4.4 Maritime Empires Established Flashcards
Governance
Governance refers to the various ways in which a society or an organization is managed or controlled. It includes the processes, systems, and laws used by leaders to ensure order and make decisions.
Think of governance like the operating system on your smartphone. Just as your phone’s OS manages all the apps, keeps everything running smoothly, and ensures that rules are followed (like not letting one app hog all your battery), governance sets up structures and rules for how a society functions.
Economic Systems
An economic system defines how a society organizes its resources to meet its citizens’ needs and wants. It determines what goods will be produced, how they’ll be produced, and who gets them.
State Building
State building refers to the process of constructing or structuring a national state. This involves the development of governmental institutions, creating a bureaucracy, establishing an organized legal system, and maintaining an army
Labor Systems
Labor systems refer to the various ways societies organize their workforce. These can range from slavery to serfdom to wage labor.
Trading Posts
Trading posts are places established by traders with the consent of the local country’s government where goods can be traded. They were often used in colonial times as centers for trade with indigenous peoples.
Indentured Servitude
Indentured servitude was a labor system where people paid for their passage to the New World by committing to work for an employer for a certain number of years.
Chattel Slavery
Chattel slavery is a form of slavery where the enslaved person is considered property that can be bought, sold, or traded.
Imperial Administrations
Imperial administrations refer to systems or methods of governance used by empires to manage their territories. These can include bureaucratic structures, laws, policies, military strategies etc., that help maintain order within an empire.
Imagine imperial administrations as school management systems. Just like how principals, teachers, rules & regulations work together to run a school smoothly; emperors, bureaucrats & laws collaborate to govern an empire effectively.
Asante Empire
The Asante Empire, also known as the Ashanti Empire, was a powerful West African state that existed from 1701 to 1957. It was known for its wealth and military prowess.
Edo Period
The Edo Period (1603-1868) was an era in Japanese history characterized by economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policies, and enjoyment of arts and culture.
