Studied by 81 peopleThe Columbian Exchange
The movement of life across the Atlantic
Malinche
Daughter of local Aztec leader, knew politics, helped Cortés navigate and communicate, 13/14 years old, and knew 3-4 languages
Requerimiento
1513; if local officials don't comply to Spanish rule and accept Christianity, their wives and children will be sold into slavery and their stuff will be stolen; on behalf of the Pope
Yeoman
European; Independent/private landowners who owned their crops; what many aspired to be but was unattainable for most.
Heresies
Anything that is not in the teachings of the Bible or the word of Christ; Science and religions other than Christianity
Spanish Inquisition
1470s-1530s; Maintained Catholic orthodoxy of Spain and rid the country of "religious others"
Mercantilism
New kind of economic system; Trade in order to increase state power at the expense of others
Capitalism
Economic system in which private actors own and control property in accord with their own interests and set market set prices; essential motive is profit
Triangular Trade
International economic system that helped establish the merchant class; Between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
Rajputs
Lords under the emperor who were landowners and the warrior class and vital to the expansion of the empire; Mughal India
Emperor Akbar
1556-1605, Mughal India; Tripled Mughal in size and had many reforms (including Hindu tolerance)
Hongwu
1328-1398; First Ming emperor that was born a peasant farmer and had an aptitude for power and politics
Zheng He
1371-1433; Large fleets sent as far east as Africa in the name of exploration and promoted commerce
Examination System
Competency exams that encouraged education to promote an efficient bureaucracy
Daimyo
Local landholding elite that were an army of samurai
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