Age of Exploration
Crop brought to the Americas on Columbus' initial voyage that resulted in many plantations being built
Sugarcane
Spanish conqueror who led the invasion of the Aztec empire
Hernan Cortes
Man who led military campaigns against the Ottoman Empire and created the Turkish Republic after WW1
Mustafa Kemal/Ataturk
1857 event that led to the British seizure of India away from the British East India Company
The richest man in history, Malian ruler Mansa Musa, was the founder of this city
Timbuktu
Type of organization that involved merchants buying shares of a ship's profit
Name for the shipping of millions of enslaved Africans to the Americas
Middle Passage
Signed by the Soviet Union in 1918, this treaty ceded lots of land away from Russia
Brest-Litovsk
Grandson of the first Mughal emperor, this man gave more religious freedoms to the Empire
Akbar
Thanks to the leadership of Queen Nzinga, this state resisted Portuguese conquest for 40 years
Ndongo
Ideology created in the Age of Exploration that aimed for a nation to export more than it imported while still trading
Mercantilism
System of forced labor in Spanish colonies where colonizers had land and indigenous laborers who they would convert to Christianity
Encomienda
Creator of the Russian provisional government after the February Revolution
Alexander Kerensky
Muslim leader who ruled over swaths of the Indian subcontinent and established the Mughal Empire
Babur
Southern tip of Africa that European ships had to pass to trade in the Indian Ocean and in East Africa before the Suez Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Portuguese trading post in the west of India
Goa
Names of the groups in the racial caste system created by Spanish colonists in America
Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos, and Mulattoes
Germany's idea to quickly win the First World War, created before the war happened
Schlieffen Plan
Built by Shah Jahan in the mid 17th century, this mausoleum is a symbol of Indian architecture
Taj Mahal
Muslim kingdom led by Sunni Ali in the Niger River that built up the city of Timbuktu
Songhai Empire
English company that had a monopoly on trade to Russia
Muscovy Company
Signed in 1494, this treaty divided the world into Spanish and Portuguese spheres of influence
Treaty of Tordesillas
Ally to Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans
Bulgaria
Hindu rebellion that defeated the Mughal empire in the late 17th century
Maratha Rebellion/Empire
Congolese king who traded heavily with Portuguese merchants and converted many of his subjects to Christianity in the 16th century
King Alfonso I