| A | B |
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| Terrace farming | stone walls to improve farming, kept soil from running down the mountains, used by the Inca |
| Zheng He | Chinese admiral, established trade links with commerce centers, and brought exotic animals back to China for the imperial zoo |
| Suleiman "The Great" | Ruled the Ottoman, a sultan. |
| Sultan | name Turks gave to their rulers |
| Janissaries | Elite Ottoman military, warriors |
| Reconquista | a campaign begun by Christians in teh 700s recapture Spain from the Muslims |
| cartographers | mapmakers |
| Astrolabe | magnetic compass to determine direction, perfected by the Arbbas, to figure out their latitude at sea |
| Imperialism | domination by one country of the political and/or economic life of another country |
| Conquistador | conquerors from Spain |
| Indigenous | native to an area |
| Encomienda | Native American slaves, forced to work on planation |
| Columbian Exchange | global exchange of people, plants, animals, ideas and technology |
| mercantilism | building up national wealth by exporting more goods than the nation imported |
| Exploit | to use selfishly for one’s own ends |
| expulsion | the act of driving out or expelling |
| seize | to take hold of suddenly or forcibly |
| cavalry | military troops on horseback |
| Pre-Columbian Civilizations | civilizations in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus; Maya, Aztec, and Inca |
| Triangular Trade | the transatlantic trading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between Africa, Europe, and the colonies in the Americas |
