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Caravel

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Portuguese and Spanish ship for exploration no trade

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Carrack

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Trading ship from portugal

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Fluyt

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Dutch ship used for trade

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Henry the Navigator

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Portugal prince who promoted study of navigation

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Vasco da Gama

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Portugal explorer sailed to india

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Ferdinand magellan

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Portuguese navigator led Spanish expedition

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Trading post empire

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Control of trade from Europeans in Indian Ocean, taken from Muslims

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Christopher

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Italian navigator searching for chime but ended up in america

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Columbus exchange

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Exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technology across the world with america

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Mercantilism

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Nations wanted to increase wealth by getting more gold and silver

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The great dying

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Native Americans dying from Afro Eurasian diseases

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Chattel slavery

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Legal ownership of another person

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Mira system

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People paid taxes with the their labor and what they produced

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Indentured servitude

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Voluntary agreement to work for period of time in return for passage overseas

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Encomienda

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Spain giving right to use native americas as laborers on American land

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Hacienda

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Spanish plantation estates in america

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Joint stock company

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Company made up of shareholders

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Royal chartered monopoly companies

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Private investor groups to paid annual fee to get trade in Indian ocean

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Vodun

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New world faith, combines Christianity and African beliefs

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Santeria

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Religious blend of African traditions and Christian beliefs

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Casts painting

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The showing of racial mixing in family

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Mestizo

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Mixed native and european

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Mulatto

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Mixed African and european

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Creoles

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Born in Latin America to European parents

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Peninsulares

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Spanish born came to Latin america

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Fronde

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Violent uprising when Louis increased taxes

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May turner rebellion

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Slave resistance challenged authorities in americans

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British east India company

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company for trading purposes

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Dutch east India company

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Joint stock company controlled most of spice trade in east indies

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Triangular trade

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Africa sends slaves America sends raw material to Europe sent guns to Africa for slaves

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Qing dynasty

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Last dynasty in China

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Manchus

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Defeated Ming and made qing

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Mughal empire

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Muslim state in India, freedom in religion

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Ottoman Empire

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Islamic state by osman after fall of Byzantine empire, based in Istanbul

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Safavids

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Muslim dynasty in Persia

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Songhai

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West African empire conquered mali

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Devshirme

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Selection of young Christian boys

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Janissary

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Elite ottoman guard selected through deşirme

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Samurai

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Warriors who pledged loyalty to nobles for land

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Divine right

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Monarchies are gods representative on earth

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Absolute monarchy

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System where there is king or queen in complete power

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Zamindars

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Tax system in Mughal empire collected tribute for emperor

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Taj mahal

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Tomb built by Mughal emperor

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Tax farming

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Generate money for expansion of ottoman rulers. People go out to collect taxes for them

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Jesuits

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Missionary order to stop spread of Protestants

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Indulgence

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Forgiveness from catholic church

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Simony

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Buying/selling of church offices

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Thirty year war

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War between European states and protestants

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Rudder

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Steering device improved sea trade

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Junk ship

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Long distance travel

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Kashgar

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Kashi, center of silk road

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Samarkand

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Influential capital city, along silk road

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Hanseatic league

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Alliance between Scandinavia and germany

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Spice islands

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Asian islands with different spices

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Diaspora

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Spread of people Islam spread through SE asia

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Dhow ships

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Arab ships with triangular sails on Indian ocean

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Mansa musa

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Ruler of mali explored egypt

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Timbuktu

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Mali trading city for wealth and learning

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Sundiata

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Founder of Mali empire

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Yuan dynasty

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Mongol rule over china

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Ibn battuta

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Muslim scholar who went to China and Spain

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Marco polo

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Explorer who traveled to China and made exchanges of info

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Swahili city states

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City coats on East coast of Africa

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Song Dynasty

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Placed emphasis on civil administration education and arts

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Filial piety

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Love and respect for elders and parents

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Grand canal

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Connected yellow and yang i rivers in China

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Neo Confucianism

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Response to Buddhism

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Hinduism

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Religion in India recarnation

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Buddhism

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Buddha teaching from India happiness through removal of desire

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Sufism

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Islamic belief to get personal experience with god

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Seljuk empire

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Turk ethnic group empire sultans

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Abbasid caliphate

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Overthrew the other caliphate and ruled an Islamic empire

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Bhakti movement

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Development in Hinduism devotion to particular deity

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Maya

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Mesoamerican civilization

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Mexica

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Name for Aztec peopel

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Inca

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Empire in South America Argentina and chile

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Feudalism

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Lands belong to king and serfs need protection

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Serfdom

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Status of peasants got protection for being bound to land

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