Part two of chapter 8 pages 189-207 Flashcards
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324634178 | Montezuma | The Aztec ruler, mistook Corets, with his pale skin and horse legs, for a god. | 0 | |
324634179 | Francisco Pizarro | Was set out in search of the Incas with a tiny force of 200 men. | 1 | |
324634181 | Age of Exploration | Was made possible by new financing schemes that now form the basis of our modern economies. | 2 | |
324634184 | Joint-stock company | An oranization created to pool the resources of mnay merchants, thereby distributing the costs and risks of colonization and reducing the danger for individual investors. | 3 | |
324634186 | Muscovy Company | England monopolized trade routes to Russia. | 4 | |
324634188 | Dutch East India Company | Controlled routes to the Spice Islands. | 5 | |
324634190 | Mercantilism | A country actively sought to rade, but tried not to import more than it exported; that is , it attempted to creat a favorable balance of trade. | 6 | |
324634192 | Charles V | Inherited a large empire. | 7 | |
324634194 | Hapsburg | A family that originated in Austria and , through a series of carefully arranged marriages, created a huge empire streatching from Austria and Germany to Spain. | 8 | |
324634196 | Queen Isabella | From the more Muslim regions of southern Spain, initaited the consolidation of Spanish authortiy under one house. | 9 | |
324634199 | Catherine the great | A ruler enlighted on the policied of education. | 10 | |
324634201 | Jean Baptiste | The manager of the royal courts. | 11 | |
324634203 | Peter the great | The rule of Russia from 1682-125. | 12 | |
324634205 | Babur | A muslim leader that descended from Genghis Khan. | 13 | |
324634207 | Akbar | Ruled from 1556 to 1605 was able to unity much of India by govering under a policy of relgious toleration. | 14 | |
324634209 | Shah Jahan | Akburs gradson. | 15 | |
324634211 | Taj Mahal | Was a building built by Shah Jahan. | 16 | |
324634213 | Songhai | One of the tree major African Kingdoms. | 17 | |
324634215 | Edo period | The Tokugawa capital. | 18 | |
324634217 | Long Parlment | Limited the absolute powers of monarchy. | 19 |