| A | B |
|---|
| Olmecs | earliest civilization, developed along the Gulf coast of Mexico, 1400 BC to 500 BC; influenced many civilations throughout Mesoamerica, especially Maya and Aztec |
| Mayas | advanced Learning and Science, accurate 365 day calendar, flourished from 300 to 900 AD |
| Aztecs | late 1200s, used conquests and alliances to build a huge empire |
| Incas | emerged from the Andes mountains, many separate conquered peoples, remarkable system of roads, 1400s, terrace farming, surgery |
| Terraces | stoen walls to improve farming, kept soil from running down the mountains |
| Ming Dynasty | Chinese rule was restored after the Mongols. Middle Kingdom |
| Zheng He | Chinese admiral, established trade links with commerce centers, and brought exotic animals back to China for the imperial zoo |
| Suleiman | ruled the Ottoman, a sultan. Trying to add new territories. |
| Sultan | name Turks gave to their rulers |
| Janissaries | Elite Ottoman military, warriors |
| Mosque | Muslim house of worship |
| Reconquista | a campaign begun by Christians in teh 700s recapture Spain from the Muslims |
| cartographers | mapmakers |
| Astrolab | 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 |
| Middle Passage | voyage from Africa to the Americas on slave ships |
| Encomeinda | 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 |
