Period 2 Review AP World History

Literally, "dancing sickness"; a religious revival movement in central Peru

The global spread of African peoples via the slave trade.

Famines, uprisings, and wars triggered by record low temperatures in the mid 1600s

City that developed high in the Andes (in present-day Bolivia) at the site of the world's largest silver mine

Spanish conquistador who led the expedition that conquered the Aztec Empire in modern Mexico.

Book written by Cao Xueqin that explores the life of an elite family with connections to the court

Interconnected web of commerce in premodern times between the lands that bordered the Indian Ocean

One of India's most beloved bhakti poets, she transgressed the barriers of caste and tradition.

English scientist whose formulated the laws of motion and mechanics

Massive schism within Christianity that had its formal beginning in 1517 with the German priest Martin Luther

West African kingdom whose strong kings for a time sharply limited engagement with the slave trade.

A Christian state centered on Moscow that emerged from Mongol rule, expanded from Northern Asia to Eastern Europe

The capital of the colonial Philippines, which by 1600 had become a flourishing and culturally diverse city

Private trading company around 1600, mainly focused on Indonesia; it was given a monopoly on Indian Ocean trade

French writer whose work is often taken as a model of the Enlightenment's outlook, noted for his deism

A successful state founded by Muslim Turkic-speaking peoples who invaded India and provided relative political unity

West African kingdom in which the slave trade became a major state-controlled industry.

A period of unusually cool temperatures from the 1200s-1800s, most prominently in the Northern Hemisphere.

An internal reform of the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century stimulated in part by the Protestant Reformation

Theory that governments served their countries' economic interests best by encouraging exports and accumulating bullion

Imperial dominance based on control of trade through military power rather than on control of peoples or territories.

An Italian scientist who developed an improved telescope in 1609, with which he made many observations

Emperor of India's Mughal Empire; his policies are noted for their efforts at religious tolerance and inclusion

Nickname used in the early modern period for animal furs, highly valued for their warmth and as symbols of elite status.

Private trading company around 1600, mainly focused on India; it was given a monopoly on Indian Ocean trade

This trade in human beings took 12.5 million people from African societies and shipped them across the Atlantic

A global industry in which French, British, and Dutch traders exported fur from North America to Europe

Mughal emperor who reversed his predecessors policies of religious tolerance and attempted to impose Islamic supremacy.

Describes the mixed-race population of Spanish colonial societies in the Americas, especially Spanish & Native American

European intellectual movement of the 1700s that applied the principles of the Scientific Revolution to human affairs

advocated an austere lifestyle and strict adherence to the Islamic law; became an expansive state in central Arabia

French philosopher who argued that society was moving into an era of near-infinite improvability

Pacific islands colonized by Spain in a relatively bloodless process, accompanied by a major effort at evangelization

Islamic state centered on Anatolia that included the Balkans, Middle East, and North Africa, lasted until the 1900s

Influential Ming thinker who argued that anyone could achieve a virtuous life by introspection and contemplation

Term commonly used for people of mixed African and European blood.

Ottoman Empire's practice of removing young boys from their Christian subjects and training them to be Janissaries

Catholic-Protestant struggle that was the culmination of European religious conflict

Term used to describe the devastating demographic impact of European-borne epidemic diseases on the Americas

Term often used to describe the siphoning of money from Europe to pay for the luxury products of the East

Religious tradition of northern India founded by Guru Nanak (1469-1539)

The intellectual and cultural trans-formation that shaped a new conception of the material world

Tribute that Russian rulers demanded from the native peoples of Siberia, most often in the form of furs.

Inspired by the work of Matteo Ricci, sought to understand and become integrated into Chinese culture

Polish mathematician and astronomer who was the first to argue in 1543 for the existence of a sun-centered solar system

Free communities of former slaves in remote regions of South America and the Caribbean

This French term refers to Enlightenment thinkers

Imperial territories in which Europeans (especially the British in N. America) lived permanently in large numbers.

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The small number of African women who were able to exercise power through marriage to European traders.

The standard Spanish silver coin used by merchants in North America, Europe, India, Russia, West Africa, and China.

Chinese intellectual movement whose practitioners were critical of conventional Confucian philosophy

Priest who issued the 95 Theses and began the Protestant Reformation with his public criticism of the Catholic Church

Transfer of diseases, plants, and animals that began with European exploration and colonization of the Americas