AP World History Ch. 14 Review- Bob Strayer text

1485-1547, Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico.

Mid-fourteenth century disease epidemic that ravaged Europe and caused an economic decline.

Bands of Russian warriors consisting of peasants who had escaped serfdom.

The buying and selling of goods is known as...

A term for the Americas (and sometimes other non-European areas) during the Age of Exploration.

The "soft gold" that drove Russian expansion.

Capital of the Ottoman Empire; named this after 1453 and the sack of Constantinople.

Ottoman Empire, Christian boys captured and turned into slave soldiers of the sultan called...

Military bases on the Silk Road to protect travelers on their journey were known as...

Chinese explorer: sailed along most of the Asia, Japan, and half way down east coast of Africa.

Empire control in Canada, Ohio, and Mississippi River Valley with Louisiana. Fur trade. 

An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their  power by obtaining bullion.

Central American empire founded by Mexica, expanded greatly during the fifteenth century.

Aztec ruler from 1502 to 1520; was the emperor of the Aztecs when Cortés and his army conquered

1400s-1900s. Territories and colonies in Europe, Africa, and Asia controlled from Spain.

Major cultural movement in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries.

A program that required non-Russians to speak only Russian, offered education in Russian.

Portuguese prince responsible for  series of expeditions along African coast in 15th century.

A body of representatives that makes laws for a nation.  It checked the authority of kings.

Term for a farm crop grown to be sold or traded rather than used by the farm family.

The metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used is known as...

Global transfer of foods, plants, and animals during the colonization of the Americas. 

Term meaning 'to sail completely around the world'.

The Europeans referred to the Native Americans at the bottom of the new social structures as...

An area northeast of the Great Wall that conquered China and ruled during the Qing Dynasty.

The head of the Roman Catholic Church is the...

Assumption of the superiority of the social or cultural group that a person belongs to is...

A Muslim empire based in Turkey that lasted from the 1300's to 1922.

The sun never sets on the....

Ottoman policy of taking boys from Christian peoples to be trained as Muslim soldiers.

Killed around 90% of native Americans. Caused by diseases brought over by Europeans .

Term meaning 'arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services'.

A pieces of land given to vassals by their lord is a...

Mughal emperor in India- under whom the empire reached its greatest extent. 

The regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas.

Woman who ruled over Russia. Responsible for many changes in Russia, securing a warm water port

Term meaning 'spanning or crossing a continent'.

A large peninsula in southeastern Europe that was conquered by the Ottoman Turks post-1453.

Established by Dutch East India Company and soon replaced Portugal as leader in Spice Islands.

Food product originally from New Guinea. Europeans transferred it to Atlantic and Americas.

The period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance, known as the...

Muslim state (1526-1857) exercising control over most of India in the 16th and 17th centuries.

(1500-1800) The empire stretched from E. Europe to Siberia. Ivan III overthrew the Mongols

American born descendants of Europeans.

 The last imperial dynasty of China, overthrown by revolutionaries, began isolation from West

A market in which there are many buyers but only one seller is a...

Bustling trade empire built throughout the Indian Ocean. Seized the Strait of Malacca .

In 1054, the Christian Church underwent a...

Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India. Removed tax on non-Muslims.

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