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15 Cards in this Set
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Caravel |
Fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship |
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Mercantilism |
Economic theory that trade generates wealth |
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Joint stock companies |
Company whose stock is owned by the shareholders |
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Potatoes |
Important to the Incas; population increase |
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Maize |
Easy to grow and harvest; Mesoamerica |
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Vodun |
Another term for voodoo; also a religion |
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Hacienda |
A large estate or plantation with a dwelling house |
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Creole |
A person of mixed European and black descent |
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Safavid |
A member of a dynasty that ruled Persia |
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Casta paintings |
Based on social hierarchy and enforced social power |
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Gunpowder |
Explosive powder used in guns and fireworks |
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Mughal |
A member of the Muslim dynasty |
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Ottoman |
A Turkish empire, established by Osman |
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Thirty Year's War |
A series of wars in central Europe between 1618-1648 |
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Little Ice Age |
A period of cooling that occurred after the medieval warm period |
