Unit 1 & 2
This environmental adaptation helped the Aztecs grow enough crops to sustain their population
Chinampas
These 3 things also known as the " Three G's" were the primary motivation for the age of exploration
God , Gold , Glory
this revolution focused on the idea of attaining knowledge through observation and experimentation
Scientific Revolution
This raw material made Europes industrial revolution possible
Coal
This is a policy in which a country extends their power by gaining political and economic control of other territories and peoples.
Imperialism
This environmental adaptation was used to help the incas grow food on mountainous land.
Terrace Farming
This key term describes the spread of one culture's practices, beliefs, and/or items, like food, music, or tools.
Cultural Diffusion
This is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Universe.
Heliocentrism
this revolutionary leader was outlawed by the french government , captured and brought to France to spend his life in jail.
Toussaint L’Ouverture
This english Biologist's ideas have influenced Social Darwinists to use his ideas of “survival of the fittest” to justify imperialism & racism.
Charles Darwin
This African Civilization was known for its wealth and gold.
Mali
This caused a widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, the Old World, and West Africa in the 15th and 16th centuries.
The Columbian Exchange
This enlightenment thinker believed that rulers must still be subject to the law
John Locke
This Latin American social class had the fewest people in the population but had the greatest power in the Spanish colonies.
Peninsulares
During this meeting of European nations , African states were divided up like a piece of pie in order to regulate European colonization and trade in Africa.
The Berlin Conference
this seasonal change in the direction of wind over the ocean had a great influence on trade between East Africa and India
Monsoon Winds
They were some of the first men to travel to the new world. They got their name from being both conquerors and explorers
Conquistadors
Gutenbergs printing press was used to spread the ideas of many enlightenment thinkers , including this 16th-century monk famous for his 95 theses.
Martin Luther
This philosopher believed that eventually the working class would rise up and revolt against the wealthy
Karl Marx
Rudyard Kipling wrote this poem explaining that it was the duty of colonial powers to civilize the people they controlled .
The White Mans Burden
Autocracy is a system of government in which supreme power over a state is concentrated in the hands of one person.
This key term is used to describe an autocratic ruler
Absolute Monarch
This key term refers to economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize imports .
Mercantilism
This Enlightenment Philosopher believed that separation of powers would prevent any branch from becoming too powerful
Montesquieu
Adam smith wrote this book in which he wrote about his theory that The government should not interfere with business .
The Wealth of Nations
This rebellion was caused by a series of european colonial policies that seemingly went against the religion of the troops.
The Sepoy Rebellion