Chapter 5 & 6 (unit 3 + 4)

Philippines

Spanish established colonial rule on these islands due to spices and proximity to China

Manila

new capital of colonial Philippines, culturally diverse and drew in Chinese + Japanese people. Chinese ended up being killed due to revolts

Piece of Eight

standard Spanish silver coin, used by Americans, Indians, Russians, and Africans

Potosi

city in current Bolivia, one of the largest silver mines

soft gold

fur animals, enriched state and merchants of Siberia

signares

African women of marriages to European traders that became wealthy

Benin

kingdom that avoided deep involvement of slave trade, but used diverse imports to gain firearms

Dahomey

kingdom deeply involved w/ slave trade, using it as main revenue

Hernan Cortez

Spanish conquistador, attacked Aztec Empire to carve out a larger Spanish Meso-American empire

Columbian exchange

large network of communication, migration, trade, disease, and transfer of plants and animals, generated by European colonial empires

yasak

tribute pain in cash or kind to Russian Empire authorities

Qing expansion

conquest, using China’s more powerful military technology and greater resources

Akbar

Mughal India’s most famous emperor, recognized and accommodated the Hindu majority of Mughal India

Aurangzeb

Mughal emperor who reversed accommodations for Hindus in Mughal India, imposed Islamic superiority