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Come sail away
#1

Chinese admiral who led numerous voyages throughout the Indian Ocean

Zheng He

#2

Earliest European sea-power.  Set up a school for navigation.

Portugal

#3

Country that sponsored the first voyages across the Atlantic Ocean

Spain

#4

Primary desired-destination for European exploration whether it was traveling south around Africa, West across the Atlantic, or North through the Northern Atlantic

Asia (East Indies)

#5

2 new transportation tools utilized to enhance exploration

Caravels, astrolabe, improved maps.

Trade Me!
#1

"commercialism."  The belief in creating a favorable balance of trade with other countries.

mercantilism

#2

The Dutch East India Company is an example of this 

Chartered Company (Joint-stock company)

#3

The movement of goods, wealth, and free and unfree laborers, and the mixing of African, American and European cultures and peoples

Atlantic System

#4

Abundant commodity utilized in this time period that facilitated global trade

silver

#5

The exchange of new foods, animals, peoples, and diseases between the Old World and the New World

Columbian Exchange

Religions and Art
#1

Predominant religion of Southwest Asia and North Africa

Islam

#2

Movement that led to new Christian denominations that rejected certain Catholic teachings

Protestant Reformation

#3

New syncretic religion founded in Northern India that contrasted with the popular religions of that region (Hinduism and Islam)

Sikhism

#4

Type of art popularized in Japan

Wood-block prints

#5

Wealthy Europeans who supported the arts

Patrons

Changing Duties
#1

Amerindian labor system where villages were required to provide a certain amount of workers each year.

Mit'a System

#2

Ethnic minority in China that came to power and adopted more popular cultural traits of the majority

Manchus

#3

The wealthy, landowning class in Japan that had much of its power stripped away by a centralized authority

Daimyo

#4

A person of mixed European and Native American blood

Mestizo

#5

The upper, landowning class in Europe

Gentry

State Powers
#1

Empire that utilized Shiite Islam to differentiate itself from its neighbors

Safavid Empire

#2

Islamic African empire that controlled trade during this era.

Songhai

#3

Ottoman system of recruitment of Christian boys into the military

Devshirme

#4

System where tax collectors paid a percentage up-front to the government, and then were allowed to collect higher taxes from the people

Tax-farming

#5

Islamic empires that bitterly opposed one another

Ottoman and Safavid

Final Question

What were 3 land-based empires that expanded dramatically during this time period?

Ottoman, Mughal, Russian, and Manchu