European Developments
The Christian kingdom which sponsored Columbus's voyage to the "East Indies."
What is Spain?
Under the Manchu, this hairstyle was unrivaled in popularity.
What is the queue?
This new ship enabled Europeans such as the Dutch & Portuguese to establish oceanic merchant fleets.
What are the fluyt, carrack, & caravel?
The French civil war between monarchists and nobles from 1648-1653.
What is the Fronde?
The exchange of resources and people brought on by colonization.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
Brazil was given to Portugal in this treaty.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Under Peter the Great, this Baltic city became Russia's new capital.
What is St. Petersburg?
The art and practice of map making.
What is cartography?
This indigenous group fended off the Spanish as late as 1680.
Who were the Pueblo?
Raw Resources from the colonies to Europe, Manufactured goods to Africa, Slaves to the Americas
What is the Triangle Trade?
The devastating conflict which left Europe religiously divided between Catholic and Protestant.
What is the 30 Years' War?
The Safavids controlled the area today known as this.
What is Persia/Iran?
This invention revolutionized the spread of information in Europe.
What is the printing press?
Ana Nzinga of Ndongo was from this region.
What is Kongo/Angola/Luanda?
Under this type of system, individuals could share both risk and rewards of a colonial venture.
What is a Joint Stock Company?
A term for Europe's emerging middle class.
What are burghers or bourgeosie?
As the Daimyo declined in power, Japan fell under the control of this political figure.
What is the Shogun?
This is a type of agricultural product which is easily sold for profit, was grown in Europe's Caribbean colonies.
What is a cash crop?
Who are William and Mary of Orange?
This fleet's defeat changed the balance of Atlantic Ocean politics forever.
What is the Spanish Armada?
A political ideology which centralized power in the hands of monarchs such as Louis XIV.
What is absolutism?
The Mughal emperor responsible for enacting religiously tolerant policies.
Who was Akbar the Great?
The social system by which the Spanish imposed control over their colonial populations.
What is the casta system?
Russia faced resistance to enserfment from this hardy group which formed a frontier society.
Who are the cossacks?
Most silver mined in the Americas ultimately ended up here.
What is China?