All Words Flashcards
Aurangzeb
Mughal Emperor who reversed his predecessors policies of religious tolerance
Akbar
The most famous emperor in India’s Mughal Empire; His policies were for religious tolerance
Columnist Exchange
The massive transatlantic interaction and exchange between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia
Conquistadors
Spanish conquerors of the Native American lands, most notably the Aztecs and Incas
Constantinople, 1453
The capital and almost the only outpost left of the Byzantine Empire
Creoles
Spaniards born in the Americas
Devshirme
The tribute of boy children that the Ottoman Turks levied from their Christian subjects in the Balkans
Fixed winds
The prevailing winds of the Atlantic, which blows steadily in the same direction
The great dying
Term used to describe the devastating demographic impact of European-borne epidemic diseases on the Americas
Jizya
Special tax levied on non Muslims in Islamic states
Mercantilism
An economic therapy that argues that governments best serve their states economic interests by encouraging exports
Mestizo
Literally mixed: a term used to describe the mixed race population of Spanish colonial societies in the Americas
Mulattoes
Term used of mixed African and European blood
Ottoman Empire
Major Islamic state centered on Anatolia that came to be the Balkans
Peninsulares
In the Spanish colonies of laying America, term used to refer to people who had been born in Spain
Plantation complex
Agricultural system based on African slavery that was used in Brazil, the Caribbean, and the southern colonies of North America
Qing Dynasty
Ruling dynasty of China from 1644 to 1912
Settler colonies
Colonies in which the the colonizing people settled in large numbers
Siberia
Russia’s great frontier region
Yasak
Tribute that Russian rulers demanded from native peoples of Siberia, most often it was furs
Zunghars
Western Mongol group that created a substantial state
Firestick farming
A manipulation of thier environment by the Paleolithic people of Australia
