Maritime Empires
This Italian navigator was paid by Spain to find a sea route to Asia. What did he "find" instead?
The Americas
the three Muslim empires of the early modern period (Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal) all had something in common. What kind of empires are they referred to as?
Gunpowder Empires
Although we say the Spanish were looking for "Gold, God, and Glory" in the Americas, they actually became rich by mining this metal.
Silver
Polish astronomer who disproved the geocentric model of the universe, arguing that the planets (including Earth) orbit the sun; one of the people who started the Scientific Revolution.
Copernicus
Philip II, in the 16th century, towed
the line of the Pope by taking it upon himself to rid Spain (and other Catholic lands) of
‘heretical’ Protestant & scientific literature listed in the
Index of Prohibited Books
Unpaid laborers forced to work in plantations; Forcibly brought from West Africa.
Manchu horsemen conquered China and established the __ dynasty.
Qing
System of coerced labor in the Spanish Empire.
Mita / Encomienda
Started by German priest named Martin Luther; Began as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church but resulted in the creation of separate, Protestant churches.
Protestant Reformation
Name one Old world disease associated with the death of the New World Natives
Smallpox, Measles,
Influenza
Term for the swapping of people/things/etc. between the "Old" and "New" Worlds.
Columbian Exchange
Explorers came to America looking for these 3 Gs.
Gold, God, Glory
The Dutch were the first, but not last, to raise money for their expeditions using this new economic strategy.
Joint-stock companies
Internal reforms undertaken by the Roman Catholic Church to "counter" the Protestant Reformation.
This empire implemented the disastrous silver only tax policy
Ming Dynasty
Name one technology that enabled the rise of Maritime Empires.
Magnetic compass
Astrolabe
Lateen sails
Caravel
The _____ Empire was founded by Afghan warlords who invaded India; they were Muslims who ruled over a Hindu majority and thus had to share power with local rulers; build famous landmarks in India like the Taj Mahal.
Mughal
This leg of Triangular Trade was extremely profitable for slave trading nations like Portugal.
Middle Passage
A scholarly, political, and artistic emphasis on human life rather than the Divine
Humanism
___________ continued to shape gender and family relations in imperial societies.
Patriarchy
This type of Christianity was most common in England's North American colonies.
Protestantism
Name for the Christian soldiers that Ottoman Turks took from conquered territories and trained to become elite servants of the state.
Janissaries
The economic theory that trade generates wealth for a nation, and that a government should protect its nation's trade for that reason.
Mercantilism
This is the blended doctrines of Islam with
local beliefs and practices to take on a more mystical approach.
Sufism
The name for the absorption of portions of India by the British Empire
British Raj