Unit 4 (rev) Flashcards
Aka the triangular trade where products where traded between europe, n & s america, and africa.
Atlantic System
Small spanish/portugese ship capabel of moving quickly.
Caravel
Crops used for export mainly from the Americas such as Sugar and Tobbacco.
Cash Crops (with examples)
A counter to the protestant reformation, the Catholic church reaffirmed their values and set out to rid corruption and abuse in its leadership in the Council of Trent.
Catholic Reformation
The massive exchange of goods, disease and animals between the Americas and the old world.
Columbian Exchange
Vast connections of internalional trade fueled by mercantilism and expansion.
Commercial Revolution
Foods and animals such as potatoes and lamas became part of the trade network.
Domesticated Animals and Foods from African slaves
A period of belief of personal reasoning and questioning establishment, corruption, and religion.
Enlightenment
Began with spanish monopolly, this helped Europe gain access to the Asian markets.
Global silver trade
A catholic religious order of preists dedicated to the revival of the church.
Jesuits
A company with multiple share holders who a share the risk and costs of operating.
Joint-Stock Company
The economic theory of exporting more goods than importing for gaining precious metals.
Mercantilism
Furs were a valuable resource in the North America as the rest of land was not extremely valuable.
North American Trade (fish and fur)
Portugal exlporation of the West African Coast in search of access to Asain markets.
Prince Henry the Navigator
The schism in the catholic church launched by Martin Luther has divided the church until this day.
Protestant Reformation
A cultural change in Europe that reclaimed greek tradition that included alot of humanism that influenced alot of art.
Renaissance
Shia empire, of Turkic rule, who was constantly fighting with the Ottomans, who was a gunpowder empire,
Safavid Empire (SPICE)
A cultural and intellectual transformation on how science and religon fit together.
Scientific Revolution
A militant community valued by the Brittish who blended Hindu and Muslim elements.
Sikhism
A combining of African animism with Christian belifes.
Vodun
Caused by the spreading of African slaves to new parts of the world.
African Diaspora
Normal slavery were a person is in total ownership to his owner.
Chattel Slavery
Spanish slavery system used to force slaves to work and fair treatmet was supposed to be normal.
Encomienda System
The spanish version of the plantation system were may people worked on small farms.
Hacienda System
Contract between laborer where laborer exchanges work for a certain number of years in exchange for protection.
Indentured Servitude
A period of population decrease and famine as well as exploration and more rights for lower classes.
Little Ice Age
A system where every man was required to work a certain number of days a year.
Mit’a system
Farms that are worked by many slaves growing cash crops.
Plantation Economy
Large Land owners in India.
Zamindars
The idea that the King has “divine rights” has uncontested power over their empire.
Absolutism
A system Spain and Portugal used to classify its mixed subjects in North America.
Casta system
Christian communities were required to hand over Christian boys for military service and conversion to Islam. Some saw it as a way of mobility.
Devshirme
What many elightement thinkers took aim at, the absolutism of european aristrocracy.
Divine Right
The elite Ottoman special forces which were made up of Christian boy from the Devshirme.
Janissaries
Were not ethnically Chinese but used Confucian value and practices to keep order and respect.
Manchu/Qing Dynasty (SPICE)
Countries who focused on trade and exploration across oceans.
Maritime Empires
Embraced confucian tradition and despised previous Mongol rulers.
Ming Dynasty (SPICE)
Musilim emprie in India which included Akbar: a relgiously tolerant great leader, and Aurangzeb; who reversed all of Akbars policies.
Mughal Empire (SPICE) (Must include Akbar and Aurangzeb)
The idea that my country is better than yours.
Nationalism
Competition between the two groups for trading and merchant posts.
Omani-European rivalry
One of the Sunni gunpowder empires who dominated in splendor and glory and outlasted almost any other empire.
Ottoman Empire (SPICE)
Small peices of art that give insight into the Persian way of life.
Ottoman Miniature Paintings
2 gunpowder empires who are at eachothers throat for access to trading routes and religious differences.
Ottoman-Safavid Conflict
A russian rebellion that was crushed.
Pugachev Rebellion
An Asian and European empire that was huge and focused on trading furs.
Russian Empire (SPICE)
A breif revolt of resentfull warriors who were transfering into modern centralized society.
Samurai Revolts
Built for the wife of Shah Jahan, in the Mughal empire.
Taj Mahal
The Peace of Westphalia brought an end to the Christian religious conflicts which directly and indirectly killed 15-30% of german population.
Thirty Years War
Closed their doors to outside influence after they took power through Shogan; a supreme military comander.
Tokugawa Shogunate (SPICE)
A peasant revolt who sought to return to the Ming dysty and ultamately weekined the Qing dynasty.
White Lotus Rebellion
