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26 Cards in this Set
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What was the Atlantic Trade System also referred to? |
Triangle Trade |
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What and to who did Africa provide in the Atlantic Trade? |
Slaves to Mesoamerica and coastal North America |
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What and to who did coastal North America provide in the Atlantic Trade? |
Tobacco to Britain and Europe |
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What and to who did Mesoamerica provide in the Atlantic Trade? |
Sugar to Britain and Europe |
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What and to who did Europe provide in the Atlantic Trade? |
Manufactured goods to Africa |
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What was a result of the Atlantic Trade System? |
Transfer of Islam, Christian, and indigenous spirituality to the new world |
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How was Europe limited in its engagement in the Atlantic Trade System? |
Limited beyond coastal regions |
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Iroquois |
-Large palisade settlements -Hierachical chiefdoms -Heavily armed and independent-minded federation against rival clans and European traders and settlers -Dominant in fur trade -Drove smaller groups into Great Lakes region and Mississippi plains -Weakened by smallpox epidemic, made peace with French |
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Chinggis Khan |
-Mongol leader, Temujin -means "Universal Ruler" -United various Mongol groups into one confederation using military and diplomatic prowess |
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Tamerlane |
-Timur the Great -Turkish-descended ruler from Central Asia -Sought to rebuild Mongol Empire -Helped Byzantine emperors salvage rule for another century -Defeated Ottomans and had many other conquests |
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Pastoral Nomadism |
-"farming to eat" -a way of life based on herding domesticated animals and depending on them for milk and meat -symbiotic relationships with settled agriculturists -shaped Mongolian society (herded horses, cattle, goats, camel, yaks) |
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Yam System |
-Mongol messenger relay system used by Chinggis Khan -gave food, shelter, and spare horses for Mongol army messengers |
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Gupta Empire |
-unified subcontinent in India -ritual pollution and caste system -"Classical Age" of Indian culture and religion -"Indian Shakespeare" Kama Sutra -Hinduism was dominant faith, but other faiths allowed to practice -Declined after arrival of the Hunas |
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Akbar |
-"Akbar the Great", Muslim emperor of India -known for large kingdom and military conquests -policy for religious tolerance -"Infallibility Decree": declaration which allowed Akbar interpret religious law, furthering his ability to create an interreligious and multicultural state -Established a new cult, Din-i-llahi, a combination of many religions |
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Mercantilism |
-Europe in 16th to 18th century -idea that world has finite wealth -a nation should export more than it imports, and accumulate monetary reserves -emphasized state control and management of private trade for national interests -foreign exclusion, law and taxation -high tariffs on manufactured goods, monopolizing markets with staples -restricting domestic consumption, forbidding trade to be carried in foreign ships |
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Beringia |
-a land bridge connecting Asia and North America to Siberia and the Americas -after the ice age, sea levels dropped, exposing land bridges |
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Cahokia and Moundville |
-Cahokia was the largest and most influential urban settlement in Mississippian culture, developed advanced societies across much of Southeastern United Staates -Chiefs, priests, elites, commoner, mounds and centralization |
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Obsidian |
-used by the Aztec empire as a good along with wood and cotton for trade and in every part of daily life (tools, weapons, ritual blood-letting) -always found in arcaheological findings in Mesoamerica |
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Tenochtitlan |
-founded by Aztecs when they migrated with the guidance of one of their gods -a city on an island within Mexican basin -contained a ceremonial centre, had farming and military service to overlords |
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Quipus |
-originated in city of Carap-Supe in South America -recording devices in the form of knot tying of ropes and string -used by the Incas and other Andean cultures for record-keeping and communication |
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Herman Cortez |
-early settler in Hispaniola, and later, a Spanish conqueror -brought large portions of mainland Mexico under rule of Iberian king -Caused the fall of the Aztec empire |
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Yamato Dynasty |
-a period of Japanese history when the Japanese Imperial Court ruled from Yamato province -Japan traded and maintained diplomatic relations with Korea and China, leading to waves of immigration and cultural influence -system of writing, centralized power, stratified society, Chinese-modelled goveernment administration -Buddhism introduced and became dominant |
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Samurai |
-a Japanese warrior, member of feudal military aristocracy -chief magistrate, existed on stipends, poverty -lived on moral code of loyalty to daimyo (regional lord) and honor called "bushido" ("the way of the warrior") -expert at writing bursh and sword wielding -practiced "seppuku" and showed honor to opponents -decline due to armies dominated by infantry and firearms |
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Haiku |
-traditional form of Japanese poetry -made by Matsuo Basho -composed of 3 characteristics 1) "cutting" or juxtaposing ideas 2) seasonal qualities 3) 3 lines: 5-7-5 syllables |
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Trung Nhi and Trung Trax |
-sisters and Vietnamese military leaders -led the first resistance movement against occupying Chinese |
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Haitian Revolution |
-a successful anti-slavery and anti-colonial insurrection -collaboration with Mulattoes -took place in former French colony of Saint Domingue (a Caribbean island of Hispaniola) -led to founding of a state free from slavery, sovereign state of Haiti |
