Exam Vocab Flashcards
Ming Dynasty
the ruling dynasty of China for 276 years (1368–1644) following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty
Triangular Trade
Trading among three regions (Americas, African, Europe)
Middle Passage
Millions of slaves from Africa were shipped to the new world as part of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Silk Road
Network of over-land trade routes connecting cities across
Mediterranean Sea
provided routes for trade, colonization and war, and provided food (by fishing and the gathering of other seafood) for numerous communities throughout the ages.[7]
Silver Tradde
Brought European Ships to Japan (late 1500s) silver trade was traded for guns and gunpowder
Columbia exchange
Widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, diseases, technology, populations
Suleyman (aka Suleyman the LawGiver)
Brought the Ottoman Empire to it’s height
Created highly structured political, legal and social system
Ottoman Empire
Turkish Empire that was famous for conquering Constantinople
Hagia Sofia
Cathedral turned it into a mosque
Peninsulares
Spanish-born Spaniard or mainland Spaniard residing in the New World/ Spanish East Indies
Creoles
Spanish, but born in the Americas
Mestizos
people of native and European descent
Mulattos
people of African and European descent
Medici Family
a powerful banking family that contributed to the arts and influenced the government with their wealth
Gutenberg
First European to invent movable type on printing press
Printing Press
Able to spread information quickly and accurately
Locke
believed the purpose of government was to protect basic rights
Hobbes
believed in social contract between the people and strong ruler. People surrender their rights to exchange for “law and order”
Rousseau
Popular Sovereignty (people should create/control their own government) Direct Democracy (vote on issues with majority rule among communities)
Voltaire
argued in favor of free speech
believed in tolerance, reason, limited government
Galileo
Made improvements to the telescope, astronomical contributions, supporting Copernicanism
Copernicus
Formulated a heliocentric model of the universe, geocentric
Enlightenment
Period when thinkers used reason in analyzing and improving society
Scientific Revolution
Period of developments in mathematics and science such as Sir Issac Newton, Francis Bacon, Galileo
Tokugawa Shogunate
Established Japan under on ruler
Peace and stability enabled Japan to prosper and interact in world trade
L’ Ouverture
Fought for Haiti (slaves) rights to be independent, was the leader of the revolution from France
Boliviar
Fought for Hispanic America’s independence
Commodity
A raw material/ primary agricultural product
