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Chapter 15
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Henry the Navigator | Embodied the crusading drive and the new spirit of exploration; Hoped to expand Christianity & find the source of African gold; Gathered scientists, cartographers, and other experts; Sent ships to explore the western coast of Africa; Died in 1460. |
| Vasco da Gama | Led four ships around the Cape of Good Hope in 1497; Reached the great spice port of Calicut on the west coast of India; Acquired a cargo of spices that he sold at a profcit of 3000 percent; Forced a treaty of friendship on the ruler of Calicut in 1502; L |
| Christopher Columbus | Italian navigator from the port of Genoa; Sought Portuguese backing for his own plan; Wanted to reach the Indies by sailing west across Atlantic; Knew Earth was sphere shaped; Underestimated size of Earth; Had no idea two continents lay in his path. |
| Vasco Núñez de Balboa | Spanish adventurer; Hacked a passage through the tropical forests of Panama with help of Native Americans; Called a huge body of water the South sea; |
| Ferdinand Magellan | Minor Portuguese noble that set out from Spain with five ships in 1519 on Sep 20; Crew included men from Europe, Africa & Southeast Asia; Explored each bay hoping for one that would lead to the Pacific when they reached coast of South America; Entered bay |
| Cartographer | Map makers. |
| Astrolabe | An instrument developed by the ancient Greeks and perfected by the Arabs. |
| Caravel | Combined the square sails of European ships with Arab lateen. |
| Scurvy | Disease caused by a lack of vitamin C. |
| Circumnavigate | Sail around. |
| Pagan | Kingdom; Arose in the fertile rice-growing Irrawaddy Valley in present-day Myanmar; United in 1044 by King Anawrata; Major Buddhist center ; Flourished for some 200 years after Anawrata's death, but fell in 1287 to conquering Mongols; |
| Anawrata | United Pagan in 1044; Credited with bringing Buddhism to the Burman perople; Made Pagan a major Buddhist center; Filled his capital city with magnificent stupas; Died but pagan flourished for some 200 years after death. |
| Khmer | Reached its peak between 800 and 1350; Indian influences helped shape it; Kmer people adampted Indian writing, mathematics, architecture, and art; Khmer rulers became pious Hindus; Style of Vishnu, Shiva, and the Buddha are uniquely Khmer. |
| Suryavarman II | Built the great temple complex at Angkor Wat; Hundreds of carved figures tell Hindu myths and glorify King Suryavarman II; |
| Trung Sisters | Two noble sisters. Trung Trac and Trung Nhi; Led an uprising that briefly drove the Chinese occupiers from the land in A.D 39; Tried to restore a simpler form of government based on ancient Vietnamese traditions; Remembered as great martyrs and heroes; |
| Matrilineal | Inheritance through the mother |
| Stupa | Dome-shaped shrines |
| Padi | Fields |
| Afonso de Albuquerque | Portuguese burst into Indian Ocean under his command; Moved to end Muslim power and turn the Indian Ocean into a Portuguese lake after; Burned coastal towns and crushed Arab fleets at sea; Took Malacca in 1511 massacring the city's Muslims and making the |
| Robert Clive | An agent of the British East India Company; Used an army of British troops and sepoys to drive the French from their trading posts; |
| Outpost | Distant Areas under their control |
| Sepoy | Indian troops |
| Matteo Ricci | Brilliant Jesuit priest; made a positive impression on Ming China; Learned to speak Chinese and adopted Chinese dress; had little success spreading their religious beliefs |
| Manchus | Ruled a region in the northeast that had long been influenced by Chinese civilization; Seized Beijing and made it their capital in 1644; Set up a new dynasty called the Qing; Varred intermarriage between Manchus and Chinese to preserve their distinct iden |
| Kangxi | Ruled from 1661 to 1722; An able administrator and military leader; Extended Chinese power into Central Asia and promoted culture; |
| Qianlong | Kangxi's grandson; Had an equally successful reign from 1736 to 1796; Expanded China's borders to rule the largest area in the nation's history; Retired after 60 years because e did not want to rule longer that his grandfather had |
| Hermit Kingdom | Korea became known in the west as the Hermit Kingdom because when European sailors were shipwrecked on Korean shores, they were imprisoned or killed |
| Francis Xavier | Spanish priest; Like the Jesuits he found the Japanese curious and eager to learn about Christianity. |
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