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AP World Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Trans-Oceanic | global trading system of Caribbean and Americas |
| Colombian Exchange | exchange of goods to NA and SA (Europe, Asia, Africa) |
| Merchantilism | economic policy to increase wealth |
| Triangular Trade | Europe, African and colonies trading system |
| Middle Passage | brought slaves across Atlantic Ocean |
| Caravel | Ship used by Spanish and Portuguese |
| Joint-Stock Companies | business formed by groups of people |
| East India Companies | British, French, Dutch trading companies |
| Vodun | African religious practice |
| Protestant Reformation | religious movement of 16th century (Roman Catholics) |
| Martin Luther | German monk; criticized Roman Catholic Church |
| 95 Theses | Written by Martin Luther; began reformation |
| Catholic Reformation | religious movement with Latin |
| Jesuits | Society of Jesus members |
| Scientific Revolution | mid-1500's study of natural world |
| Colombus | Italian navigator who discovered the new World |
| Magellan | Portuguese explorer |
| Vasco da Gama | first European to reach India by sailing |
| Zheng He | Asian voyages |
| Little Ice Age | cooling period (14-19th century) |
| Chattel Slavery | legal owning of another person |
| El Mina | important Portuguese trading factory |
| Plantation Economy | slave-encountered economy |
| Indentured Servitude | agreement to work a certain amount of years |
| Encomienda System | Spaniard grant |
| Hacienda System | estates granted to conquistadors |
| Mita System | system to recruit workers |
| Devshirme | Christian boys |
| Jannisaries | Ottoman Empire required non-Islamic families to give up young boys |
| Daimyo | (feudal Japan) great leader |
| Peninulare | Spanish-born Spaniard living in new world |
| Creoles | European and black |
| Mestizos | Native American and European |
| Sociedad de castas | Spanish social system |
| Commercial Revolution | Change in European economy; increased: trade, towns |
| Potosi | Bolivia; silver mining |
| Absolutism | acceptance in absolute principles |
| Louis XIV (1638-1715) | Sun King (Palace of Versailles) |
| Phillip II (1556-1598) | King of Spain most powerful monarch |
| Peter the Great (1672-1725) | Russian tsar |
| Parliamentary Monarchy | King or Queen rule; limited by Parliament |
| Divine Rights | kings and monarchs have a right to rule |
| Vesailles | built by King Louis XIV (Paris) |
| Gun powder Empire | Ottomans Safavids Mughals |
| European Empires | Great Britain France Spain Netherlands Denmark |
| Aztecs | Tenochtitlan |
| Incas | built civilization in Western South America |
| Ming Dynasty | ruling dynasty of China |
| Tokugawa Shogunate | unified lords |
| Conquistadors | Spanish adventurers conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru (early 16th century) |
| Thirty Year War | wars between Europe; 1618-1648 |
| Treaty of Westphalia | ended 30 years of war; granted rights to rulers in Holy Roman Empire |
| English Civil War | conflicts between Parliamentarians and Royalist |
| Glorious Revolution | political events of 1688-1689 |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | treaty Portugal and Spain signed to divide new world |
| Hernan Cortez | Spanish adventurer who cause fall of Aztec Empire |
| Francisco Pizzaro | Spanish adventurer who conquered Inca's |
| Japan's Closed Country Policy | expulsion of Europeans |
| Cartography | map making |
| Mulattos | European and African |
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