An extension of international contacts that included the Americas and spread disease, and New World crops.
What is the Columbian Exchange
100
A largely artistic movement that stressed themes of humanism.
What is the Italian renaissance?
100
The Russian tsarina who gave the appearance of enlightened rule.
Who was Catherine the Great?
100
American social system which created new distinctions in which race and birth played a crucial role.
What is sociedad de castas?
200
An economic theory which urged that a nation-state not import goods from outside its own empire but sell exports as widely as possible.
What is mercantilism
200
A general wave of religious dissent against the Catholic church thought to have been started by Martin Luther.
What is Protestantism?
200
The peasant adventurers, or Russian pioneers, who migrated to the newly seized lands.
What are Cossacks?
200
Rural estates in Spanish colonies in the New World.
What were Haciendas?
300
A conflict between Britain and France fought both in continental Europe and overseas colonies between 1756 and 1763.
What is the Seven Years War?
300
An intellectual movement centered in France that followed the Scientific Revolution and featured the belief that rational laws could describe social behavior.
What is the Enlightenment?
300
The tsar who led the first westernization effort in history and moved Russia's capital to St. Petersburg.
Who was Peter the Great?
300
The first area of Spanish exploration that served as experimental region for nature of Spanish colonial experience.
What is the Caribbean?
400
The place where the dutch established The Cape Colony in 1652.
What is the Cape of Good Hope?
400
The french system of government personified by King Louis XIV
What is an absolute monarchy?
400
The family elected to rule Russia in 1613 at end of Time of Troubled that ruled until 1917.
What is the Romanov dynasty?
400
The forced labor extracted from communities in Peru.