The World Economy
The person who successfully sailed to the New World and initiated European discoveries in the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Person who introduced movable type to Western Europe in the 15th century.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
Three of the classes in the sociedad de castas.
What are (3 of the following) slaves, American Indians, mestizo, mulatto, Creole, and/or the peninsulares?
The name of the slave voyage from Africa to the Americas. Generally very traumatic to the African slaves.
What was the Middle Passage?
Dynasty elected in 1613 at end of Time of Troubles; ruled Russia until 1917.
What was the Romanov dynasty?
Three reasons Europeans explored. Also known as the three Gs.
What are gold, glory, and God?
Martin Luther nailed this onto the church door.
What is the 95 theses?
Name two conquerors and the empires they conquered.
Who were Cortes + the Aztec Empire, Pizzaro + Inca Empire, and/or Valdivia who conquered modern-day Chile?
In triangular trade, Africa sent slaves to the Americas, who sent sugar, tobacco, and unfinished products to Europe, who sent this to Africa.
What are manufactured/finished products (like textiles, rum)?
A female ruler who ruled after the assassination of her husband. She had a reputation for being an enlightened ruler.
Who was Catherine the Great?
The economic theory stressed the limitation of imports and the importance of exports on a nation's economy. It was popular in 17th and 18th century Europe.
What is mercantilism?
Names of 3 scientists who lived during the Scientific Revolution.
Who are (3 of the following) Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Harvey, Bacon, Descartes, Newton?
Grant of Indian laborers made to Spanish conquerors and settlers in Mesoamerica and South America. The basis for earliest forms of coerced labor in Spanish colonies.
What is the encomienda system?
Side Note: The encomienda system came before the hacienda system; the encomienda system was the grant of Indian laborers, while haciendas were the rural estates.
The term used to refer to the value of an adult male slave.
What is an Indies piece?
Ruler who started Westernization yet continued Russian policy of absolutism.
Who was Peter the Great?
The captain who successfully circumnavigated the globe.
Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
French king who personified absolute monarchy.
Who was Louis XIV?
The senior government officials in Spanish America. They ruled as the direct representative of the king over the principal administrative units.
Who are viceroys?
One of the African religious ideas and practices in the Americas.
What is obeah (English and French Carribean), Candomble (Brazil), or vodun (Haiti)?
Tsar who freed Russia from the Mongols and his grandson who confirmed the power of the tsarist autocracy by attacking boyars (aristocrats).
(Looking for two people)
Who were Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible?
The two biggest joint-stock trading companies.
What are the Dutch East India Company and the British East India Company?
Book written by a Scottish economic philosopher who argued that people act according to their self-interest but, through competition, promote general economic advancement.
What was the Wealth of Nations?
The approximate percentage of Brazil's slave population.
What is 50%? (Accept 45-65%)
Two large kingdoms that developed in west Africa during the slave trade era through the access of firearms in return of slaves (acquired through conquest).
Who were the Dahomey and Asante?
The country divided among Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772, 1793, and 1795. Highlighted growth of Russia on European and Eurasian stage.
What is Poland?