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321292430Grand CanalCreated in 486 BCE, a thousand-mile long connector between the Yellow and Yangzi rivers, linking North and South china respectively.0
321292431Silver IslandsTerm used by European merchants in the sixteenth century to refer to Japan1
321292432CaravansCompanies of men who transported and traded goods along overland routes, in North Africa and central Asia2
321292433CaravansaraisInns along major trade routes that accommodated large numbers of traders, their animals, and their wares.3
321292434ConversosJewish and Muslim converts in Iberia and The "New" World4
321292435CaravelA small 15th and 16th century ship, with a broad bow, a high stern, and usually three masts. Used for sailing estuaries.5
321292436CarrackShip used on open bodies of water, such as the Mediterranean6
321292437Gold CoastName that European Mariners and Merchants gave to that part of west africa where gold was mined7
321292438Atlantic SystemNew System of trade and expansion that linked europe, africa, and the america's.8
321292439EncomiendasGrants from Spanish governors to control the labor services of colonized people9
321292440EncomenderosCommanders of the labor services of the colonized peoples in spanish america10
321292441ConquistadorSpanish military leaders who led the conquest of the New world in the Sixteenth century11
321292442TlaxcalansMesoamerican society of the 1400s, these people were enemies of the powerful Aztec Empire12
321292443TarascansMesoamerican society of the 1400s, these people were enemies of the powerful Aztec Empire13
321292444QuetzalcoatlAncient Deity and Legendary Ruler of the Native American peoples living in mexico14
321292445MestizosMIxed-blood offspring of Spanish settlers and native indians15
321292446ReformationTime of split between Catholicism and Protestantism16
321292447ProtestantismDivision of Christianity that emerged in western Europe during the Protestant reformation17
321292448CatholicismDivision of Christianity prominent in western europe18
321292449Counter-reformationMovement to counter Reformation initiated by the catholic Church. Jesuits founded at this time.19
321292450HuguenotFrench Protestants who endured persecution in the 16th and 15th centuries20
321292451Treaty of TordesillasTreaty in which the Pope decreed that the pope decreed that the non-european world would be divided into spheres of trade and missionary responsibility between Portugal and Spain21
321292452JesuitsReligious order founded by Ignatius Loyola to counter Protestantism22

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