Time: 1450-1750
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| 148462115 | Hispaniola | First island in Caribbean settled by Spain; settlement founded by Columbus on 2nd voyage to New World; Spanish base of operations for further discoveries | 0 | |
| 148462116 | Encomienda | grants of Indian laborers made to Spanish conquerors and settlers in central and South America; basis for earliest form of forced labor | 1 | |
| 148462117 | Encomendero | holder of a grant of Indians who were required to pay a tribute or provide labor | 2 | |
| 148462118 | Bartolome de las Casas | Dominican friar who supported peaceful conversion of Native American population of Spanish colonies; opposed forced labor and advocated Indian rights | 3 | |
| 148462119 | Hernan Cortes | Led expedition of 600 to coast of Mexico in 1519; conquistador responsible for defeat of Aztec Empire; captured Tenochtitlan | 4 | |
| 148462120 | Coronado | Searched for the mythical cities of gold; went as far as Mexico | 5 | |
| 148462121 | Haciendas | Rural estates in Spanish colonies in New World; produced agricultural products for consumers in America; basis of wealth and power for local aristocracy | 6 | |
| 148462122 | Galleons | large, heavily armed ships used to carry silver from New World | 7 | |
| 148462123 | Treaty of Todesillas | between Castile and Portugal; reserved Brazil to Portugal; granted all lands west of Brazil to Spain, clarified spheres of influence and rights of posession in New World | 8 | |
| 148462124 | Peninsulares | People living in New World Spainish colonies but born in Spain | 9 | |
| 148462125 | Creoles | Whites born in New World; dominated local Latin American economics; ranked just beneath peninsulares | 10 | |
| 148462126 | Amigos del pais | Clubs and asociations dedicated to improvements and reform in Spanish colonies; more material improvements than political reform | 11 | |
| 148462127 | The War of Spanish Succession | Resulted from Bourbon family's succession to Spanish throne in 1701; resulted in recgonition of Bourbons, loss of some lands, grants of commercial right to England and France | 12 | |
| 148462128 | The Bourbon Reforms | Provided better administration and defense to the growing populations in New Spain | 13 | |
| 148462129 | Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille | monarch of largest Christian kingdoms in Iberia; marriage to Isabella united Spain; responsible for reconquest of Granada, initiation of exploration of New World | 14 | |
| 148462130 | Cossacks | recruited peasants to migrate to newly seized lands, spurred frontier conquests | 15 | |
| 148462131 | Ivan III (the Great) | freed from Mongol rule in 1462, took title of tsar | 16 | |
| 148462132 | Ivan IV (the Terrible) | confirmed power of tsars, attacked boyars, trade with Western Europe | 17 | |
| 148462133 | Old Believers | Russians who refused the reforms of Alexis Romanov (who removed assemblies of nobles), exiled to Siberia/S Russia | 18 | |
| 148462134 | Partition of Poland | 3 divisions of Poland between Russia, Prussia, Austria, removed Poland as independent state | 19 | |
| 148462135 | Third Rome | Russian claim to be successor state to Roman & Byzantine Empires, kept Orthodox Church after fall of Constantinople | 20 | |
| 148462136 | Time of Troubles | after death of Ivan IV, boyars used vacuum powers to reestablish authority, led to establishment of Romanov Dynasty | 21 | |
| 148462137 | Peter I (the Great) | growth of absolutism and conquest, imitation of W Europe | 22 | |
| 148471597 | Janissaries | Ottoman infantry divisions in Ottoman armies, forced conscription in conquered Balkans, political influence | 23 | |
| 148471598 | Mughals | established by Babur in India | 24 | |
| 148471599 | Mullah | local mosque officials in Safavid Empire, wanted to convert all to Shi'ism | 25 | |
| 148471600 | Ottomans | Turks from Asia Minor, conquered most of Balkans, caputured Constantinople | 26 | |
| 148471601 | Safavids | origin in Sufi mystics, Turk nomads, conquered territory in Iran, support Shi'ism | 27 | |
| 148471602 | El Mina | most important Portuguese trading factories in Africa | 28 | |
| 148471603 | Factories | Portuguese trading fortresses with merchants | 29 | |
| 148471604 | Great Trek | movement of Boer settlers to escape influence of British government | 30 | |
| 148471605 | Asante Empire | among Akan people in Gold Coast, dominated by Oyoko clan, unified by Tutu with firearms | 31 | |
| 148471606 | Indies Piece | value of an adult male slave, used by Spanish | 32 | |
| 148471607 | Mfecane | wars from Zulu expansion, led to political organization of South Africa (creation of Swazi, Lesotho) | 33 | |
| 148471608 | Palmares | kingdom of runaway slaves in Brazil, led by Angola (in Luanda) | 34 | |
| 148471609 | Royal African Company | monopoly over slave trade trade among British merchants | 35 | |
| 148471610 | Triangular Trade | commerce between Africa, New World, Europe, slaves to Amercia for sugar and tobacco to Europe | 36 | |
| 148471611 | Asian Sea Trading Network | Arab Zone- glass, carpets, tapestries; India-cotton textiles; China- paper, porcelain, silks----before European intervention | 37 | |
| 148471612 | Macoa/Canton | Chinese ports that Europeans were allowed to trade in | 38 | |
| 148471613 | Deshima | Japanese port only open to Chinese and Dutch after isolation | 39 | |
| 148471614 | Malacca | Portuguese factory on tip of Malaysian peninsula, traditionally center of SE Asian trade | 40 | |
| 148471615 | Manchus | Jurchens who established Qing Dynasty, last of imperial dynasties | 41 | |
| 148471616 | Ormuz/Goa | Portuguese factories that were sites of forcible entry into Asian Sea Trade Network | 42 | |
| 148471617 | Treaty of Gijanti | reduced Java's princes to vassals of Dutch East India company, allowed Dutch monopoly coffee production | 43 | |
| 148471618 | Zheng He Expeditions | under 3rd Ming emperor, only Chinese attempt to create worldwide trade empire | 44 |
