Midterm Exam

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Dhows / Chinese Compass

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invention which will accelerate global trade

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Mande or Mandinka Peoples

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peoples of West Africa who will form the Mali Empire

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The Mongols

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Nomadic warriors from Asia who will form an empire that will forever change Afro-Eurasia

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Hernando Cortez

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Spanish explore who conquer the Aztec Empire

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Madagascar

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Island off of east coast Africa that become a platform for east African trade

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Contribution of the Song Dynasty

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1. Iron Production 2. Gunpowder 3. Paper currency

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Black Death

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Pandemic that swept through the Afro-Eurasia World that killed 25% to 50% of its population

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Francisco Pizarro

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Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca Empire

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Safavids

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one of the three great 3 Islamic empire located in Persia, least tolerate of other religious

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Islamic Slave Trade

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Trade of slaves from Africa to the Islamic World, predating Atlantic trade by 1000 years in which slaves became soldiers, sailors, and domestics

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Quran

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Holy Book Of Islam

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Sufism

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Sect of Islam which uses song, dance, and poetry in the worship of Allah

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Mughal Empire

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One of the three great Islamic Empires located in India, known as the most tolerate of other religions

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Sunnis

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Branch of Islam, considered traditional, belief that the Caliphate should lead the religion

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Mali Empire

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Empire in West Africa that derived its wealth from salt, gold, and slaves

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Crusades

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Military offensive by European Christians to free Jerusalem from Islam

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Shiites

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Branch of Islam that believes the descendant of Muhammad should lead the faith

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Feudalism

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government in Europe, prior to the plague, under which all persons were owned by the Lord

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Silk Road

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overland trade route that connect Asia and Europe

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Beghards

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Sect of Europeans during the plague who believed that any behavior was excusable as everyone dies tomorrow

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Flagellants

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Sect of Europeans during the plague who beat themselves to atone for man’s sins

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Henry the Navigator

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Portuguese Prince who encourage trade and map-making between Portuguese and Africa

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Isabella & Ferdinand

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King and queen who unite Spain, began the inquisition and fun Columbus

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Spanish Inquisition

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Program designed to rid Spain of Jews, Muslims, and heretics

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Christopher Columbus

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Italian and sea captain cartographer, who stumbled accidentally across America

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Renaissance

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Period in Europe following the plaque which Art, literature, and education flourished

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Vasco de Gamma

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Portuguese captain first to sail around Africa and open the Indian Ocean trade

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Atlantic Triangle

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trade route in which Europeans sailed to Africa, then the Americas, then back to Europe making profit at each point

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Calvinism

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Protestant belief in pre-destination

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Protestant Reformation

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Split in the Catholic Church, in which some accused the Church of corruption

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Martin Luther

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author of the 95 thesis which began the protestant reformation

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Sugarcane Plantations

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which began by Portuguese on islands off of African coast imported to the Americas, birth place of Chattel Slavery

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Privateers

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Pirates commissioned by one country to pray on the shipping of a rival country

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Encomiendas

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Grants made by the Spanish crown to noblemen allowing them to enslave Native Americans

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Sir Frances Drake

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privateer which defeats the Spanish Armada

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Colombian Exchange

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Goods and crops between Europe and the Americas that had never seen these things before

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Spanish Armada

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naval fleet sent by Spain to punish England for privateering

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Three Rules of Dynasties

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1. Rule by divine right 2. Clear lines of succession 3. Consolidation of power by war or marriage

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Greatest Weapon of the European Conquest of the Americas

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Germs

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Heretics

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Those found to be in disagreement of teachings of the Catholic Church

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Treaty written by the pope that divides the world into two spears of influence between Spain and Portugal

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Henry VIII of England

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King of England who take his country out of the Catholic Church in pursuit of a male air.

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Chattle Slavery/Kinship Slavery

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C.S – The slave is property for life started by the “Americans”
K.S- Slaves assimilates into the people that hold him

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Thirty Years War/Peace of Westphalia

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30 Year War-War between Europeans Protestant and Catholic over the Protestant reformation. P.O.W- Ends thirty year war by agreeing to a tie.

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St Bartholomew's Day Massacre

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Massacre in which the French Catholics kill French Protestants

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Serfdom

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The state of the common man under futalism

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Red Turbans

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Group that combines religion and militarism to form the Ming dynasty

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Anglican Church

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Church founded by Henry the 8th after being kicked out of the religion

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Ottoman Empire

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Collapsed in 1821, One of the 3 greatest Islamic empires whose location will force the Europeans in exploration

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Good Europe

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The attitude of Europeans toward other cultures that did not resemble their own- White supremacy

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Creoles

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A child of one European parent and one Native American/African parent

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Silver, sugar and slaves-

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- Three commodities that drove the European exploration and wealth

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Hugenots

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French Protestants

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Counter-Reformation

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The reaction of the Catholic Church to the protestant reformation

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New France

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the French colony in the America’s currently known as Canada

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Diaspora

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Term used to describe the movement of people fleeing from war oppression and natural disasters.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Spanish Captain whose ships would circum Navigate the world.

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Hinduism

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Majority religion of India

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Ming Dynasty

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Dynasty in China at the fall of the Mongol empire

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Mehmed

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Ottoman sultan who concerned Constantinople and renames it Istanbul