vocab - early modern Flashcards
indigenous
local or native to a place (indigenous Americans died of diseases after Columbus’ arrival)
syncretism
mixing of different religious, ethical, or philosophical ideas (syncretic practice of Catholicism in the Americas or the mixing of Buddhism into Neo-Confucianism)
forced labor system
labor system where workers are forced to participate (slavery, serfdom)
mercantile system
an economic system where governments and citizens work for the common good of the country and against rival countries (EM Europe)
currency
money
Protestant Reformation
schism in which Protestants broke away from the Roman Catholic Church
New World
another name for the Americas
Old World
another name for Eurasia-Africa
cash crops
crops grown in large quantities to be sold, rather than eaten by the growers (cotton, sugar, tobacco)
deforestation
cutting down forests to clear the land for other uses (Caribbean islands in the EME)
joint-stock company
Early Modern corporations formed to pool investments in order to finance overseas commercial enterprises (Dutch East India Company)
chattel slavery
slavery in which the slave is considered chattel or property (usually resulting in inhumane treatment)
monoculture
farming of a single crop, usually to the detriment of the natural environment (cash crop monoculture in the EME Americas)
millet system
Ottoman system of giving religious groups control over some local laws
janissary system
Ottoman military arm consisting of ‘taken’ Christian boys trained to use gunpowder weaponry
