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308977767AstrolabeNavigational instrument for determing latitude0
308977768Bartolomeu DiasPortuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean1
308977769CircumnavigateNavigate the whole earth by boat2
308977770Columbian ExchangeThe exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages3
308977771CompassNavigational instrument for finding direction4
308977772Dutch United East India Company (VOC)Established in 1602, private merchants advanced funds to launch the company, to send ships and crews and provide them with materials and money to be able to trade.5
308977773English East India CompanyBritish joint-stock company that grew to be a state within a state in India; it possessed its own armed forces6
308977774Ferdinand MagellanPortuguese navigator in the service of Spain who commanded an expedition that was the first to circumnavigate the world (1480-1521)7
308977775GalleonLarge square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts8
308977776ImmunitiesResistance to certain illnesses9
308977777James CookEnglish navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)10
308977778Lateen SailsTriangular sail on a short mast11
308977779MiddlemenIn trading systems, those dealers who operate between the original buyers and the retail merchants who sell to consumers12
308977780Northwest PassageWater route between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans along the northern coast of North America13
308977781Seven Years' War(1756-1763); Commercial rivalries between empires @ sea that caused global conflict; Victor: Britain14
308977782SiberiaThe extreme northeastern sector of Russia where convicts were sent15
308977783Vasco da GamaPortuguese explorer who in 1497-1498 led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route16
30897778430 Years War(1618-1648); Holy Roman emperor's attempt to force Bohemians to return to Roman Catholic church --All of Europe involved w/ Prussia (Germany) as main battleground17
30897778595 Theses1517; Arguments against Roman Church and questioned Pope's authority, Indulgence practice18
308977786Adam Smith(1723-1790); argued for capitalism-->ultimately improve society as a whole19
308977787Anglican churchChurch of England20
308977788CapitalismEconomic system with origins in early modern Europe in which private parties make their goods and services available on a free market21
308977789Charles VEmperor of Holy Roman Empire (r. 1519-1556); attempt to revive HRE as strong center through marriage/political alliances22
308977790CopernicusPolish astronomer who produced a workable model of the solar system with the sun in the center (1473-1543)23
308977791Council of Trent(1545-1563); met periodically to discuss the Church's reformation24
308977792Diet at WormsLuther's hearing w/ Emperor Charles V and Luther refused to recant his writings. So Chrales outlawed contact w/ Luther. This was apart of the Church's response to Luther "insubordinance".25
308977793Divine RightAbsolutism; emperors are "God's lieutenants on earth"; no rebellions allowed26
308977794EnlightenmentEuropean period of rational thought & scientific analysis; Ultimately lead to human harmony, material wealth27
308977795ExcommunicateOust or exclude from a group or membership by decree28
308977796Glorious RevolutionBloodless coup that took place between 1688 and 1689; A constitutional monarchy as a result.29
308977797HeresyBelief that rejects, or mocks, the orthodox tenets of a religion30
308977798IndulgencesPardon sold by catholic church to reduce a relatives time spent in Purgatory31
308977799Jesuitsaka Society of Jesus Founder: St. Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556) RIGORous religious & secular education, effective missionaries32
308977800John Calvin(1509-1564); codifies Protestant teachings: strict code of morality, creates Geneva as model city33
308977801Joint-Stock CompaniesAssociation of individuals in a business enterprise with transferable shares of stock, much like a corporation except that stockholders are liable for the debts of the business34
308977802Johannes KeplerGerman astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)35
308977803King Henry VIII1527, founder of the Church of England after the Pope refused to divorce Henry VIII from his 1st wife; (r. 1509-1547)36
308977804John LockeEngland, 1632-1704; Attempt to discover natural laws of politics37
308977805Louis XIV"Sun King" (r. 1643-1715) ; L'etat, c'est moi (The State -- that's me); Palace @ Versailles becomes his court; Power centered in court, important nobles pressured38
308977806Martin LutherGerman monk that wrote the 95 theses and translated the Holy Bible into German from Latin; Tought there is = access to God, ban indulgences, confession, etc., Bible is ONLY guide needed39
308977807MontesquieuFrench political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)40
308977808Isaac Newton(1642-1727); discover of gravity revolutionaizes the study of physics41
