Unit 5

Question 1

Janissaries

Answer 1

Christian slaves who could come to hold governmental powers via conversion

Question 2

Creoles

Answer 2

A person of European descent born in the Americas

Question 3

Shogun

Answer 3

Leaders in Japan

Question 4

Tokugawa

Answer 4

Powerful family in Japan that ruled as Shoguns

Question 5

Peninsulares

Answer 5

someone who is born of Spanish descent directly from Spain

Question 6

Mestizo

Answer 6

someone of mixed European and South American descent

Question 7

Dutch learning

Answer 7

the interaction between the Dutch and the Japanese that resulted in the diffusion of technology and scientific ideas

Question 8

Joint stock company

Answer 8

An association of individuals whose pooled resources provided them stock much like a corporation. Together they shared risks, losses and profits. Commonly used in trade/exploration ventures

Question 9

What was not introduced by the first Ming emperor

Answer 9

Family influence in the selection of men to the Chinese bureaucracy was eliminated.

Question 10

Ottoman Empire

Answer 10

The longest-lasting post-Mongol Muslim Empire was the

Question 11

Which two nations began a maritime revolution that profoundly altered the course of world history?

Answer 11

Portugal and Spain

Question 12

king that severed ties between England and the Catholic Church in order to divorce his wife

Answer 12

King Henry VIII