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connections and exchanges that cross or span across oceans, especially the Atlantic Ocean in the period from 1450-1750
What are transoceanic connections?
a high-ranking social class, having special privileges and influence
What is aristocracy?
a Spanish conqueror of the sixteenth century
What is a conquistador?
to change or influence change in someone else's or one's own faith or beliefs
What is convert/conversion?
a crop that is produced to be sold somewhere else, rather than consumed locally
What is a crash crop?
something with a practical use or value
What is a commodity?
also known as the “Old World,” this includes Africa, Europe, and Asia
What is Afro-Eurasia?
having origin in a country or locality; native
What is indigenous?
a person of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry
What is mestizo?
an outbreak, usually of disease, that spreads rapidly, afflicting many individuals
What is an epidemic?
to force another person into slavery or to be in a condition of bondage
What is slavery?
the pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim is expected to make at least once, especially during Ramadan
What is the hajj?
the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
What is migration?
when different cultures or religions blend together to create something new
What is syncretism?
a main food crop that is grown in large amounts and is important for survival
What is a staple crop?
a capitalist economic system dependent on enslaved labor
What is the plantation system?
an organized group of hired officials, especially governmental
What is bureaucracy?
a large estate used for cultivating commercial crops such as rubber, tea, cotton, or coffee
What is a plantation?
the territory or jurisdiction of a viceroy (the appointed governor of a colony, country, or province, who serves as the representative of the sovereign)
What is a viceroyalty?
the false belief that one race is naturally better or worse than another
What is racial inferiority?
the doctrine, developed in the West after the decline of feudalism, that a nation's economy could be strengthened by governmental protection of home industries, by increased foreign exports, and by accumulating gold and silver
What is mercantilism?
an Ottoman sultan’s elite corps of soldiers; a member of the Ottoman sultan's guard
What is a janissary?
An empire in the Americas conquered by the Spanish in the 16th century
What is the Aztec or Inca empire?
a person desiring to convert others to a principle or set of beliefs
What is a missionary?
a trade system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas where goods, enslaved people, and raw materials were exchanged
What is triangular trade?