| A | B |
|---|
| Suleiman the Lawgiver | reigned over the Ottoman Empire during its height |
| Prince Henry | "the navigator" |
| Haiku | Japanese style of poetry |
| Kabuki | Japanes style of a theater production |
| printing press | revolutionized learning and education; invented by Gutenberg |
| renaissance | "rebirth", 1300-1600 in Europe |
| Utopia | "ideal world;" book written by the martyr Thomas More |
| middle passage | route between Americas and Africa |
| theocracy | government ruled by a religious institution |
| triangular trade | international pattern of trade on the route among Europe, America, and Africa |
| conquistador | "conqueror" in Spanish |
| mestizo | descendants of Spaniards and Indians |
| French and Indian War | conflict over the Ohio Valley (1754) |
| mercantilism | philosophy that stated a coutry's wealth determined its power |
| Jamestown | first lasting English settlement in the Americas (1607) |
| Montezuma II | Aztec ruler |
| Cortés | conquered lans in Caribbean and Mexico for Spain |
| Manchus | invaded China in 1644 |
| Qing | Manchu dynasty |
| Tokugawa Shogunate | unified Japan, lasted from 1600-1867 |
| daimyo | Japanese feudal lord |
| shogun | Japanese feudal ruler |
| Ming | Chinese dynasty 1368-1644 (known for vases) |
| secular | worldly; concerned with the here and now |
| Council of Trent | meeting of bishops and cardinals to agree on certain Catholic doctrines (1545-1563) |
| janissary | elite Ottoman soldier |
| Dias | important Portuguese explorer; did not reach India |
| Pizarro | conquered the Inca empire |
| predestination | what happens is already known by God (similar to fate) |
| Mughal (Mongol) | Islamic empire in India |
| da Gama | Portugues explorer who reached India |
| Columbus | first European to reach the Americas in the Age of Exploration (left in 1492) |
| encomienda | ranch in Spanish-controlled parts of America which used native American labor |
| patron | financially supports art and artists |
| Taj Mahal | famous tomb in India representing Islamic influence on architecture |
| humanism | study of mankind's potential and achievements |
| Treaty of Tordesillas | 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain on the division of South America |
| Line of Demarcation | line that divided South America between Spain and Portugal |
| reformation | period of time in Europe where different people tried to reform the Catholic Church |
| Anglican | Church of England |
| Calvinist | believed in predestination |
| Lutheran | followers of the reforms Martin Luther suggested |
| Protestant | any Christian religious group which protested against the Catholic Church and formed a new denomination |
