Age of Exploration, Native America & Gunpowder Empires of East Asia

Akbar

Mughal absolute monarch know for toleration

astrolabe

navigational tool based on position of stars

Aurangzeb

Mughal absolute monarch who promoted Islam and is regarded as starting the collapse of the Empire through his intolerance of Hindus

Bartolome de Las Casas

Jesuit priest who ended enslavement of Native Americans

caravel

European ships with increased cargo hold

chinapas

floating gardens of the Aztecs

codex

birch bark books of Mayans and Aztecs

Columbian Exchange

Trade of goods between new world and European/Asia/Africa with items like domesticated animals going to Americas and potatoes and corn going to Europe

Columbus

Spanish explorer who discovered new world when searching for route to India in 1492

Cortes

Spanish conquistador who will conquer the Aztecs

Da Gama

Portuguese explorer who found route around Africa to India

encomienda

coercive labor system in which Spanish will require taxes and labors from Native Americans

Francis Xavier

Jesuit priest who will attempt to create missions in China and Japan

harem

collection of women associated with Ottoman court

Incan Trail

road and suspension bridge network to unite Andes

janissaries

elite guard of the sultans

Kangxi

Qing absolute monarch who will create Forbidden City, promote Sacred Edict and enjoy foreign technology

Magellan

Spanish explorer who will circumnavigate globe

Manchu

foreign power that creates the Qing Dynasty (the last dynasty of China) and forced Han Chinese to were queue hairstyle

mercantilism

economic system involving creation of colonies for raw material and markets

Middle Passage

Harsh crossing of the Atlantic Ocean for African slaves

Ming

Chinese dynasty that replaced Yuan -- hired Zheng-He to explore Indian Ocean

Montezuma

Aztec leader at its peak of power who will be defeated by the Spanish

Pizarro

Spanish conquistador who will conquer the Inca

quipu

accounting system of the Inca

shah

title of the leader of the Safavid Dynasty

shiism

branch of Islam found in the Safavid Dynasty

Suleiman

Ottoman emperor at the time of its golden age

sultan

title of Ottoman ruler

Tokugawa Shogunate

Period of extreme isolation in Japan

Treaty of Tordesilla

Agreement between Spain and Portugal to create line of demarcation between spheres of influence in new world

Triangular Trade

Trade route established between Europe, Africa, and the Americas for the exchange of goods

Zheng-He

Ming explorer who opened Indian Ocean trade with new Chinese Dynasty, but bankrupted it