AP World 1200-1750

A massive Chinese trading vessel

Junk

Ruler of the Mali whose wealth negatively impacted the economies of the places he visited

Mansa Musa

Important trading center in Southeast Asia

Malacca

This and other diseases spread through rats who were invested with fleas

Bubonic plague

Refers to caravan routes connecting China and the Middle East

Silk roads

European maritime empires had an advantage as a result of this type of investor

Joint-stock

Having to do with the seas as well as ocean travel

Maritime

A Portuguese prince who devoted his life to maritime exploration

Prince Henry the Navigator

These Europeans used a method of controlling key port cities throughout the Indian Ocean

Portuguese

"The transfer of people

animals, plants, and diseases between the new and Old Worlds",Columbian exchange

A tax system imposed on defeated people in the form of goods and labor

Tribute

A massive storm which drove away a Mongol invasion of the Japanese Islands

Kamikaze

A life of continued or seasonal migration

Nomadism

Ottoman infantry of slave origin who made up an elite portion of the army

Janissaries

This system placed Christian children in the homes of Turkish families to train to be loyal government and military leaders

Devshirme

This is a plan of accumulating gold and silver and forcing colonies to only trade with the mother country

Mercantalism

"In France

the rise of this wealthy middle class, challenged the medieval class system of the Estates",Bourgeoisie

About 1/3 of enslaved Africans died when going through this after they reached their destination

Seasoning

This refers to people of mixed Amerindian and European descent

Mestizos

"Khubilai Khan established this

encompassing parts of China and Siberia",Yuan dynasty

Women were expected to this as a physical symbol of male domination of women during the Song Period

Foot binding

A form of Buddhism emphasizing mental discipline

Zen

"The preferred religion in Korea

Japan, and Vietnam",Buddhism

A Chinese religion used in government

Confucianism

This religion became more popular in the Southern regions of South East Asian like Indonesia

Islam

A language that came out of East Africa and was a mixture of local languages and Arabic

Swahili

This branch of Islam is the minority and is mostly found in Iran and Iraq

Shi'a/Shi'ite

A Catholic religious order founded during the Counter Reformation by Ignatius of Loyola

Jesuits

This movement was a protest against the corrupt practices of the Catholic Church started by a German Monk

Protestant reformation

"English Protestants who established Plymouth colony in Massachusetts

seeking religious freedom",Pilgrims

English weapon which proved to be far superior to French crossbows

Longbows

The first book made from moveable type

Bible

The use of Chinese junks and this type of ship increased trade in the Indian Ocean Maritime system

Dhows

A triangle sail that allowed sailors to catch the wind from different directions

Lateen

A massive French palace complex built by Louis XIV

Palace of Versailles

"This city was an important trade route on the Dardanelles and it was marked by large buildings

European merchants, and ports full of ships",Istanbul/Constantinople

"Introduction of new technology such as this

and the astrolabe lead to an increase in travel over open water",Compass

"Period of time that saw innovations in art

science, and technology (re-birth)",Renaissance

"A small

maneuverable sailing ship used by the Portuguese to explore Africa and the Atlantic",Caravel

Mechanical device that pressed sheets of paper into inked type and made texts much less expensive

Printing press

"People who studied the humanities such as history

language, and poetry",Humanists

European merchant wrote of his adventures on the silkroad and his contact with the Mongol empire

Marco Polo

A medieval Muslim trader who wrote the world's most famous travel log that describes his journey through the Middle East and Africa

Ibn Battuta

"This legendary sultan of the Ottoman Empire was called the Magnificent for expanding the empire into

the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean"

Suleiman

These Russian soldiers on horseback were instrumental in expansion of territory

Cossacks

"A Manchu emperor who further expanded Qing territory

lowered taxes, and encouraged trade",Kangxi

Russian Czar is most known for enacting reforms and modernizing Russia

Peter the Great

This Muslim sultan sought conciliation with Indian Hindus

Akbar the Great

Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs in central Mexico

Cortes

The greatest Admiral in Chinese history who was thought to have traveled throughout the Indian Ocean during the Ming Dynasty

Zheng He

Created a powerful empire in Central Mexico

Aztecs

The largest and most powerful Andean empire

Inca

A region in Russia known for its untapped resources and freezing temperatures

Siberia

This Muslim Empire was founded by Babur who was a descendent of Timur

Mughal Empire

"A region of Eastern Europe starting with Greece to the South and ending north with Romania

Serbia, and Croatia",Balkans

A region In West Africa named for its gold exports

Gold Coast

This Asian country tightly regulated foreign influence and created policies to keep the influence of Christianity at bay

Japan

This was the first permanent English colony in the new world established by the Virginia Company

Jamestown

A large revolt of Native Americans in the Southwest region of N. America against the Spanish in 1680

Pueblo Revolt

A rebellion of Wampanoag native in New England

Metacom's War

A strain of rice that allowed for two harvests

CHAMPA RICE

An Andean system of forced service and labor to the ruler

Mi'ta

Alternating portions of the fields cultivated to help regain fertility of the soil

Three field system

Colonies in Latin America initially relied on natives for labor while the English imported these types of servants

Indentured

This was part of the Atlantic Circuit involving transportation of enslaved Africans across the ocean

Middle Passage

This labor system granted authority over a population of Amerindians in Spanish colonies and evolved its own social hierarchy

Encomienda System

Societies of escaped slaves living on the outskirts of colonial civilization

Maroons

"A practice that lowered administrative costs

and assigned contracts to a third party to collect taxes on farmed land",Tax Farming

French colony that became the largest producer of sugar (became Haiti)

Saint Domingue

The wealthy elites who own plantations and benefited from slave labor

Plantocracy