AP World History: Unit 4 Flashcards

14508018656	Trans-Oceanic Trade	global trading system in the Caribbean and the Americans trade networks extended to all corners of Atlantic Ocean	0
14508018657	Columbian Exchange	An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.	1
14508018658	Mercantilism	An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought	2
14508018659	Triangular Trade	Trading System between Europe, Africa, and the colonies; European purchased slaves in Africa and sold them to colonies, new materials from colonies went to Europe while European finished products were sold in the colonies.	3
14508018660	Middle Passage	A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies	4
14508018661	Caravel	A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.	5
14508018662	Cartography	the science or the art of making maps	6
14508018663	Amerindians	American Indians	7
14508018664	Zheng He	An imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa.	8
14508018665	Absolutism	the acceptance of or belief in absolute principles in political, philosophical, ethical, or theological matters	9
14508018666	Ming-Dynasty - China	The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China—then known as the Empire of the Great Ming—for 276 years following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.	10
14508018667	Francis Drake	English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596)	11
14508018668	Westernization	adoption of western ideas, technology, and culture	12