308977809Peace of Westphalia1648; ended the Thirty Year's War42
308977810Peter I (Peter the Great)r. 1682-1725; Worked to modernize Russia on w. European model; developed modern Russian army43
308977811Protestant"Protest" church; Other religions of Christianity (-Orhodox) that broke ties w/ the Catholic church44
308977812PuritansProtestant sect in England hoping to "purify" the Anglican church of Roman Catholic traces in practice and organization.45
308977813Putting Out SystemSystem of merchant-capitalists "putting out" raw materials to cottage workers for processing and payment that was fully developed in England46
308977814RecantFormally reject or disavow (retract) a formerly held belief, typically under pressure47
308977815ReformationImprovement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices -In this case, Catholicism & its church48
308977816VersailesPalace of Louis XIV; created financial issues; allowed nobels to live there so they would behave49
308977817Voltaire(1694-1778); Freedom of speech; caustic attacks on Roman Catholic church; écrasez l'infame (crush the damned thing)50
308977818CortésSpanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)51
308977819CreolesChildren of migrants born in the new world52
308977820EncomiendaForced labor53
308977821EngenhoBrazilian sugar mills54
308977822HaciendaLg. Estate55
308977823HispaniolaHaiti and Dominican Republic56
308977824Indentured ServantLaborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America57
308977825IndigenousNaitives58
308977826MestizoMixed59
308977827Mita SystemThe system recruiting workers for particularly difficult and dangerous chores that free laborers would not accept.60
308977828MulattoesOffspring & Descendants of Spainards and African slaves61
308977829PeninsularesMigrants from Iberian pennisula (native homeland)62
308977830PizarroBrought the Inca empire down (1532-1533)63
308977831SmallpoxHighly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars64
308977832TainoNative group of the Caribbean islands65
308977833Treaty of Tordesillas(1494); Divides entire new world between Spain & Portugal, who gets Brazil66
308977834ViceroyGovenors appointed by the Spanish crown67
308977835Ghana EmpireWest African kingdom (11th-13th century) whose rulers eventually converted to Islam; center of African Au trade68
308977836Mali EmpireWest African kingdom (13th-15th cent.) founded by Sundiasta in the 13th century; it reached its peak during reign of Mansa Musa.69
308977837Songhay EmpirePortion of Mali after that kingdom collapsed around 1500; this empire controlled Timbuktu.70
308977838Kingdom of KongoEstablished around the Congo (Zaire) River; uneventful encounter w/ the Portuguese71
308977839Queen NzingaStrategist Angolian Queen (r. 1623-1663) that held the Portuguese off for 40 yrs. by ready army & temporary alliance w/ the Dutch; liked to act as a man72
308977840CapetownFirst permanent European settlement in Africa by the Dutch in modern South Africa73
308977841FulaniMovement to impose strict adherence to Ilamic norms in Africa74
308977842Syncretic ReligionsSynthesis of religions i.e. African theology w/ Islam or Christianity75
308977843Middle PassageCross Atlantic Ocean voyage76
308977844African DiasporaDispersal of African peoples & their descendants77
308977845Olaudah Equiano(1745-1797); exposes the horrors of the reality of slavery w/ his experiences as a former slave78
308977846BullionGold or Silver in bars or mass quantities79
308977847DaimyoPowerful territorial lord during the Tokugawa Era80
308977848Filial PietyDuty of child to parent; individual to emperor81
308977849GentryScholar-Bureaucrats82
308977850InfantcideKilling of infants83
308977851ManchuMember of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria84
308977852MandarinsMing traveling officials85
308977853Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)Brilliant; Comes to power after Mongol Yuan dynasty driven out86
308977854Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)Pure; Manchus are founders87
308977855ShogunsJapan's military leader88
308977856Tokugawa(1600-1867); Period of near isolationism89
308977857Abbas the Greatr. 1588-1629; Revitalizes weakened Safavid empire; Reforms administration/military; Expands trade & Military conquest90
308977858Mehmed II (Mehmed the Conqueror)r. 1451-1481; Capture of Constantinople (Istanbul), 1453; Emperor of 2 lands & 2 seas91
308977859Mughal EmpireMuslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; Founder: Babur92
308977860OsmanMost successful warrior and "founder" of Ottomans93
308977861SafavidEmpire that was started from conquest and ongoing cultural interaction containing leaders like Isma'il and Shah abbas.94
308977862SikhismThe doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam95
308977863WahhabiMember of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia96

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