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6619574875Power structureup Monarchs down Nobles up Bureaucrats up Professional Military down Nomads0
6620439510CaravelPortuguese ship that utilized lateen sails1
6619599484Spain (sea based)Conquered Aztec (Cortes) and Inca (Pizarro), Catholic (Spanish Inquisition), Escorial built by Phillip II (Habsburg)2
6619604881Casta systemRacially classification in Spanish america: Spanish, born in Europe: Peninsulara Spanish, born in new world: Creole Spanish, native american: Mestizo Spanish, African: mulatto African Native american3
6619606317EncomeindaIn Spanish america, forced native Americans into serfdom, colonial leaders responsible for "Christianizing" and "civilizing" natives, high death rates lead to its decline (1500's), tribute system replaced4
6620329649Haciendalarge estates in Spanish america, coerced natives into agricultural labor5
6619606330ViceroyColonial leader representing home country6
6620346216Spanish mit'aTurned Incan labor tax into temporary slavery for agricultural labor through the silver mine, Potosi7
6619607926Frontier of InclusionInvolved indigenous peoples in colony ex: Spanish colonies8
6619607927Frontier of ExclusionSeparated indigenous peoples from colony ex: British American, Australian, and South African colonies9
6620377066Portugal (sea based)Colonized Brazil, violent in Indian Ocean trade, had Indian Ocean port cities10
6620385188CartazPortuguese trade passport required for Indian Ocean trade11
6620388648France (sea based)Under Louis XIV, colonized Haiti and Canada, divine right (Bodin) to legitimize rule12
6620396604England (sea based)Established Jamestown/Massachusetts Bay, Whitehall Palace built by Elizabeth I Tudor13
6620400828Dutch (sea based)Established commercial empire, Dutch East India Company (aka VOC)14
6620406886Ottoman (land based)Mostly Sunni Muslim, conquered Byzantine, Suleymaniye Mosque built by Suleyman the Magnificant15
6620414036Devshirme systemConquered Young Christian boys were trained to become either bureaucrats or Janissaries (soldiers) *ottoman16
6620429096Millet systemreligious toleration because the Ottoman empire was so diverse17
6620466430Suleyman the MagnificantOttoman Sultan that made the empire a naval power and expanded throughout Eurasia18
6620478723Safavid (land based)Persian empire that was mostly Shia Muslim, Shah Mosque built by Shah Abbas I, Shah Ismael (founder) used Shiism to reinforce his power19
6620486838Mughal (land based)Indian empire, religiously tolerant because Sunni Muslims conquered the mostly Hindu India, zamindar=elites, Taj Mahal built by Shah Jahan20
6620498617AkbarMughal leader who established the "Divine Faith" which syncretized Islam and Hinduism21
6620506818Russian (land based)wanted to expand, gain a warm water sea port, and dominated fur trade, Peterhof Palace built by Peter the Great22
6620512912Ming/Qing (land based)Manchu leaders continued the Civil service exam and Confucian values, but treated indigenous Han people as second class citizens, The Forbidden City built by Yongle *the Ming dynasty was conquered by the Manchus who established the Qing dynasty23
6620542223Tokugawa Shogunate (land based)Japanese empire, peasant uprisings, Samurai revolts, Edo Castle was the administrative and military capital, daimyo=elites24
6620559810Mercantilism"State sponsored capitalism", export > import, bullion economy (gold and silver were valuable), raw materials (from colony) turned into manufactured goods (in mother country) that were exported to different markets, global system25
6620589123Martin Lutherexposed corruption of Catholic church in 95 Theses, discouraged peasant revolt, Lutheranism popular in German states26
6620597928John CalvinIdeas of predestination, reformation leader Huguenots: French Puritans: English27
6620616819Henry VIIIaka "Henry the Navigator", expanded exploration and navigation28
6620625636Counter ReformationCatholic church's attempt to rebuttal the Protestant Reformation, established the Jesuits (Catholic missionaries)29
6620633979Catholic abusesIndulgences: priests "sold" salvation Pluralism: religious leaders held multiple offices Absteenism: neglecting offices SImoy: selling of offices Nepotism: "favorites"30
6620668425Demographic effects of Colombian exchangepeople, plants/animals, and diseases to america ex: Africans, Europeans, horses, smallpox, chicken, pigs, cattle plants/animals to old world ex: maize, potatoes, manoic31
6620689802Environmental effects of Colombian exchangePlantations, overgrazing, soil depletion, deforestation32
6620694673PotosiSpanish american silver mine that utilized revised mit'a system to extract native labor33
6620705601ZacatecasMexican silver mine34
6620724580Spanish Galleonsships that would sail annually to and from the Philippines and Mexico35
6620727022Chinese monetary policythe economy demanded silver from European merchants because the currency was changed to silver coins36
6620728912Atlantic Slave trade-African slaves captured by African kingdoms (Dahomey or Kongo) -traded to European merchants for guns, liquor, etc... -shipped to Americas for plantation agriculture (SUGAR, rice, indigo, tobacco) *Europeans extracted resources from colonies, manufactured them, and sold to various markets37
6620730472Middle PassageAtlantic route connecting the old and new worlds38
6620730473EngenhosPortuguese sugar cane mill39
6620732209Scientific methodModel that utilized observation, deduction, reason, and logic derived from the work of Descartes and Bacon40
6620732210GalileoDeveloped telescope to observe the solar system41
6620734017CopernicusProposed that the solar system was heliocentric, as opposed to Aristotle's geocentric theory42
6620734018NewtonDeveloped theory about gravity, invented calculus43
6620734019Asian IsolationOttomans, Ming/Qing, Tokugawa Shogunate isolated to prevent cultural influence and to limit commercial and technological exchange44
6620738111John Lock-Father of classical liberalism -separation of church and state -religious freedom -Social contract: a government protects its citizens rights, and if it overstepps its job, it must be overthrown -natural rights to life, liberty, and property45
6620738112VoltaireAdvocated freedom of the press and *religious toleration, separation of church and state46
6620739429Montesquieu-Applied scientific method to society and observed the "natural laws" governing social relationships -emphasized checks and balances and separation of powers (anti-absolutist) -executive, legislative, judicial47
6620739451Rosseau-Opposed enlightenment and rationalism -valued virtue and morality -social contract: legitimacy of government derived from will of people -in state of nature, all men are free -some freedom must be given up to achieve civil governance and security -if governments became oppressive, they could be removed through democratic methods -began romantic movement -helped Diderot write Encyclopedie,48
6620742330Adam SmithEconomist who argued that free market capitalism will drive prices down through competition through "an invisible hand", and that government shouldn't intervene.49

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