⛪Religion & Conflict
What policy did Japan enforce toward Christianity?
Persecution / banning Christianity
What dynasty replaced the Ming?
Qing Dynasty
What trade system connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
Triangular Trade
What type of government gives total power to a monarch?
absolute monarchy
What economic policy focuses on exporting more than importing? / What system forced colonies to trade only with their mother country?
Mercantilism
What war was fought between Catholics and Protestants in Europe?
Thirty Years’ War
Who took over China and started the Qing?
Manchus
What type of labor involved working for a set number of years for passage?
Indentured servitude
What French king built Versailles?
Louis XIV
What was one major negative effect of the Atlantic Slave Trade?
Deaths / population loss / harsh conditions
What religion did Russia spread into Siberia?
Orthodox Christianity
What crop from the Americas helped China’s population grow?
potato
What was the Middle Passage?
Transatlantic journey of enslaved Africans
What 3 things did Peter the Great do during his rule?
centralize power, expand territory, westernize (shave beards)
What weakened the Ottoman Empire economically in this period?
Inflation from silver trade
What group spread Catholicism globally?
Jesuits
What hairstyle did Manchus force on Chinese men?
Queue (shaved front, long ponytail)
What cash crop was heavily tied to slave labor in the Caribbean?
Sugar
What was a major weakness of absolutism?
hint:french rev.
Resentment / rebellion / wars
How did joint-stock companies change global trade?
→ Allowed investors to fund voyages → allowed for expansion of trade + colonization
What class declined in importance during peaceful Tokugawa rule?
Samurai
What policy limited Japan’s foreign contact? Did this policy lead to peace with in Japan
Isolationism, yes
What class helped drive the Atlantic economy through investment?
Bourgeoisie
What event showed England rejecting absolutism?
Glorious Revolution
Explain how the Atlantic Slave Trade impacted societies (1 social + 1 economic effect)
→ Social: population loss, new racial systems
→ Economic: plantation economies, wealth for Europe