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What was the period 1450-1750 known as?
The age of empire building
What happened to the Qing dynasty (size wise)?
They doubled in size
Where in the Americas did the Spanish colonize?
Caribbean, the Incas, and the Aztecs
Where in the americas did the Portuguese colonize?
Brazil
Where in the americas did the British, Dutch, and French colonize?
North America
What is the European advantage?
Geography, Need, Marginality, rivalry, merchants, wealth and status, religion, and American collaborators allowed Europe to overtake the americas
What were some European animals that thrived with out natural predators?
Horses, pigs, cattle, goats, and sheep
What were some American crops that spread through the Eastern Hemisphere?
Corn, potatoes, tobacco, chocolate, and cassava
What were all colonized European societies shaped by?
Mercantilism: The theory that governments encourage exports and accumulate bullion to serve their countries
What were some ways native women were treated in colonial societies?
Elite women often married to Spanish conquerors as a way of cementing relationships, many experienced sexual violence and abuse
T/F The English were catholic and attempted to proselytize similar to the Spanish
False, they were Protestant, so attempts to proselytize were different from the Spanish
Where was the first small Russian state?
Moscow
T/F Russias motivation for moving into Siberia was a matter of opportunity, not threat
True, Russia saw opportunity in things like fur
T/F: Russia was solely a European empire
F: Russia was both a European and Asian Empire
Who was emperor Akbar and what did he do?
An emperor of the Mughal empire, he attempted to accommodate the Hindu minority
Who was emperor Aurangzeb and what did he do?
An emperor of the Mughal empire, he reversed the policies of Akbar, making Hindu populations react badly
What was the main conflict in the gunpowder empires?
Long conflict between Sunni Ottomans and Shia Safavids
What was devshirme?
Tribute of boys paid by Christian Balkan communities
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