Global Trade Vocabulary

What was the basis of European economies during the Commercial Revolution?

• Agriculture

• Trade

• Manufacturing

• Mining

What is an empire?

• A single independent state

• A political construct where one state dominates another

• A small village

• A type of government with no leader

What is a monarch?

• A type of butterfly

• A head of state (King or Queen)

• A type of government building

• A type of currency

What is an economic system?

• A way to organize the economy to distribute resources, services, and goods

• A method to create new technology

• A system to manage weather patterns

• A plan to build new cities

What is a political system?

• A type of weather pattern

• A system of government for making decisions

• A method of cooking

• A style of music

What is the definition of trade?

• Buying or selling goods and services

• Growing crops

• Building houses

• Writing books

Who were the Ghazis in the Ottoman Empire?

• Elite fighting force loyal to the sultan

• Foreign traders in the empire

• Farmers in the Ottoman countryside

• Religious leaders in the empire

What were Janissaries known for in the Ottoman Empire?

• Foreign boys trained to fight for the sultan

• Local merchants in the empire

• Ottoman poets and writers

• Builders of the empire's architecture

What is a Sultan?

• A type of building

• A king of a Muslim country

• A religious leader

• A type of government

What is a Mosque?

• A system of government

• A type of empire

• A Muslim place of worship

• A king's palace