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AP World History Chapter 15

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256626098Ottaman empire:Turkish empire, established at the end of the 13th century0
256626099Ibn-Rushd (Averroes)A defender of Aristotelian philosophy1
256626100Ming DynastyAn imperial dynasty of china2
256626101Cheng HoA Moslem Chinese who explored the Indian Ocean3
256626102Black DeathEpidemic of bubonic plague that killed a large population of Europe4
256626103RenaissanceA cultural or political movement. Renaissance means rebirth.5
256626104Portugal, Castile, and AragonThe united kingdom which came into existence by the marriage (1469) of Isabella, heiress of Castile, with Ferdinand the Catholic, King of Aragon.6
256626105Francesco PetrarchAn italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest Renaissance humanists.7
256626106Vivaldi BrothersTwo brothers and explorers and merchants.8
256626107Henry the NavigatorPrince of the kingdom of Portugal9
256626108EthnocentrismBelief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group.10
256643061SugarThe first cash crop introduced in the Americas to be imported by europe11
256643062MaorisPolynesians who migrated to New Zealand12
256643063MongolsHad interlocking holdings in Eurasia; Actively encouraged international travelers and exchanges of technology.13
256643064Abbasidsthe third of the Islamic caliphates14
256643065The Destruction of PhilosophyA philosopher claimed to use Aristotle's logic to discover religious truth by human reason in this book.15
2566430661348-1375The time when the plague's worst European impact occurred.16
2566430671291Vivaldi brothers sailed seeking a western route to the "indies".17
2566430681439Portugal had taken control of the Azores18
2566430691460Prince Henry of Portugal died19

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