136420365 | Ottoman Turks | ... | 0 | |
136420366 | Cheng Ho | Admiral who commanded the great Indian Ocean expeditions between 1405 and 1433. | 1 | |
136420367 | Hundred Years' War | Conflict 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 | |
136420368 | Christopher Columbus | Genoese 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 | |
136420369 | Iberian Peninsula | ... | 4 | |
136420370 | Inquisition | ... | 5 | |
136420371 | Vivaldi Brothers | Two Genoese brothers who attempted to find a Western route to the "Indies"; disappeared in 1291; precursors of thrust into southern Atlantic. | 6 | |
136420372 | Hawaiian Islands | ... | 7 | |
136420373 | Ibn- Rushd | Philosopher from Muslim Spain; espoused Greek rationalism; largely ignored in the Middle East, but heavily influenced European scholars | 8 | |
136420374 | Beijing | ... | 9 | |
136420375 | Renaissance | Cultural 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 Ages | 10 | |
136420376 | Giotto | ... | 11 | |
136420377 | Castile | Along with Aragon, a regional kingdom of the Iberian peninsula; pressed reconquest of of peninsula from Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda | 12 | |
136420378 | Ethnocentrism | belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group | 13 | |
136420379 | Maoris | Residents of New Zealand; migrated to New Zealand from Society Islands as early as 8th century C.E. | 14 | |
136420380 | Ming Dynasty | Succeeded 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 | |
136420381 | Black Death | Plague that struck Europe in 14th century ; significantly reduced Europe's population; affected social structure | 16 | |
136420382 | Francesco Petrarch | One of the major literary figures of the Western Renaissance; an Italian author and humanist | 17 | |
136420383 | Marco Polo | ... | 18 | |
136420384 | Aragon | Along with Castile, a regional kingdom of the Iberian peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda | 19 | |
136420385 | Polynesia | ... | 20 | |
136420386 | Society Islands | ... | 21 |
Chapter 15 Vocab- The West and the Changing World Balance Flashcards
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