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Silver Mine that stimulated the world’s economy (1450 - 1750)

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Potosi

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Wife of a Mughal emperor who influenced Mughal politics through trusted people (1450 - 1750)

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Nur Jahan

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S. American large agriculture estates (1450 - 1750)

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Haciendas

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Portugese person who sailed below Africa to reach the Indian Ocean (1450 - 1750)

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Vasco De Gama

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The people who conquered South America (1450 - 1750)

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Conquistadors

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Empire that expanded over the Indian subcontinent and exported dyed cotton. It integrated old Indian policies with new ones. (1450 - 1750)

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Mughal Empire

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Portugese prince who supported exploring west (1450 - 1750)

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Henry the Navigator

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Edict issued that said that only a certain amount of Prodestants are allowed in each area. (1450 - 1750)

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Edict of Nantes

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Name that the British gave the “new world”. It also produced tobacco and contained jamestown (1450 - 1750)

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Virginia

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Escaped slave communities (1450 - 1750)

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Maroon Community

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Did the civil service exams come back during the Ming dynasty? (1450 - 1750)

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Yes

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When did Columbus “discover” the “new” world?

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1492

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War fought in Europe and all over America between Britain and France. (1756-1763)

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Seven Years War

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What is different about how slaves were treated in Africa? (1450 - 1750)

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Slaves are treated as part of the family that they are bought by. Also, in Africa, female slaves are preferred.

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Russian tsar who expanded Russia to have a buffer against the outside world; “the terrible” (1450 - 1750)

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Ivan IV

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Empire in Mexico that sacrificed people (1450 - 1750)

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Aztec

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System of labor used on Haciendas that involves making a loan to the worker that is then payed off in years of work (1450 - 1750)

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debt peonage

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Spaniard that got the history of the Aztecs by talking to locals (1450 - 1750)

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Bernardino de Sahagun

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Congolese christian reformer who thought that Jesus was African (1450 - 1750)

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Kimpa Vita

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What is the most important god to both South American Empires? (1450 - 1750)

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The sun god

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Spanish friar who belived that Amerindians were civilized and criticized Spain for taking over South America (1450 - 1750)

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Bartolome de las Casas

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Islamic Empire in Africa that was located to the west of Nigeria (1450 - 1750)

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Songhai Empire

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Chinese dynasty that took control after the Mongols and was Confucian. Also stopped trading as much because of pirates (1450 - 1750)

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Ming Dynasty

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Empire in the Andes that sacrificed people and had labor for taxes (1450 - 1750)

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Inca

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largest maroon settlement that remained autonomous for 64 years (1450 - 1750)
Palmares
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Trade that happened where America would send raw materials to Europe, who would send manufactured goods to Africa, who would send slaves to America (1450 - 1750)
Triangle Trade
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What did most of Europe think American natives were? (1450 - 1750)
Savages
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Local who translated for Cortes (1450 - 1750)
Malinche
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Document that lays out the rights of each person and was created during the enlightenment (1450 - 1750)
Bill of Rights
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Massacre that killed lots of Prodestants (1450 - 1750)
St. Bartholemew's day Massacre
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What is the old name for Mexico city? (1450 - 1750)
Tenochtitlan
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Person that created the Lutheran branch of Christianity (1450 - 1750)
Martin Luther
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Company, such as the Dutch East India Company, in which there are many owners who share the profit and downfalls (1450 - 1750)
Joint-stock Company
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Series of wars between Catholics and Lutherans that was ended by the peace of Westphalia (1450 - 1750)
Thirty Years War
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The era in Europe called "rebirth" (1450 - 1750)
the renaissance
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African Kingdom located in south Benin that raided other kingdoms for slaves to sell (1450 - 1750)
Dahomey
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Dynasty that controlled a lot of Europe and wanted it to be one Catholic empire. Was constricted to central Europe in the 1650s.
Hadsburgs
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Former slave that purchased his freedom to move to Britain and wrote a book about the slave experience (1450 - 1750)
Olaudah Equiano
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(usually deadly) System of Coerced labor used by Europeans in S. America to mimic the Incan mit'a system (1450 - 1750)
Repartimiento
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What happened to most natives when Europeans arrived? (1450 - 1750)
They died from disease
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American colony formed by Calvanists (1450 - 1750)
New England
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Conquistador in charge of taking out the Aztecs (1450 - 1750)
Cortes
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What are the two main things that slaves did to resist slavery in the Americas? (1450 - 1750)
Songs and Religion
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Taxes were payed in non-money things; the product of their job or sometimes themselves to be sacrificed)
Mexica tribute system
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What religion are the Hadsburgs? (1450 - 1750)
Catholic
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Ming Emperor who hasted the decline of the Ming dynasty. Corruption was high (1450 - 1750)
Wan Li
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Woman who dressed like a man to "explore" south America. Served Spanish army and saw still-free people. (1450 - 1750)
Catalina de Erauso
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African Kingdom located in Ghana that sold prisoners as slaves (1450 - 1750)
Asante Kingdom
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Event in the catholic church that was in response to the creation of the Lutheran branch of Christianity (1450 - 1750)
Catholic Reformation
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What influenced a lot of Europe's actions in the period from 1450-1750
They wanted to get to the Indian Ocean
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French King who tried to take over Europe as a child. Revoked the edict of Nantes (1450 - 1750)
Louis XIV
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Farms that used slaves to grow imported plants in the Americas that would later be sold on the global market (1450 - 1750)
Plantation
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Philosophical movement about morals (1450 - 1750)
Humanism
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Rule that said that anyone with one black ancestor was automatically black (1450 - 1750)
One drop rule
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Why was Martin Luther mad at the Catholic church? (1450 - 1750)
Indulgences
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Popular syncretic religious figure in S. America that is made because a farmer says he saw virgin Mary (1450 - 1750)
the Virgin of Gaudeloupe
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System of Coerced labor in Incan society (1450 - 1750)
mit'a
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Kingdom in Africa that was diplomatic with Portugal and traded captives as slaves to the Americas. Later controlled by Belgium (1450 - 1750)
Kongo
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The voluntary freeing of slaves (1450 - 1750)
Manumission
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Japanese person who united Japan (1450 - 1750)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Country in eastern Europe that allied with Britain and pioneered military tech. They also competed with the Hadsburgs. (1450 - 1750)
Prussia
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Law that made rules for Colonists; "no indigenous abuse" (1450 - 1750)
Ecomienda System
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The spread of the philosophical idea that every person has inalienable rights (1450 - 1750)
The enlightenment
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Type of trade where there is always a winner; the person who got the bullion (1450 - 1750)
Mercantilism
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Italian Missionary who went to china to convert Confucian scholars
Matteo Ricci
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Company that had a monopoly on all Dutch trade in India. It usually got trading partners by force. (1450 - 1750)
Dutch East India Company
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Who was powerful at the start of the period from 1450 to 1750 (countries)
Mughal India and Ming China
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Hierarchical System in S. America (1450 - 1750)
Casta System
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Overall, what happened in the period from 1450 to 1750?
Land based and Maritime Empires

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