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SocSt Chpt 3-4
Miss Zilm's Vocabulary List for Chapters 3-4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| emperor of China in the 1200s, liked Marco Polo so much he sent him to political meetings | Kublai Khan |
| born in Venice, Italy, explored Persia and China, told stories about his adventures | Marco Polo |
| the paper, coins, or gold used as money in a country | currency |
| a group of people traveling together, especially through desert regions | caravan |
| a network of trade routes connecting China to India and Europe; over 4,000 miles long! | Silk Road |
| Chinese ship captain; made 7 voyages; had a fleet of 62 large ships | Zheng He |
| a journey for a specific purpose | expedition |
| people who buy and sell to earn a living | merchants |
| from Portugal; nickname: "Henry the Navigator;" gathered scientists, shipbuilders, and mapmakers to improve ships, maps, and navigations tools | Prince Henry |
| the science of determining a ship's sailing direction and location | navigation |
| a "new" kind of ship; developed by Prince Henry's team; 70 feet long; easier to steer | caravel |
| from Portugal; 1st European to sail around the southern tip of Africa in 1488; named it Cape of Storms, renamed Cape of Good Hope | Barolomeu Dias |
| from Portugal; 1st European to reach Asia by sea in 1498 (Sailed to Calicut, India) | Vasco da Gama |
| a group of Arawak Indians living in the Caribbean Sea; peaceful people; good farmers; culture was destroyed by the Spanish :( (Christopher Columbus) | Taino |
| a Spanish conqueror | conquistador |
| 1) technology (steel weapons and gunpowder)2) horses3) Indian allies (enemies that hated the Aztec)4) disease | "Weapons" of the Spanish |
| -wanted gold-gathered a large army of Spaniards and enemies of the Aztec to take the Aztec's gold-took over Tenochtitlan briefly and killed Moctezuma-later conquered Tenochtitlan | Hernando Cortes |
| -emperor of the Aztec Empire in 1502-sent gold to the Spanish soldiers, thinking they were friends of gods | Moctezuma II |
| Spanish monarchs who gave Columbus $$$ to sail in 1492 | King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella |
| 1) Nina2) Pinta3) Santa Maria | Columbus's 3 ships |
| -from Italy-thought he could sail across the Atlantic to reach the Indies-Spain gave him $$$ to sail | Christopher Columbus |
| -the explorer who realized Columbus didn't get to Asia-America is named after him | Amerigo Vespucci |
| a settlement far away from the country that rules it | colony |
| when products from Europe and the Americas were traded | Columbian Exchange |
| 1) potatoes2) maize (corn)-improved diets and health of Europeans-increased the food supply-**increased population in Asia, Africa, and Europe | Items from the Americas (in the Columbian Exchange) |
| 1) sugar2) horses-farming, transportation, and *hunting buffalo in the plains3) disease-killed millions of Native Americans :( (no immunity) | Items from Europe (in the Columbian Exchange) |
| land of Mexico, a colony of Spain | New Spain |
| -brought 180 soldiers to conquer the Inca-wanted GOLD!-massacred the Inca, killed their ruler, and took over the empire | Francisco Pizarro |
| a young conquistador who searched for the "Seven Cities of Gold" in the Southwest U.S. for two years; found no gold, but claimed land for Spain | Francisco Coronado |
| Catholic priest/missionary; helped to end the cruelty to the Indians on encomiendas (1542) :) | Bartolome de las Casas |
| a large area of land that included Indian villages; owned by a Spanish colonist who fed and housed the Indians; Indians were forced to work for them | encomienda |
| an African slave in New Spain who escaped with 80 others; evaded the Spanish soldiers for 30 years and started his own town! :) | Yanga |
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