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APWH Unit 4
Question | Answer |
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Magnetic Compass | Navigation tool that originated in China. |
Astrolabe | Understanding of Latitude, originated from Ancient Greece |
Lateen Sail | Helped accelerate ship speeds, originated from Arab world |
Caravel | Was able to navigate through inland/rivers/banks |
Mercantilism | Economic theory based on the idea there was finite wealth in the world, and it was a country's goal to get the most of it |
Joint-Stock Companies | Limited liability companies, chartered by states, funded by private investors |
Dutch East India Company | Well known Joint Stock Company, dominated Indian Ocean Trade, expanded Dutch influence |
French Exploration during 1450-1750 | Created a French presence in Canada, gained a monopoly on the fur trade |
Columbian Exchange | The exchange of new diseases, food, plants, and animals between Eastern and Western Hemispheres |
Wheat, Olives, Grapes | Foods from Europe that were introduced to the Americas |
Maize, potatoes | Foods from the Americas that were introduced to Europe |
Okra and rice | Foods brought by African Americans being transported for chattel slavery |
Cash Cropping | A agricultural method where farmers focus on growing one crop to then sell for cash |
How did Japan resist Western powers? | They isolated themselves, only allowing the dutch to trade. Also persecuted Christians and suppressed Western religion. |
Fronde Rebellion | French Rebellion that occurred in the 1640s due to the king raising Taxes. |
Maroons | Societies that enslaved runaways formed, lived outside imperial authority. |
Queen Nanny | Jamaican slave that led a rebellion against the British, eventually won sovereignty. |
Asante Empire | Wealthy empire that traded gold, ivory, and enslaved people to the Europeans. |
Atlantic System | The movement of goods, wealth, laborers between Eastern and Western Hemispheres |
Sugarcane Plantations | Was a staple cash crop in the Americas, was harvested by slaves |
Mit'a System | System in which Native Americans were forced to work for part of a year in Spanish mines. |
Encomienda System | System in which Spanish divided up indigenous people among Spanish settlers, had to provide labor in exchange for survival |
Hacienda | Huge plantations where indigenous people were forced to work. |
Jesuits | Christian missionaries that spread Christianity to the America colonies |
Treatment of Jews | Were thrown out by the Spanish and Portuguese, the Ottomans did welcome them in their territory. |
Casta System | Spanish Hierarchy in which Spanish people were at the top, rank was based on heritage and % of Spanish blood |
Qing Dynasty (1450-1750) | Held the best government jobs for Manchu people only, creating elitism in China |
Peter the Great | First Absolute monarch of Russia, abolished Boyars |
Boyars | Noble class of Russia |