Unit 4 Vocabulary AP World History Modern

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Shephardic Jew

Jews who trace their heritage back to Spain.

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Ashkenazi Jew

Jews from central and eastern Europe.

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Monopoly

Complete control over a market that granted certain merchants exclusive rights to trade.

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Polygyny

The taking of more than one wife.

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Vicecoys

Spanish royalty appointed administrators.

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Audiencias

Royal courts where Spanish settlers could appeal viceroy's decisions or policies.

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Metacom's War

Also known as King Philip's War, the final major effort of the indigenous people to drive the British from New England

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Pueblo Revolt

The Pueblo and Apache, indigenous groups in New Mexico, fought against colonizers trying to force religious converts.

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Glorious Revolution

AKA the Bloodless Revolution; the English throne returned to Protestant hands under William and Mary, strengthening Parliament's power.

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Pugachev Rebellion

Peasant rebellion started by Cossack Yemelyan Pugachev against Catherine the Great for giving the nobility power over the serfs.

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Gloucester County Rebellion

The first recorded slave rebellion in America.

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Timar

An Ottoman system where the sultan granted land or tax revenues to those he favors.

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Harem

A residence where a powerful man's wives and concubines lived.

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Peninsulares

The top of the Latin social pyramid; those born on the Iberian peninsula.

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Mestizos

Those of mixed European and indigenous ancestry.

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Mulattos

Those of mixed European and African ancestry.

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Barbary Pirates

Pirates who plied the seas near North Africa along the Barbary Coast, capturing Europeans and selling them.

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Forcing people into service, particularly in the navy as enslaved gallery workers.

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Mercantilism

A theory stating that countries should sell as many goods as possible to other countries and buy as few as possible.

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Trading Post Empire

An empire based on small outposts instead of control over large territories.

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Galleons

Heavily armed Spanish ships that brought silver from Mexico to East Asia.

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Northwest Passage

A route through or around North America that would lead into East Asia.

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Conquistadores

Spanish soldiers who went to the Americas.

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Columbian Exchange

The exchange of disease, food, and animals between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

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African Diaspora

Dispersion of Africans out of Africa.

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Cash Crop


Crops such as sugar and tobacco that were grown for sale rather than subsistence.

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Treaty of Tordesillas

A treaty that divided the Americas between Portugal and Spain.

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Ecomienda


A system developed by the Spanish to gain access to gold and other resources of the Americas.

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Hacienda System

A system where landowners developed agriculture on their lands and used coerced labor.

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Middle Passage

The journey across the Atlantic by enslaved people.

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Commercial Revolution

The transformation to a trade-based economy using gold and silver.

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Price Revolution

High rate of inflation during the 1500s-1600s.

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Joint-Stock Companies

A company owned by investors who bought stocks or shares in them.

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Triangular Trade

A complex Atlantic trading system that included the trade of enslaved Africans.

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Zambos

Those of mixed indigenous and African ancestry.

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