AP World History Unit IV 1450-1750 Unit 2A

black plague

A disease that engulfed Europe during the Middle Ages. It killed about one-third of the population and was carried by fleas. Because of this, the feudal system died out.

triangular trade

A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Aferica sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa

zheng he

An imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa

volta do mar

By mid-15th century, Portuguese mariners had developed this strategy ("return through the sea") that enabled them to sail from Canaries to Portugal. Instead of trying to force their way against the trade winds-> they sailed NW into open ocean until they found westerly winds and then turned east for the last part of journey to home.

james cook

English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779).

Prince Henrique

From portugal, often called prince Henry the Navigator. He embarked on an ambitious campaign to spread Christianity and increase Portuguese influence in the seas. in 1415 he watched as portuguese forces seized the moroccan city of Ceuta, which guarded the strait of gibraltar from the south. He regarded his victory both as a blow against Islam and as a strategic move to enable Christian vessels to move freely between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic

christopher columbus

Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)

bartolomeu dias

Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.

vasco da gama

Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route.

ferdinand magellan

Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.

vasco nunez de balboa

Spanish explorer who became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean in 1510 while exploring Panama

smallpox

a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars

janisaries felt about ottomans

assimilate cultures; tolerate multicultural

mughal and ottoman

both cultural and religiously diverse

han

classical chinese dynasty

lateen sails advantage

corners against wind

mongol empire

created parallel urbanization

harmony and nature

doasism is mostly focused on

european and chinese differ

europe=trade and land Chinese=discovery

astrolabe

instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars

diseases

most important victory of the aztecs and incas

fast ripening rice

most population growth

ming

not classical chinese dynasty

circumnavigation

sailing completely around something, such as the world

muslims

the ottomans and mughal

power of church

which isn't fuedalism

trade winds

winds that blow across the Atlantic Ocean west toward the Caribbean