitaIndian labor extracted through local officials replaced the labor of the encomienda.21
136824745Potosilocation of the greatest silver mine.22
137390858by the development of galleonsHow was the Spanish convoy system that controlled trade with the Americas made possible?23
137390859Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494divided the world into spheres of influence belonging to Portugal and Castile.24
137390860Catholic churchintroduced universities, the construction of baroque churches, and the printing press to American life.25
137390861Pedro Alvares CabralThe first landfall in the colony of Brazil took place in 1500 under who?26
137390862one-halfBy 1700, slaves comprised ______ of the Brazilian population.27
137390863The Spanish empire was almost exclusively American, while the Portuguese Empire included colonies and outposts in Asia, Africa and Brazil.What was the primary difference between the Spanish and Portuguese empires?28
137390864slavesAfrican contribution to the Colombian Exchange.29
137390865Portugalthe European nation that established direct contact with black Africa.30
137390866AsianMuch of the territory added to the Russian empire was ____.31
137390867El Minaone of the early Portuguese trade forts that was the most important.32
137390868KongoAfrican kingdom that most successfully converted to Christianity by the Portuguese missionaries.33
137390869slavery in Europedied out by 1450 except along the military frontier between Christians and Muslims in the Mediterranean.34
137390870The development of sugar plantations on the Atlantic islands of Madeira and the Canaries.What led to the intensification of the Portuguese involvement in the African slave trade?35
137390871Brazilreceived more slaves in the Americas than any other region between 1550 and 1850.36
137390872trans-Saharan slave tradeconcentrated on women.37
137390873Atlantic slave tradeconcentrated on young men.38
137390874impact of slave trade on Africaskewed the population of central Africa in favor of a disproportional number of women.39
13739087518th centuryWhen did Atlantic slave trade reach it's zenith in terms of Africans exported?40
137515004the BritishWho organized their shipment of slaves to the Americas by chartering the Royal African Company and giving it a monopoly over the shipment of slaves to the colonies in the Americas.41
137515005Triangular Tradethe term utilized for the commercial arrangement by which African slaves were shipped to the Americas, sugar and tobacco were carried to Europe, and European manufactured goods were transported to Africa.42
137515006Portuguese, Ottoman TurksOn the east coast of Africa, the Swahili trading cities continued their commerce with the Indian Ocean with both the ______ & the _______ _____.43
137515007Shaka1818, assumed the leadership of the Zulu chiefdom of the Nguni people of southern Africa.44
137515008William WilberforceBritish opponent of the slave trade.45

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