333150187 | Merchantilism | an ecomonic theory where colonies are created to benefit the "mother country" through trade of raw materials and consumption of the mother countrys finished products | 0 | |
333150188 | Great League of Peace and Power | Iroquois Indian alliance of North America, which united previously warring communities. | 1 | |
333150189 | Northwest Passage | a water route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans along the northern coast of North America | 2 | |
333150190 | fur trade | The trading of fur and animal pelts in the North because the Northern soil was not suitable for cash crops. | 3 | |
333150191 | Metis | a half-breed of white and Indian parentage | 4 | |
333150192 | Puritans | Protestant sect in England hoping to "purify" the Anglican church of Roman Catholic traces in practice and organization. | 5 | |
333150193 | Maroon Community | group of escaped slaves in Latin America | 6 | |
333150194 | Big Whites | French plantation owners in Saint Domingue (present-day Haiti) who created one of the wealthiest and most ostentatious slave societies. | 7 | |
333150195 | Pawns | those, especially women or children, whose individual lives are sacrificed to serve other's interests: a ruler's daughters married for purposes of state or family alliance; dependents sold into temporary slavery as collateral on a family debt; dependents given to a ruler as a sign of fealty | 8 | |
333150196 | Ekpe | Powerful slave trade institution that organized the supply and purchase of slaves inland from the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa. | 9 | |
333150197 | Asante State | Located in present-day Ghana, this state was founded by the Asantes at the end of the seventeenth century. It grew in power in the next century because of its access to gold and its involvement in the slave trade. | 10 | |
333150198 | East India Company | British joint-stock company that grew to be a state within a state in India; it possessed its own armed forces. | 11 | |
333150199 | Tsar | a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917) | 12 | |
333150200 | Fluitschips | Dutch shipping vessels that could carry heavy bulky cargo with relatively small crews. | 13 | |
333150201 | Church of England | Protestant church led by the king of England, independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty | 14 | |
333150202 | Seven Years' War (1756-1763) | (Could be called the first World War.) Prussia's well trained army invaded Saxony. (An Ally of Austria.) This caused France and GB to be mad at each other over their colonies again for some reason so they start fighting. Those two fought in North America (its called the French and Indian War) and in the West Indies, India, and central Europe. Prussia was losing until the Russian tsar died and a pro-Prussian one withdrew Russia from the Franco-Austrian alliance. Prussia got to keep all the territory, including Silesia which he won earlier. Britain and France ended their fighting with the Treaty of Paris. | 15 |
Chapter 13 AP World Flashcards
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