Early Modern Key Terms, period 4 AP world History Flashcards

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