Empires
What 2 countries led European exploration
Portugal and Spain
Who westernized Russia
Peter the Great
What religion was promoted by the Safavid Empire
Islam
What was the Spanish system used by Spain to control Native labor
The encomienda system
What did Europeans bring with them that killed the natives on a great level
Diseases (ex:Smallpox)
What system did the Ottomans use to manage diverse populations
The millet system
Which dynasty used a centralized bureaucracy and civil service exams
The Qing dynasty
What religion is a blend of Hinduism and Islam
Sikhism
What is the belief that colonies exist to make the mother country richer
Mercantilism
What was the brutal journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas called
The Middle Passage
What treaty divided the new world between Spain and Portugal
Treaty of Tordesillas
What was the main symbol of power used by Louis XIV in France
The palace of Versailles
What religious movement challenged Catholicism in Europe and who was the main leader of it
The Protestant Reformation/Martin Luther
What was traded to Europe in Triangle Trade
Sugar/rum
How did Europeans justify colonization
religious superiority
What architectural project symbolized Mughal power in India
The Taj Mahal
Who was the Mughal ruler known for religious tolerance and administrative reforms
Akbar
What invention greatly helped the spread of Confucian texts and state ideology in China
Printing
What was the global transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases in the colonial era called
The Colombian exchange or Triangle Trade
How did African States like Dahomey react to slave trade
participated in it and expanded their power through it
How did empires fund voyages with shared risk/profit
joint stock exchanges
What was the Ottoman Empire's system of recruiting Christian boys for military service called
Devshirme
What was one way the Catholic church responded to the Reformation
Council of Trent, Jesuits, inquisition
What countries commerce was most impacted from silver
China
What power did creoles have in colonial societies
They held some power but were excluded from high political positions