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63049105Johannes GutenbergGerman printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468) Printed the Bible0
63049106Henry the Navigator(1394-1460) Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa.1
63049107Bartholemeu DiasSailed to the Soutehrn tip of Africa2
63049108Vasco de GamaA Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean3
63049109Christopher ColumbusItalian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)4
63049110Amerigo VespucciThe italian sailor who corrected Columbus's mistake, acknowledging the coasts of america as a new world. America is named after him5
63049111Vasco de BalboaFirst Spanish captain to begin settlement on the mainland of Mesoamerica in 1509; initial settlement eventually led to conquest of Aztec and Inca empires by other captains.6
63049112Ferdinand MagellanPortuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.7
63049113James CookA navigator and ship captain who explored and claimed land in Australia for England in 17708
63049114Joseph Banksa young scientist who made vast contribuations to botany and zoology on the basis of his findings on this voyage9
63049115capitalisman economic system based on private ownership of capital10
63049116mercantilisman economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought11
63049117Hernan CortesSpanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain.12
63049118Moctezuma II(1466-1520) Aztec ruler from 1502 to 1520; he was the emperor of the Aztecs when Cortés and his army conquered the empire. He was taken prisoner and killed during battle with the Spanish army.13
63049119Francisco PizarroSpanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)14
63049120AtahualpaRuler of the Inca Empire when conquered by Pizarro15
63049121Encomienda Systempriviledge given by Spain to Spanish settlers in the Americas which allowed to control the lands and people of a certain territory16
63049122Repartimiento Systemrequired adult male Native Americans to devote a set number of days of labor anually to Spanish economic enterprises. PROBLEM- abused workers due to sense of urgency and exploitation17
63049123Charles VHoly Roman emperor (1519-1558) and king of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556). He summoned the Diet of Worms (1521) and the Council of Trent (1545-1563).18
63049124Philip IIking of ancient Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great (382-336 BC)19
63049125Martin Luthera German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices.20
63049126Indulgencespardon sold by catholic church to reduce one's punishment21
6304912795 ThesesArguments written by Martin Luther against the Catholic church. They were posted on Octobe 31, 151722
63049128John Calvinreligious reformer who believed in predestination and a strict sense of morality for society23
63049129Anglicana Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism24
63049130Council of TrentThe congress of learned Roman Catholic authorities that met intermittently from 1545 to 1563 to reform abusive church practices and reconcile with the Protestants.25
63049131Jesuitsmembers of the society of jesus, a roman catholic religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola26
63049132Ignatius LoyolaCatholic priest that established the Jesuits27
63049133Elizabeth IReestablished Protestantism as the state religion of England and she led the defeat of the Spanish Armada.28
63049134Spanish Armadathe great fleet sent from Spain against England by Philip II in 158829
63049135Dutch East India CompanyGovernment-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies.30
63049136Louis XIVThis French king ruled for the longest time ever in Europe. He issued several economic policies and costly wars. He was the prime example of absolutism in France31
63049137Nation-stateA country32
63049138Serfdomfeudal system, the use of serfs to work the land in return for protection against barbarian invasions33
63049139Peter the Greatruled Russia from 1682 to 1725, wanted closer ties to western europe, modernize and strengthen Russia34
63049140Catherine the GreatEmpress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)35
63049141Ottoman EmpireCentered in Constantinople, the Turkish imperial state that conquered large amounts of land in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Balkans, and fell after World War I.36
63049142Mughal EmpireA period of Muslim rule of India from the 1500's to the 1700's.37
63049143Matteo RicciAn Italian Jesuit who by his knowledge of Astronomy and science was accepted as a missionary of China38
63049144Shogunthe supreme military commander of Japan39
63049145SamaraiJapanese Warrior40
63049146Demographythe branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations41
63049147Columbian ExchangeThe exchange of goods and ideas between Native Americans and Europeans42
63049148Indentured Laborlabor under contract to an employer for a fixed period of time, typically three to seven years, in exchange for their transportation, food, clothing, lodging and other necessities43
63049149AboriginesThe original of earliest known inhabitants of a country.44
63049150Maorithe Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand45
63049151GazisOttoman warriors - given land, TIMAR, returned to Sultan after death--loyal only to Sultan46
63049152Sufisa mystical Muslim group that believed they could draw closer to God through prayer, fasting, and a simple life47
63049153JanissariesChristian boys taken from families, converted to Islam, and then rigorously trained to serve the sultan48
63049154Mehmed IIalso calle Mehmed the Conqueror, Murad's son, conquered Constaninople in 1453 and opened it to new citizens of many religions and backgrounds. The rebuilt city was renamed Instanbul.49
63049155Suleiman IThe leader of the Ottoman Turk Empire during the high Renaissance.50
63049156Akbarthe greatest Mughal leader of India51
63049157Syncretismmixed source belief (religions that are a blend of two or more)52
63049158SafavidThe shi'ite muslim dynasty that ruled in persia between the 16th and 18th centuries53
63049159Shah Isma'il1494 to 1524, is Shi'a, declares all other muslim religions INVALID. Changed major religion of Iran.54
63049160Shah AbbasAlso known as Abbas the Great, took the throne in 1587 and helped create the Safavid culture55
63049161Ming DynastyA major dynasty that ruled China from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century. It was marked by a great expansion of Chinese commerce into East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia56
63049162Qing Dynastythe last imperial dynasty of China (from 1644 to 1912) which was overthrown by revolutionaries57
63049163Divine Right of Kingsthe belief that the authority of kings comes directly from God58
63049164Creolea mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages59
63049165Mestizoa person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)60
63049166Thomas HobbesPhilosopher who argued that man was sinful and needed to be controlled. Believed people to be greedy61
63049167John LockeEnglish empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)62
63049168Social Contrastagreement by which people give up the state of nature for an organized society.63
63049169Nicholas Cpoernicuspolish astronmer in 1514 he discovered that earth and other planets revole around the sun64
63049170Johannes KeplerGerman astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)65
63049171Galileo GalileiItalian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars66
63049172Isaac Newtondiscovered gravity, laws of motion, calculus67

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