5890684211 | Imperialism | the policy of extending rule over foreign countries | 0 | |
5890684212 | Nation-State | A sovereign state inhabited by a homogenous group of people | 1 | |
5890684213 | Joint Stock Companies | An association of individuals who pooled resources and provided stock like a corporation | 2 | |
5890684214 | Mulattoes | A person of mixed european and African descent | 3 | |
5890684215 | Mercantilism | Prosperity of a nation depends on its supply of resources | 4 | |
5890684216 | Sikhism | Syncretic religion formed by Nanak | 5 | |
5890684217 | Mughal | Muslim state that ruled india | 6 | |
5890684218 | Columbian exchange | the exchange of plants and animals between the americas and the rest of the word, following columbus's expedition | 7 | |
5890684219 | Jean Jacques Rousseau | Champion of democracy, all people are equal | 8 | |
5890684220 | Zheng He | Chinese admiral who led seven over seas trade expeditions under ming dynasty rule | 9 | |
5890684221 | Encomienda system | A grant of Land made by the spaniards to a settler in the Americas, saying you can use native americans as slaves | 10 | |
5890684222 | Laissez- Faire capitalism | the idea that economy can run itself | 11 | |
5890684223 | Adam Smith | Scottish economist who advocated laissez faire | 12 | |
5890684224 | Safavid | The Shi'a Islamic dynasty that ruled Persia in the 16th and 18th centuries | 13 | |
5890684225 | Creoles | Descendants of spaniards but born in South America | 14 | |
5890684226 | Ming | Chinese dynasty that focused on rejuvenating chinese culture after years of Mongol rule | 15 | |
5890684227 | Shogun | Powerful military lord in feudal Japan | 16 | |
5890684228 | Dutch United East India Company | Private merchants advanced funds to send ships to India and provide them the ability to trade | 17 | |
5890684229 | Siberia | A vast asian region of Russia | 18 | |
5890684230 | 95 Theses | Primary catalyst for the protestant reformation | 19 | |
5890684231 | Cortes | Spaniard who defeated the Aztecs | 20 | |
5890684232 | Akbar | the most famous muslim ruler of India | 21 | |
5890684233 | John Locke | Enlightenment thinker who thought all people were equal and were essentially good | 22 | |
5890684234 | Potosi | A mine located in upper peru | 23 | |
5890684235 | Middle Passage | the route in between western ports of africa and the carribean | 24 | |
5890684236 | Daimyo | Japanese military leaders | 25 | |
5890684237 | Ottomans | Turkic empire established in Asia Minor | 26 | |
5890684238 | Songhay | Portion of Mali after the kingdom collapsed | 27 | |
5890684239 | Tokugawa | A powerful Japanese family that ruled as shoguns | 28 | |
5890684240 | Renaissance | cultural and political movement in Italy during the 1400's | 29 | |
5890684241 | Shah Abass the Great | Safavid ruler 1587-1629 | 30 | |
5890684242 | Syncretic religions | Religions that combine two other religions | 31 | |
5890684243 | Humanism | A focus on humanity as the center of intellectual and artistic endeavor | 32 | |
5890684244 | Absolute Monarchy | The king has all the power | 33 | |
5890684245 | Shah | Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iraq/persia | 34 | |
5890684246 | Scientific revolution | European advancements in math and science, developed scientific method | 35 | |
5890684247 | Manchus | Northeast Asians who defeated the ming dynasty and started the qing dynasty | 36 | |
5890684248 | English East india company | An early joint stock company; granted on english royal charter with the intent of favoring trade privileges in India | 37 | |
5890684249 | Copernicus | A philosopher (discovered the solar system) | 38 | |
5890684250 | Mestizo | A person of mixed racial ancestry | 39 | |
5890684251 | Pizarro | Spaniard who Conquered the incas | 40 | |
5890684252 | Janissaries | Christian Boys taken from christian families, converted to Islam and trained to serve the sultan | 41 | |
5890684253 | Enlightenment | A burst of thought and cultural advancement in Europe during the middle ages | 42 | |
5890684254 | Indulgences | Forgiveness of sins sold by the catholic church | 43 | |
5890684255 | Vasco de Gama | Portuguese Sailor, first to sail around Southern Africa to the Indian Ocean | 44 | |
5890684256 | Viceroy | governor of a country that represents his king | 45 | |
5890684257 | Mali | formed when the Sundiata took control of the Ghana empire | 46 | |
5890684258 | Lateen Sail | A triangular sail used on ships | 47 | |
5890684259 | Patriarchy | A society ruled by males | 48 | |
5890684260 | Peter the Greay | 49 |
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