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Chapter 15 Vocab- The West and the Changing World Balance Flashcards

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136420365Ottoman Turks...0
136420366Cheng HoAdmiral who commanded the great Indian Ocean expeditions between 1405 and 1433.1
136420367Hundred Years' WarConflict between England and France from 1337 to 1453; fought over lands England possessed in France and feudal rights versus the merging claims of national states.2
136420368Christopher ColumbusGenoese captain in service of king and queen of Castile and Aragon; successfully sailed to New World and returned in 1492; initiated European discoveries in America.3
136420369Iberian Peninsula...4
136420370Inquisition...5
136420371Vivaldi BrothersTwo Genoese brothers who attempted to find a Western route to the "Indies"; disappeared in 1291; precursors of thrust into southern Atlantic.6
136420372Hawaiian Islands...7
136420373Ibn- RushdPhilosopher from Muslim Spain; espoused Greek rationalism; largely ignored in the Middle East, but heavily influenced European scholars8
136420374Beijing...9
136420375RenaissanceCultural and political movement in western Europe; began in Italy in 1400; rested on urban vitality and expanding commerce; featured a literature and art with distinctly more secular priorities than those of the Middle Ages10
136420376Giotto...11
136420377CastileAlong with Aragon, a regional kingdom of the Iberian peninsula; pressed reconquest of of peninsula from Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda12
136420378Ethnocentrismbelief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group13
136420379MaorisResidents of New Zealand; migrated to New Zealand from Society Islands as early as 8th century C.E.14
136420380Ming DynastySucceeded Mongol Yuan dynasty in china in 1368; lasted until 1644; initially mounted huge trade expeditions to southern Asia and elsewhere, but later concentrated efforts on internal development within China.15
136420381Black DeathPlague that struck Europe in 14th century ; significantly reduced Europe's population; affected social structure16
136420382Francesco PetrarchOne of the major literary figures of the Western Renaissance; an Italian author and humanist17
136420383Marco Polo...18
136420384AragonAlong with Castile, a regional kingdom of the Iberian peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda19
136420385Polynesia...20
136420386Society Islands...21

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