Unit 1 A
Form of slavery where the slave is a personal possession of the owner
Chattel slavery
Spanish colonial social class system
Casta/Las Castas
Sakoku is an example of what?
Isolationism
a diplomatic mission to Western Europe led by Tsar Peter the Great of Russia from 1697 to 1698
Grand Embassy
a political system where a single ruler, usually a monarch, has complete and unchallenged authority
Absolutism
A large, sturdy European cargo ship used to transport goods between the Americas, Asia, and Europe
Galleon
Small, maneuverable ship with triangular lateen sails
Caravel
Ming dynasty reform that allowed people to pay taxes in cash
Single-Whip Tax System
These were hereditary landowners or village chieftains used to collect taxes by the Mughals
Zamindars
a 16th century religious, political, and cultural movement that challenged the authority of the Catholic Churc
Protestant Reformation
This was funded by merchant-investors who shared risk and profits
Joint-Stock Company
A crop grown primarily for its economic value
Cash crop
Roman Catholic religious order that prioritized learning the languages and cultures of the people they wanted to convert
Jesuits
Sule Kul
This declaration from Akbar the Great allowed universal toleration of all religions and made reforms such as abolishing the Jizya Tax
Idea that the government's power comes from the consent of the people. This concept was developed by Enlightenment philosophers, including Locke and Rousseau
popular sovereignty
A license permitting a ship to trade in Portuguese-held colonial territory
Cartaz
A right granted to Spanish colonists to demand labor from Native Americans, usually on farms
Encomienda
Term referring to a low-to-mid-level official in the Chinese Imperial government
Mandarin
This battle resulted in the solidification of the border between the Ottoman and Safavid Empires
Battle of Chaldiran
These cowboy-like people from the plains of Venezuela and Colombia were a major part of the Latin American Revolutions
Llaneros
The leg of the Triangular Trade where enslaved people were transported to the New World
Middle Passage
In this economic system, the purpose of a colony was to enrich the mother country
Mercantilism
Foreign ambassadors and merchants were expected to give gifts to the Chinese Emperor and acknowledge China's superiority
Tribute System
longest reigning Mughal Emperor. His empire was also one of the largest in Indian history. However, his emperorship has a complicated legacy
Aurangzeb
He was the leader of the Jacobins, the French Revolution's most radical faction
Maximilien Robespierre