American Social Studies: Asian Empires, Exploration, and Colonization

Vocabulary practice flashcards based on the World History Topic 11 and 12 revision pack covering Asian Empires and European Exploration.

Maritime

Seafaring or oceangoing related to the sea or ocean.

Mercantilism

A set of principles that held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver.

Circumnavigate

To travel completely around.

Colony

A settlement of people living in a new territory linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control.

Evangelization

An act of converting people to Christianity.

Joint Stock Company

A company jointly owned by shareholders.

Plantation

A large agriculture estate.

Galleon

A Spanish trading ship larger and heavier than a caravel.

Multinational corporation

A company operating in many countries.

Conquistadors

Soldiers and explorers who led the Spanish conquest of the Americas.

Encomienda

A system of labor the Spanish used in the Americas.

Mita

A labor system that the Spanish administrators in Peru used to draft indigenous people to work.

Peninsular

A person born on the Iberian Peninsula, typically a Spanish or Portuguese official who resided temporarily in Latin America.

Creole

A person of European descent born in Latin America and living there permanently.

Triangular Trade

A trade network connecting Europe, Africa and the Americas.

Middle Passage

The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.

Capitalism

An economic system in which people can invest in trade and goods for profit.

Corporations

A company authorized to be a legal entity apart from its owners.

Balance of Trade

The difference in value between import and exports.

Subsidy

A payment made to support an enterprise a government thinks is beneficial.

Janissary

A soldier in the elite guard of the Ottoman Turks.

Harem

A sacred place and the private domain of an Ottoman sultan where he and his wives resided.

Grand Vizier

The Ottoman sultan's chief minister who advised the sultan on secular matters and led the council meetings.

Pasha

An appointed official of the Ottoman Empire who collected taxes.

Ulema

A group of religious scholars who served as advisers to the Ottoman sultan.

Craft guild

An association of workers of the same occupation or trade for mutual benefit.

Orthodoxy

Traditional beliefs, especially in religion.

Zamindar

A local official in Mogul South Asia who received a plot of farmland for temporary use in return for collecting taxes for the central government.

Coastal Trade

Trade from ports within the same nation or region.

Coopting

Taking over, usually without authority or right.

Head tax

A fee imposed on every individual in a class or group.

Doctrinal

Relating to the principles of a system of belief.

Florescence

A state or period of flourishing.

Vested

Given as a legal right, benefit, or privilege.

Tributes

A payment from one government to another as a sign of respect or dependence.

Daimyo

Heads of noble families in Japan, also known as 'Great names'.

Cash crops

Crops that are grown for sale rather than for personal use.

Treaty of Tordesillas

An agreement for control of lands between Spain and Portugal based on a line of demarcation drawn by Pope Alexander VI.

Taj Mahal

A legacy of the Mogul Empire that reflects multiple cultures by blending Persian and Indian architectural styles.

New Netherland

A Dutch colony settled along the Hudson River and administered by the Dutch West India Company.