Chapter 14

Question 1

The Great Dying

Answer 1

When 90% of Native Americans died due to diseases brought by Europeans to the Americas. Native Americans had little immunity for these diseases, so they quickly grew ill and died.

Question 2

Columbian Exchange

Answer 2

This was the trade of a lot of plants, crops, and animals, which further led to the exchange of people, culture, ideas, technology, and agriculture.

Question 3

Peninsulaires

Answer 3

They were the highest class in the American colonies ruled by Spain They were born Spanish & moved to the colonies. They had political, government, and church jobs. They had the most power and freedom in the colonies

Question 4

Mestizo

Answer 4

A person of Spanish & Native American descent.

Question 5

Mulattoes

Answer 5

A person of African and European descent that were usually Portuguese.

Question 6

Plantation Complex

Answer 6

Based on African slavery & extended from the Caribbean, Brazil, & North America. It was used to grow tobacco, cotton, rice, indigo, sugar, & other cash & major crops.

Question 7

Settler Colonies

Answer 7

Colonies in the Americas (mostly founded by the British in North America.) They were based on settling down in small towns & cities rather than foreign investments or things like plantations.

Question 8

Siberia

Answer 8

A nation near Russia that Russia decided to invade due to their weakness & suitable landscape. The population was also sold into slavery.

Question 9

Yasak

Answer 9

Tributes that should be paid in cash or in kind to the Russian Empire by Siberians. They mostly used fur & sable as yasak for the Russian Empire.

Question 10

Qing Dynasty Empire

Answer 10

It was founded by the Manchus in 1644 & ruled by China for 26- years. The Chinese empire spread its limits & bounds as they expanded using Confucian teachings.

Question 11

Mughal Empire

Answer 11

An Indian empire ruled by a Muslim minoity with a constant sutrggle between islam and Hinduism. it was founded by Turkic-Mongol invaders from Central Asia and overrun by a single Islamic ruler.

Question 12

Akbar

Answer 12

One of the best rulers of the Mughal Empire. he expanded the empire, raised taxes, and encouraged cultural diversity within the empire especially for Hindus. He granted freedom for Muslims and Non Muslims alike.

Question 13

Aurangzeb

Answer 13

He was the son of Shah Jahand who did the complete opposite of what Akbar tried to accomplish. He was intolerant to other religions and caused Hindus to be looked down upon. He also expanded the empire with his army.

Question 14

Ottoman Empire

Answer 14

An empire started by Turkic warriors who started off plundering agricultural villages & civilizations. It finally became an empire in Anatolia after the fall of the Byzantine Empire.

Question 15

Constantinople (1453)

Answer 15

The year the Byzantine empire collapsed & Constantinople fell to the Turks marking the beginning of the Ottoman Empire.

Question 16

Deshirme

Answer 16

When Christian boys were taken by the Ottoman Empire to forget about their lives and be taught Islamic thinking. They were then made into janissaries and became administration in the government.