PERIOD 4: Vocabulary

Question 1

Enlightenment belief that there was a creator god who does not interfere in earthly matters

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Deism

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Chinese admiral; commanded a fleet of 300+ ships

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Zheng He

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Mughal emperor; noted for religious tolerance & inclusion

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Akbar

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tribute that Russian rulers demanded from native peoples, often in the form of furs

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yasak

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devastating demographic impact of European epidemic diseases on the Americas

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the great dying

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Christian church in Constantinople converted into an elaborate mosque under the Ottomans

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Hagia Sophia

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limited the power of English monarchs by making them share power with elite representatives

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parliamentary moanrchy

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Spanish conquistador; led the expedition that conquered the Aztecs

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Cortes

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economic structure of Spain's American colonies; exploited Indians on land they controlled

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encomienda

Question 10

form of imperial dominance based on control of trade, not control of subject peoples

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trading post empire

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French medieval parliament

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Estates-General

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belief that government regulation of the economy should be minimal

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laissez-faire

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movement within the Roman Catholic Church to consider Protestant charges against it

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Counter-Reformation

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English & Dutch entities; given monopolies on Indian Ocean trade; could make war & enslave

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East India Companies

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West African kingdom; had rulers that exploited the slave trade

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Dahomey

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Major Islamic state of West Africa

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Songhay Empire

Question 17

nomadic people on China's northern borders that conquered the Ming dynasty

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Manchus

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placed the power of the English parliament over the king

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Glorious Revolution

Question 19

Scientific Revolution value of research based on observations & carefully observed dates

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empiricism

Question 20

agricultural system based on African slavery; used in Brazil, Caribbean, southern North America

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plantation

Question 21

Turkic empire in Persia; noted for efforts to convert people to Shia Islam

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Safavid Empire

Question 22

American colonist born in Europe; initially held the most power in colonial society

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peninsulares

Question 23

when one person wields unrestricted political power over the sovereign state and its people

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absolute monarchy

Question 24

religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Christian Europe

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Protestant Reformation

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Islamic state centered on Anatolia; included Balkans, Middle East, & North Africa

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Ottoman Empire

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well known Mughal architectural structure; constructed as a tomb

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Taj Mahal

Question 27

transport of slaves from Africa to South America or West Indies

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Middle Passage

Question 28

English scientist whose laws of motion & mechanics were key in the Scientific Revolution

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Newton

Question 29

major Islamic movement; advocated austere lifestyle & strict adherence to sharia

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Wahabbi

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economic system based on private ownership of property & investments with hope of profit

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capitalism

Question 31

encouraged nations to export more than & imported; promoted founding of colonies

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mercantilism

Question 32

practice of Indian women being confined to their homes

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purdah

Question 33

West African kingdom; had strong kings who sharply limited engagement with slave trade

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Benin

Question 34

colonists born in the Americas of European parents; eventual leaders of independence movements

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creoles

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Muslim port city in Southeast Asia; springboard for spread of syncretic forms of Islam

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Malacca

Question 36

rebirth of learning in Italy; renewed interest in learning & art of Greco-Roman world

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The Renaissance

Question 37

Western European shippers who established agencies in Russia

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factors

Question 38

rulers that brought a degree of centralized authority to Japan

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Tokugawa Shogunate

Question 39

peoples of mixed European & African ancestry

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mulatos

Question 40

statements for debate nailed to the door of a German church by Martin Luther

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Ninety-Five Theses

Question 41

people of mixed European & Indian ancestry

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mestizos

Question 42

brought finished goods to Africa, slaves to the Americas, & raw materials to Europe

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triangular trade

Question 43

tribute of boy children that Ottomans levied from Christians in the Balkans

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devshirme

Question 44

allowed a small salary to be paid to Indian laborers

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repartamiento

Question 45

founded by Babur using gunpowder technology; located in northern India

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Mughal Dynasty

Question 46

required to work for a master for a specific number of years in exchange for passage

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indentured servant

Question 47

Chinese intellectual movement; emphasized the importance of evidence & analysis

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kaozheng

Question 48

vast territory conquered by Russia; unsuitable for agriculture but rich in minerals & furs

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Siberia

Question 49

trade network that exchanged crops, livestock, & disease between the two hemispheres

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Columbian Exchange

Question 50

Christian boys who were captured, enslaved, & became Ottoman soldiers

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Janissaries

Question 51

the taking of former Spanish territory from Muslims

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Reconquista

Question 52

Mughal emperor who decreased religious tolerance; attempted to impose Muslim supremacy

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Aurangzeb

Question 53

Polish mathematician & astronomer; first to suggest to heliocentric theory

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Copernicus

Question 54

Russian pioneers that took lands from Asian nomads

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Cossacks

Question 55

religious tradition of northern India that combines elements of Hinduism & Islam

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Sikhism

Question 56

small, highly maneuverable ship developed by the Portuguese

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caravel

Question 57

religious order that served as the missionary & educational arm of the Catholic Church

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Jesuits

Question 58

revolution that applied human reason to the improvement of society

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The Enlightenment

Question 59

the seizure of sailors from foreign vessels

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impressment

Question 60

documents that granted the purchaser the forgiveness of sins

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indulgences

Question 61

the authority for a state to govern itself

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sovereignty

Question 62

Andean city; site of the world's largest silver mine

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Potosi

Question 63

Indian empire; founded by Muslim Turks that invaded South Asia

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Mughal Empire

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French philosophers who were the center of the Enlightenment

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philosophes

PERIOD 4: Vocabulary

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PERIOD 4: Vocabulary

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