Must Know AP World Vocab words Flashcards

You must know these words for the quiz on Tuesday.

321292430	Grand Canal	Created in 486 BCE, a thousand-mile long connector between the Yellow and Yangzi rivers, linking North and South china respectively.	0
321292431	Silver Islands	Term used by European merchants in the sixteenth century to refer to Japan	1
321292432	Caravans	Companies of men who transported and traded goods along overland routes, in North Africa and central Asia	2
321292433	Caravansarais	Inns along major trade routes that accommodated large numbers of traders, their animals, and their wares.	3
321292434	Conversos	Jewish and Muslim converts in Iberia and The "New" World	4
321292435	Caravel	A small 15th and 16th century ship, with a broad bow, a high stern, and usually three masts. Used for sailing estuaries.	5
321292436	Carrack	Ship used on open bodies of water, such as the Mediterranean	6
321292437	Gold Coast	Name that European Mariners and Merchants gave to that part of west africa where gold was mined	7
321292438	Atlantic System	New System of trade and expansion that linked europe, africa, and the america's.	8
321292439	Encomiendas	Grants from Spanish governors to control the labor services of colonized people	9
321292440	Encomenderos	Commanders of the labor services of the colonized peoples in spanish america	10
321292441	Conquistador	Spanish military leaders who led the conquest of the New world in the Sixteenth century	11
321292442	Tlaxcalans	Mesoamerican society of the 1400s, these people were enemies of the powerful Aztec Empire	12
321292443	Tarascans	Mesoamerican society of the 1400s, these people were enemies of the powerful Aztec Empire	13
321292444	Quetzalcoatl	Ancient Deity and Legendary Ruler of the Native American peoples living in mexico	14
321292445	Mestizos	MIxed-blood offspring of Spanish settlers and native indians	15
321292446	Reformation	Time of split between Catholicism and Protestantism	16
321292447	Protestantism	Division of Christianity that emerged in western Europe during the Protestant reformation	17
321292448	Catholicism	Division of Christianity prominent in western europe	18
321292449	Counter-reformation	Movement to counter Reformation initiated by the catholic Church. Jesuits founded at this time.	19
321292450	Huguenot	French Protestants who endured persecution in the 16th and 15th centuries	20
321292451	Treaty of Tordesillas	Treaty in which the Pope decreed that the pope decreed that the non-european world would be divided into spheres of trade and missionary responsibility between Portugal and Spain	21
321292452	Jesuits	Religious order founded by Ignatius Loyola to counter Protestantism	22