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 |