Super Connected: Global Societies and Changes from the 11th to 16th Centuries

A set of 30 vocabulary flashcards covering the historical developments, societal structures, and key figures across Europe, Greenland, Puerto Rico, and the Inca Empire from the 11th to the 16th centuries.

14th century (Europe)

The start of a period of great change in European society characterized by the rising influence of rationality and science, questioning of Church power, and the beginning of continental conquests.

Rationality and science

Fields of thought that gained increased influence over European society beginning in the 14th century.

The Church's power

The established religious authority that people in European society began to question starting in the 14th century.

Conquest of other continents

The process of expansion and territorial domination initiated by Europeans during the period of great change that started in the 14th century.

Modern Age

A historical era when people began to study reality in a different way, providing ideas that serve as the foundation of modern scientific thinking.

Scientific thinking today

Contemporary analytical thought rooted in ideas developed during the Modern Age through new ways of studying reality.

Study of reality

A new method of investigating and understanding the world adopted during the Modern Age.

Inuit

The indigenous group that was the main population of Greenland in the 15th century, sustaining themselves by moving between camps to hunt and fish.

Greenland

The territory whose main inhabitants in the 15th century were the Inuit.

Inuit camps

Seasonal settlements between which the Inuit in 15th-century Greenland moved to hunt and fish.

Hunting and fishing

Subsistence activities that required the Inuit of 15th-century Greenland to move between different camps.

15th century (Greenland)

The time period during which the Inuit formed the principal population of Greenland.

Puerto Rico's indigenous inhabitants

The native society that organized itself into cacicazgos between the 11th and 16th centuries.

Cacicazgos

Societal organizations established by Puerto Rico's indigenous inhabitants between the 11th and 16th centuries, featuring defined territorial jurisdiction and communities with thousands of inhabitants.

Territorial jurisdiction (cacicazgos)

The clearly delineated geographic and political boundary governed by an indigenous cacicazgo in Puerto Rico.

Cacicazgo communities

Multiple settlements within Puerto Rican cacicazgos that together comprised thousands of indigenous inhabitants.

11th to 16th centuries (Puerto Rico)

The historical timeframe during which the indigenous inhabitants of Puerto Rico structured their society into cacicazgos.

Inca Empire

An Andean empire that expanded between the 15th and 16th centuries by conquering territories in present-day Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile.

15th and 16th centuries (Inca Empire)

The era of major expansion during which the Inca Empire conquered territories across western South America.

Pachacútec

An Inca emperor under whose leadership the Inca Empire began conquering territories in western South America between the 15th and 16th centuries.

Túpac Inca Yupanqui

An Inca emperor who, alongside Pachacútec and Huayna Cápac, led the conquest of South American territories between the 15th and 16th centuries.

Huayna Cápac

An Inca emperor who ruled during the empire's expansion across territories in modern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile between the 15th and 16th centuries.

Colombia (Inca conquest)

A present-day northern South American country into which the Inca Empire expanded between the 15th and 16th centuries.

Ecuador (Inca conquest)

A modern South American nation where the Inca Empire conquered territories between the 15th and 16th centuries.

Peru (Inca conquest)

A modern South American nation containing key territories conquered and incorporated into the Inca Empire during the 15th and 16th centuries.

Bolivia (Inca conquest)

A present-day South American country encompassing lands conquered by the Inca Empire between the 15th and 16th centuries.

Chile (Inca conquest)

A modern South American country whose territories were conquered during the southern expansion of the Inca Empire between the 15th and 16th centuries.

Inca emperors

The rulers—specifically Pachacútec, Túpac Inca Yupanqui, and Huayna Cápac—under whose governance the Inca Empire conducted extensive territorial conquests.

European societal transformation

A transitional period starting in the 14th century marked by questioning Church authority, relying on rationality and science, and launching overseas conquests.

Inca Empire archaeological site

Ancient mountain stone structures reflecting the civilization that conquered territories in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chile between the 15th and 16th centuries.