1. APWH

2. AFRICA 1450-1750 Key Concepts 1st significant Euro contact with Africa
Motivations for Euro contact: 3 G’s
Main interest of Euros in Africa: slave trade
Major conflicts: among rival groups within Africa (Moroccan invasion of the Songhai in 1591)
Depopulation of some areas of Africa
Political, economic, and social structures of Africa remained largely intact until the 19th century

3. AFRICA 1450-1750 Key Terms Benin Cape Colony Cassava Dahomey
Gold Coast
Hausa
Kongo
Maize
Manikongo
Oyo
Slave Coast
Songhai Empire
Swahili Coast
Trans-Saharan trade
Whydah

4. THE MIDDLE EAST 1450-1750 Key Concepts
Capture of Constantinople from the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Empire (1453)
Euro powers challenged the empire’s social structure, economic prosperity, and political stability
Safavid Empire (Iran): land-based empire at a time when power and wealth came from naval might and sea trade
Global inflation caused by New World silver brought crisis to the OE and the SE

5. THE MIDDLE EAST 1450-1750 Key Terms
Anderun
Askeri
Devshirme system
Fatwa
Harem
Isfahan
Ismail
Janissary
Mufti
Qizilbash
Raya
Shari’a
Sufi

6. ASIA Key Concepts
Resurgence of traditional Chinese social, political, and economic practices
China retreated from contact with lands to the east and west during the Ming
Tokugawa Shogunate centralized authority in Japan
Shoguns maintained strict control over foreign influences to minimize destabilizing influences in their society
Rise of Euro trade, laying the foundation for colonial domination
Akbar (Mughal emperor): policies of religious toleration allowed for Mughal Empire’s expansion
Akbar’s successors fail to maintain the centralized authority necessary to withstand European involvement in India

7. ASIA 1450-1750 Key Terms Canton system Daimyo Dutch East India Company
Jesuit
Kabuki theater
Little Ice Age
Manchu
Rajputs
Samurai
Shogun
Sikhs

8. EUROPE Key Concepts
Major changes after the Crusades and the Black Death
Towns and cities revived, driven by a growing Euro interest in trade which led to exploration and colonization
Humanist world view
Effects of the printing press (led to Sci. Rev. and Enlightenment)
Rise of absolutist regimes

9. EUROPE 1450-1750 Key Terms Atlantic System Bourgeoisie Capitalism
Caravel
Catholic Counter Reformation
Columbian Exchange
Enlightenment
Guild
Humanist
Indulgence
Joint-stock company
Mercantilism
Middle Passage
Papacy
Printing press
Protestant Reformation
Renaissance
Scientific Revolution
Serf
Stock exchange
vernacular

10. THE AMERICAS 1450-1750 Key Concepts
Prior to Euro contact, civilizations throughout the Americas existed in relative isolation from one another
Explorers from Spain, Portugal, England, France, the Netherlands, and others settled throughout the Western Hemisphere
Effects of Columbian Exchange
Consequences of the introduction of African slaves
By 1750, Spain and Portugal controlled Mesoamerica and South America
North American territory was shared by several Euro colonial powers
British settlements would begin pressing for independence

11. THE AMERICAS 1450-1750 Key Terms
Algonquin
Arawak
Atlantic System
Ayllu
Aztec
Carib
Chartered company
Chinampas
Columbian Exchange
Conquistador
Dutch West India Company
Encomienda
Huron
Iroquois Confederacy
Inca
Indentured servant
Khipu
Middle Passage
Mit’a
Plantocracy
Treaty of Tordesillas
viceroyalty

12. MAJOR COMPARISONS
Compare European monarchies w/ land-based Asian Empires
Compare labor systems: Atlantic slave trade; plantation vs. encomienda systems
Compare the building of empires in Asia, Africa, Europe: How was power consolidated? Who had control? Who lost it?
Compare Russia’s interaction w/ West and China or the Ottoman Empire

13. THE BIG PICTURE Why did Europe become the dominant power 1450-1750?
Why were some European nation-states able to develop vast empires?
How did the various non-European cultures interact w/ Europeans? Why? Consequences?
How did the global economy change from ?
How were the world’s civilizations impacted by this economic change?