Ap World vocab quiz Flashcards

286746492	Printing Press	A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a woodblock or type to paper using ink. Presses using movable type first appeared in Europe in about 1450. See also movable type. (p. 409)	0
286746493	Humanism	a philosophy in which interests and values of human beings are of primary importance (a cultural movement of the renaissance)	1
286746494	Rajput	Regional princes in India following collapse of Gupta empire; emphasized military control of their regions	2
286746495	Macao	One of two ports in which Europeans were permitted to trade in China during the Ming dynasty	3
286746496	Dutch East India Co.	The East India Company of the Netherlands that was established to create trade throughout Asia. It became wealthier than England's company and eventually dominated the region.	4
286746497	Tokugawa	Shoguns that gained power in 1600 and reimposed centralized feudalism, closed Japan to foreigners and forbade Japanese people to travel overseas.	5
286746498	Black ship	On July 8, 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry forced Japan to enter into trade with the US and demanded a treaty permitting trade and the opening of Japanese ports to U.S. merchant ships. (the era when all Western powers were seeking to open new markets for their manufactured goods abroad)	6
286746499	Mercantilism	an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests	7
286746500	Capitalism	an economic system based on open competition in a free market, in which individuals and companies own the means of production and operate for profit	8
286746501	Plantation	an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas)	9
286746502	Indentured servitude	person who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a specified time in exchange for passage to america.	10
286746503	Casta Paintings	Paintings intended to demonstrate the class system in Latin America	11
286746504	Spice Islands	a group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea	12
286746505	Columbian Exchange	The exchange of goods and ideas between Native Americans and Europeans	13
286746506	Potosi	Located in Bolivia, one of the richest silver mining centers and most populous cities in colonial Spanish America.	14
286746507	Encomienda	A grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it	15