WH Units 6 & 7 Vocabulary

an economic philosophy that promoted the idea of a nation’s wealth was enhanced by the accumulation of bullion, a favorable balance of trade, and the establishment of overseas colonial monopolies

• mercantilism

• encomienda system

• mit'a

• tribute

a forced labor system in which a tract of land was granted to Spanish colonists in Latin America during the 16th century that included the American Indians living on the land to serve as labor

• encomienda system

• mercantilism

• mit'a

• mercenaries

an economic system used by the Incas that required men to give labor service to imperial projects; the system was later adapted by Spanish colonists to require laborers to work in the agriculture and mining sectors

• mit'a

• mercantilism

• encomienda system

• colonization

massive exchange of agricultural goods, livestock, disease, culture and people between the Old World the New World during the 16th-19th centuries

• Columbian Exchange

• mercantilism

• Janissaries

• commercial

large Chinese sailing ships used for long voyages

• junks

• bullion

• commercial

• colonization

an elite division of the Ottoman military that was mainly comprised of Christian boys captured in war or given as tribute

• Janissaries

• mit'a

• mercenaries

• tribute

an intellectual and philosophical emphasis on the importance of individuals as creative and critical thinkers

• humanism

• secularism

• vernacular

• natural rights

has been applied to the time period between 1450-1750 in Europe characterized by the rediscovery of the classical works of Greece and Rome, but can refer to any general cultural resurgence

• Renaissance

• Protestant

• Reformation

• Enlightenment

has been applied to refer to the 16th century events in Europe that resulted in the establishment of Protestant churches and changes to the Roman Catholic Church

• Reformation

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

• Protestant

refers to Christian church denominations, teachings, and individuals during the Reformation that rejected Roman Catholic Church doctrines

• Protestant

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

• vernacular