Exam Vocab

Question 1

Ming Dynasty

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the ruling dynasty of China for 276 years (1368–1644) following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty

Question 2

Triangular Trade

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Trading among three regions (Americas, African, Europe)

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Middle Passage

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Millions of slaves from Africa were shipped to the new world as part of the Atlantic Slave Trade

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Silk Road

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Network of over-land trade routes connecting cities across

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Mediterranean Sea

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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]

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Silver Tradde

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Brought European Ships to Japan (late 1500s) silver trade was traded for guns and gunpowder

Question 7

Columbia exchange

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Widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, diseases, technology, populations

Question 8

Suleyman (aka Suleyman the LawGiver)

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Brought the Ottoman Empire to it’s height

Created highly structured political, legal and social system

Question 9

Ottoman Empire

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Turkish Empire that was famous for conquering Constantinople

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Hagia Sofia

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Cathedral turned it into a mosque

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Peninsulares

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Spanish-born Spaniard or mainland Spaniard residing in the New World/ Spanish East Indies

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Creoles

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Spanish, but born in the Americas

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Mestizos

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people of native and European descent

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Mulattos

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people of African and European descent

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Medici Family

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a powerful banking family that contributed to the arts and influenced the government with their wealth

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Gutenberg

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First European to invent movable type on printing press

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Printing Press

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Able to spread information quickly and accurately

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Locke

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believed the purpose of government was to protect basic rights

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Hobbes

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believed in social contract between the people and strong ruler. People surrender their rights to exchange for “law and order”

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Rousseau

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Popular Sovereignty (people should create/control their own government)
Direct Democracy (vote on issues with majority rule among communities)

Question 21

Voltaire

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argued in favor of free speech

believed in tolerance, reason, limited government

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Galileo

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Made improvements to the telescope, astronomical contributions, supporting Copernicanism

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Copernicus

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Formulated a heliocentric model of the universe, geocentric

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Enlightenment

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Period when thinkers used reason in analyzing and improving society

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Scientific Revolution

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Period of developments in mathematics and science such as Sir Issac Newton, Francis Bacon, Galileo

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Tokugawa Shogunate

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Established Japan under on ruler

Peace and stability enabled Japan to prosper and interact in world trade

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L’ Ouverture

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Fought for Haiti (slaves) rights to be independent, was the leader of the revolution from France

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Boliviar

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Fought for Hispanic America’s independence

Question 29

Commodity

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A raw material/ primary agricultural product