World History Midterm

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bearing land bridge

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this was a land mass in northern north america that allowed for trade expansion

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Chinggis Khan

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This man expanded his empire over 100 years, had a diplomatic government, did not care about religion

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canton system

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this was a way for china to control trade within its country

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the great dying

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Marco Polo brought this about when he traveled and spread diseases that he was immune to others

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paternalism

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when a person of authority restricts the rights of the people that they are ruling over

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ecological imperialism

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the theory of bringing species from foreign lands and letting them establish on the new land

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feudalism

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the dominant social system in mideval Europe

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domestic animals

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animals that have been tamed to be easier to maintain

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tabula rasa

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Latin phrase meaning blank slate

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Gutenburg press

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A printing press that revolutionized the way information was distributed

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Maize

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The Native American word for corn

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Caliphate

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The way new leaders were chosen in the middles east. This being the desendents of Muhammud

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Sunni/Shia split

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The separation of two Islamic states

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Monteczuma II

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was the leader of the Aztec empire when it reached its greatest size

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Fall of constantinouple

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caused by the invasion of the Ottoman empire

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Zheng He

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was the leader of china through out the Early Ming Dynasty

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Caravel

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A small, fast Portuguese ship

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Marco Polo

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a Famous explorer who believed that the earth was pear shaped, impressed by the land of China

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Shogunate

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The last feudal Japanese government

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Suleyman the Magnificent

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was the tenth and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire

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Reconquista

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Led to the unification of Spain, happened on Iberian Peninsula

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House of wisdom

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this was a major intellectual center in the golden age of enlightenment in Islam

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Hernan Cortes

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caused the fall of the Aztec empire

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Pear shaped earth

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What Christopher Columbus actually believed the earth looked like

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Sugar plantation

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Had a lot to do with the trading of slaves

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Mongol empire

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This empire ruled China during the 13th and 14th centuries

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Scientific revolution

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A time in history when logic and reason took precedence over what was listed in the bible

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Black death

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also known as the bubonic plague, the bacteria involved circulated thought rats and other rodents

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Atahualpa

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the last Sapa Inca of the Inca Empire before the Spanish conquest

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Composite monarchy

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introduced by J. H. Elliott, that describes early modern states consisting of several countries under one ruler, who governs his territories as if they were separate kingdoms

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Napoleonic code

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this is the French civil code that was developed to usher in a new type of government in France

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Proclamation of 1763

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This proclamation was written after the British took over North America

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Mita system

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This was a mandatory service (tax) that had to be paid to the Inca Empire

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Heterogeneity

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This signifies diversity

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Seven years war

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This war was fought between 1754 and 1763. It was fought between Great Britain and France

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Potosi

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mines that were used to extract silver from the earth. Used to create Chinese currency

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Chinese currency

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This utilized silver that was mined from the Potosi mines

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Encomienda system

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This was a system created by the Spanish to control American Indian labor

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Francisco Pizarro

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a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire

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Ottoman Empire

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an empire founded in the 13 century in current day Turkey

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Columbian exchange

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The exchange of goods and ideas between the Americas and the old world. This system was due to Christopher Columbus

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Deism

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the belief in a supreme being

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Safavid empire

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one of the most significant dynasties in Prussia

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Incan Terraces

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this is the way that the Inca were able to farm on the side of a hill

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Charles V

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this man was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1554 to 1556

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The Enlightenment

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an age when reason took precedence over what was written in religious text

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New Spain and "Las Castas"

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the idea that you are born into a class that you cannot escape from

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Sulfism

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the inner dimension of Islam

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Babur

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A conquistador from Central Asia who laid the basis for the Mughal Dynasty

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Martin Luther

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the man who formed the religion of Lutheranism