Land-Based Empires
These empires are generally referred to their adoption and use of advanced military technologies and aggressive expansion from the mid-16th to the early 18th century.
What is the Gunpowder Empires?
This trade route brought millions of enslaved Africans and introduced okra and rice to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
The Samurai answered to these feudal lords.
What is the Daimyo Lords?
These weapons were introduced to the Samurai by Dutch traders.
What are Gunpowder Weapons?
To aid in navigation, Cartography of the 16th century focused on the mapping of these two things.
What are wind patterns and ocean currents?
A elite military force, composed of enslaved Christian first-born sons. Gained both political power and material wealth.
Who are the Ottoman Janissaries?
This Empire was the first European empire explored outside of Europe. Including going around the Cape of Good Hope, reaching India, and circumnavigating the Earth.
What is the Portuguese Empire?
This German monk broke away from the Catholic Church due to papal corruption, and formed the basis for Protestantism.
What is Martin Luther?
This event made Japan retreat into isolationism to a point where it was cut off from much of the rest of the world.
What is the Introduction of Christianity to Japan by the Portuguese?
This device was created by Johannes Gutenberg to spread the German translated bible.
What is the Printing Press?
What is kabuki?
This commodity from the New World boosted the Spanish Economy and became a basis for other mercantile economies and global trade.
What is Silver (Bullion)?
A social and racial classification system used by the Spanish during colonization to categorize people based on their ethnic or cultural lineage.
What is the Casta system?
These people invaded, conquered, then served as the basis of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires and their lands.
Who are the Turks?
This was used by the Ottomans to breach the walls of Constantinople.
What is the Dardanelles Gun/ Bombard Cannon?
This Chinese Dynasty assumed the Mandate of Heaven, following the overthrow of the previous Ming Dynasty. Marking the return of foreign rule in China.
What is the Manchu Dynasty / Qing Dynasty?
Their creation allowed rich merchants to invest in colonial enterprises without great risk and keep high rewards.
What are Joint-Stock Companies?
This is the Focus on Humankind and its Abilities, especially in reference to Renaissance Art.
What is Humanism?
A mix of Catholicism and African spiritual traditions formed in the Caribbean colonies.
What is Haitian Vodou?
A 16th century Dutch cargo ship that could carry twice the cargo for half the price with half of the crew.
What is the Fluyt?
Members of the Russian Aristocracy, they constantly struggled with the Russian Czars over rights and control over land, serfs, laws, and taxes.
Who are the Russian boyars?
This treaty was established with the help of Pope Alexander VI to prevent colonial conflict between the Spanish and Portuguese Empires.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Akbar created this religion in India in an unsuccessful attempt to unite the Hindus and the Muslims.
What is The Divine Faith?
This system involved the conscription of labor for civil service projects by the Inca, and later was appropriated by the Spanish.
What is the mi'ta system?
This Empire Introduced This concept into the Indian Ocean trade network, leading to militarization and violence in the region.
Who are the Portuguese and what is Armed trade?