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Unit Four - The Age of Exploration Flashcards

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Columbian Exchange

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network of animals, foods, and diseases that were passed between the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia

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absolutism

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a political structure in which a single ruler has absolute power

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Louis XIV

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famed absolute ruler of France; built the Palace of Versailles

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Henry the Navigator

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Portuguese prince who sailed down the coast of West Africa

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Christopher Columbus

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Italian explorer who voyaged (for Spain) across the Atlantic Ocean

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Vasco da Gama

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Portuguese explorer who sailed around the bottom of Africa

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Portuguese explorer; led first circumnavigation of the earth

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Safavid Empire

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empire in present-day Iran

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gunpowder empires

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Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal - all had military success with gunpowder weapons

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Seven Years’ War

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(aka the French and Indian War) war between the colonies of British America and New France

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Ottoman siege of Vienna

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Ottoman attempt to capture Vienna

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Qing dynasty

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  • tenth Chinese dynasty
  • led by foreign Manchus
  • military success and cultural changes
  • last imperial dynasty
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Tokugawa shogunate

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Japanese ruling dynasty which strove to isolate the region from foreign influences

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Mughal Empire

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Islamic imperial power that ruled India

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Akbar the Great

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Mughal leader famous for his religious tolerance

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Sikhism

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blend of Hinduism and Islam; founded by Guru Nanak

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joint-stock companies

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a trade business that sells shares to individuals; risks and profits are shared

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British East India Company

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English joint-stock company formed to pursue trade with the East Indies

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Dutch East India Company

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chartered company that carried out trade in Asia

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conquistador

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Spanish conqueror of the Americas

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Renaissance

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the “rebirth” of Greco-Roman culture

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William Shakespeare

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English poet and playwright

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Protestant Reformation

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religious reform movement that resulted in the formation of new Christian denominations

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Scientific Revolution

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intellectual movement in Europe that set the foundations for modern science

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Versailles

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royal palace outside of Paris

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kabuki theater

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traditional Japanese drama with dancing and singing

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Taj Mahal

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mausoleum built by Shah Jahan in memory of his wife

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creole

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descendants of Europeans in Latin America

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mestizo

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someone of mixed Native American and European descent

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Summer Palace

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Chinese imperial palace

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Vodun

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(voodoo) a syncretic form of Christianity

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Santeria

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a syncretic form of Christianity

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mercantilism

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belief in the benefits of profitable trading

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Atlantic Slave Trade

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trade of peoples from West Africa to the Americas

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crops from the Americas

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sugar, cotton, tobacco, coffee, silver

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New World

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the unexplored Americas

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anti-Semitism

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hostility or prejudice against Jewish people

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Middle Passage

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transportation of enslaved Africans to the Americas

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triangular trade

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trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas

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Aurangzeb

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leader of the Mughal Empire at its greatest extent

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Malinche

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interpreter for Hernan Cortes during his conquest of the Aztec Empire

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Pocahontas

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Native American who saved John Smith, an Englishman, from execution

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land empire

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an empire consisting of only land

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trading-post empire

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an empire where the imperial power holds control over distant trading posts

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maritime empire

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an empire formed by regions that are separated by water

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sternpost rudder

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maritime invention that increased maneuverability

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caravel

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a small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship

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circumnavigation

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sailing around the world

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Hernan Cortes

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Spanish explorer who led the conquest for Aztec Mexico

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fur trade

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trade and exchange of furs (especially in Russia/Siberia and the Americas)

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parliamentarism

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a government that utilizes a parliament

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Peter the Great

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Russian tsar who encouraged Westernization and moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg

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Henry VIII

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English king famed for his six marriages

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Elizabeth I

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English queen famed for supporting the arts and exploration

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millet system

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a system that divided the Ottoman Empire by religion

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Manchus

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foreign group who led during the (Manchurian) Qing dynasty

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heliocentric theory

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theory that the sun was the center of the solar system rather than the earth

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printing press

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an invention that made communication and media much easier

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lateen sail

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a triangular sail

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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founder of the heliocentric theory

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Galileo

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developed modern experimental method; proved heliocentric theory

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Isaac Newton

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English mathematician and scientist

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Martin Luther

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began the Protestant Reformation by creating the Ninety-Five Theses

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Catholic Counter-Reformation

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clarification of Catholic values as a response to the Protestant Reformation

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piracy

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the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea

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yasak

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Russian fur tax

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mulatto

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a person of European and African descent

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zambo

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a person of African and Native American descent

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diseases of the Columbian Exchange

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smallpox, measles, influenza

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the great dying

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death of many indigenous peoples in the Americas by disease

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peninsulares

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Spanish-born rulers in Latin America

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plantation complex

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environment common to agricultural plantations in the Americas

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settler colony

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colony where some (or most) residents migrate from the mother country

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Philippines

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a Spanish colony, named after King Philip II

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Benin

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African kingdom that avoided involvement in the slave trade

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Dahomey

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African kingdom that participated heavily in the slave trade

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Potosi

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large silver mining city

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Taki Onqoy

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Andean resistance against Spanish rule

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jesuit

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member of the Society of Jesus

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Wahhabi Islam

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Islamic reform centered around returning to strict Islam

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Wang Yangmin

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Neo-Confucian philosopher who questioned the importance of a Confucian education

82
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kaozheng

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“research based on evidence”

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Mirabai

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bhakti poet

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Voltaire

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Enlightenment thinker who attacked the Church and promoted individual freedoms

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Locke

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Enlightenment thinker who promoted inalienable rights

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