AP World History Ways of the World Chapter 14 Flashcards
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3639656169 | Zunghars | Western Mongol group that provoked Qing expansion into Central Asia. | 0 | |
3639656170 | Yasak | Tribute that Russian rulers demanded from people of Siberia. | 1 | |
3639656171 | Siberia | Russia's great frontier region, rich in mineral resources and fur-bearing animals. | 2 | |
3639656172 | Settler colonies | Colonies in which people settled in large numbers. | 3 | |
3639656173 | Qing Dynasty | Ruling dynasty of China. | 4 | |
3639656174 | Plantation complex | Agricultural system based on African slavery that was used in Brazil, the Caribbean, and North America. | 5 | |
3639656175 | Peninsulares | People who were born in Spain | 6 | |
3639656176 | Ottoman Empire | Major Islamic state centered on Anatolia. | 7 | |
3639656177 | Mulattoes | People of mixed African and European blood. | 8 | |
3639656178 | Mughal Empire | Empire of India founded by Muslim Turks; noted for efforts to create partnerships between Hindus and Muslims. | 9 | |
3639656179 | Mestizo | The mixed-race population of Spanish colonial societies in the Americas. | 10 | |
3639656180 | Mercantilism | Theory that governments best serve their states' economic interests by encouraging exports and accumulating bullion. | 11 | |
3639656181 | Jizya | Special tax levied on non-Muslims in Islamic states. | 12 | |
3639656182 | "great dying", the | The devastating demographic impact of European-borne epidemic diseases on the Americas. | 13 | |
3639656183 | Fixed winds | The prevailing winds of the Atlantic; made European exploration and colonization of the Americas possible. | 14 | |
3639656184 | Devshirme | The tribute of boys that the Ottoman Turks levied from their Christian subjects in the Balkans. | 15 | |
3639656185 | Creoles | Spaniards born in the Americas | 16 | |
3639656186 | Constantinople, 1453 | Constantinople fell to the army of the Ottoman invaders in 1453. | 17 | |
3639656187 | Conquistadores | Spanish conquerors of the Native American lands, most notably the Aztec and Inca empires. | 18 | |
3639656188 | Columbian exchange | The massive transatlantic interaction and exchange between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia. | 19 | |
3639656189 | Aurangzeb | Mughal emperor who reversed his predecessors' policies of religious tolerance and attempted to impose Islamic supremacy. | 20 | |
3639656190 | Akbar | Famous emperor of India's Mughal Empire. | 21 |