17-1 and 17-2
A ship invented by the Portuguese that made it possible to travel long distances
Caravel
Area dominated by Portugal from the sixteenth century forward
Brazil
A rapid increase in prices
Inflation
Idea that rulers hold total power
absolutism
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
The art and science of map making
cartography
Spanish and Portuguese kings appointed __________ to govern their colonies in Latin America
Viceroys
A fleet of ships
Armada
Russian word for caesar
Czar
Artistic movement that marked the end of the Renaissance
Mannerism
leaders in the Spanish conquest of the Americas
Conquistadors
Descendants of Europeans born in Latin America
Creoles
One who does not conform to established doctrine
Heretic
Members of the Russian nobility
Boyars
Artistic style of the seventeenth century characterized by complex forms, bold ornamentation, and contrasting elements
Baroque
What was the main advantage that allowed relatively fewer spanish men to control large populations
Forced labor system used by the Spanish in colonial Latin America
Encomienda
Supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War
Roundheads
What did Peter the Great ultimately hope to do?
Westernize, or Europeanize, Russia
Who wrote "Don Quixote"
Miguel de Cervantes
Forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
Middle Passage
Seventeenth-century economic theory that held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver
Mercantilism
James I of England struggled with Parliament because he believed in
The Divine Right of Kings
A contributing factor to Louis XIV's power was
Creating a standing army
Spanish playwright who mixed tragedy and comedy
Lope de Vega