Old World Preparations
This empire conquered Constantinople in 1453.
Who are the Ottomans
This Incan system was used for recordkeeping.
What is quipu?
This "exchange" introduced new foods that improved the European diet.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This Portuguese explorer was the first European to reach India by sea.
Who is Vasco da Gama?
A person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry.
What is a mestizo?
This development in Europe occurred once the prohibition against usury was ignored.
What is banking?
Both these two American civilizations developed advanced mathematical skills.
Who are the Aztecs and Incas?
This metal, used as currency in China, caused a global trade network to develop.
What is silver?
This Chinese admiral led seven voyages of exploration in the early 15th century.
Who is Zheng He?
The practice of maintaining a favorable balance of exports over imports.
What is a favorable balance of trade?
These companies facilitated the Commercial Revolution.
What are joint-stock companies?
This Aztec ruler faced the Spanish conquest.
Who is Montezuma II?
This economic system encouraged nations to accumulate wealth through trade.
What is mercantilism?
This Ottoman ruler, known as "the Lawgiver," expanded the empire to its greatest extent.
Who is Suleyman the Lawgiver?
The Ottoman military unit composed of forcibly converted Christian boys.
Who are the Janissaries?
This Asian region was the source for valuable spices in high demand in Europe.
What is East India?
This Incan practice organized labor and tribute.
What is mita?
This "passage" refers to the journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic.
What is the Middle Passage?
This treaty divided the New World between Spain and Portugal.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
The Aztec feathered serpent deity associated with wind and air.
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
This empire's end of exploration in the early 1400s allowed the Portuguese to enter the Indian Ocean trade network.
What is China?
This Mayan text contains their creation myth and history.
What is the Popol Vuh?
This economic concept emerged, characterized by private ownership and profit-seeking in the market.
What is capitalism?
This system in Spanish America granted land and labor to colonists.
What is the encomienda system?
The Incan community structure based on kinship and collective labor.
What is an ayllu?