Social Interactions & Organization
Religious & ethnic minority present in most European states throughout content studied during AP World
Jewish
Crop that is frequently cited as a primary reason civilizations formed/organized in Mesoamerica.
Maize | Corn
Fossil fuel that powered the first industrial revolution in both Britain and the US.
coal
Specific strain of a staple grain developed in South East Asia- responsible for population boom in much of Eastern and S. Eastern Asia
Champa Rice
Incan labor system later borrowed/modified by the Spanish.
Mit'a
Good given to African slave states by Europeans during the triangle trade.
Guns and/or alcohol
System that occasionally justified rebellion to overthrow dynastic rule in China
The Mandate of Heaven
Famous admiral of Ming treasure fleet who lived in the 15th cent.
Zheng He
Historian coined term that references the transwer of plant and animal transfer acorss the globe in the Early Modern era.
The Columbian Exchange
Precious metal traded from Spanish colonies in South America to China
Silver
Two nations that abolished slavery and serfdom in the 1860s.
USA and Russia
An economic and governing theory that believes that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which governments should encourage by means of protectionism.
Mercantilism
Medical innovation that played a massive role in reducing global death rates, particularly among young children, in the 20th century
vaccines
Primary cash crop introduced to Brazil and large driver of demand for slave labor
One of the first forms of paper currency popularized on the silk road.
Flying Money | Feiqian
1980s Catholic social teaching popular in Latin America that advocated for socail change, preferential treatment of the poor, and viewed God as aligned with those who struggled against injustice.
Liberation Theology
Political system in India that followed company rule after 1858.
The Raj / Crown Rule
latter 20th cent. process that saw significant advancements in agricultural practices.
Green Revolution
Connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean and separates Asia from Africa with a water barrier.
The Suez Canal
Mao's attempt to transform China from an agrarian into an industrialized society. Resulted in millions of deaths due to famine.
The Great Leap Forward
Central Asian syncretic religion that mixes aspects of Buddhism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism.
Manichaeism
1968 series of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia that sought to create, "socialism with a human face."
Prague Spring
Large, family-controlled industrial and financial/business conglomerates in Japan.
Zaibatsu
Large endorheic lake in Asia that has vanished due to Soviet irrigation projects started in the 1960s.
The Aral Sea
Event hosted in New Hampshire towards the end of the WW II that spawned the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
The Bretton Woods Conference