AP world vocab PT 1

Ottoman policy of taking boys from Christian peoples and training and converting them to be Muslim soldiers

the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and the first modern standing army in Europe

the state auctions off the right to collect taxes to the highest bidder (the farmer) and the selected individual collects taxes on behalf of the state and is able to keep any money they collect above the agreed upon amount.

religious community founded in northern India by Guru Nanak that rejected caste divisions

Form of imperial dominance based on control of trade rather than on control of trade rather than on control of subject peoples

Financial support designed to make an action possible with credit and reward going to the sponsor

African kingdom on the Gold Coast that expanded rapidly after 1680 and participated in the Atlantic economy, trading gold, slaves, and ivory.

Mandatory service of 2 years for all individuals in the Inca Empire

A system that relied on the forced labor of the native population in the Spanish colonial Empire

The system of appointing or giving large estates or plantations to colonists in Spanish colonial America for them to govern as they see fit