AP World History Chapter 15 Flashcards

256915745	Ottoman Empire	Centered in Constantinople, the Turkish imperial state that conquered large amounts of land in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Balkans, and fell after World War I.	0
256915746	Ibn-Rushd(Averroes)	Muslim Spain Philosopher that espoused greek rationalism but was ignored	1
256915747	Ming Dynasty	A major dynasty that ruled China from the mid-fourteenth to the mid-seventeenth century. It was marked by a great expansion of Chinese commerce into East Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia	2
256915748	Cheng Ho	Admiral (a Muslim Chinese) who commanded the great Indian Ocean expeditions, between 1405 and 1433.	3
256915749	Black Plague	Bubonic Plague (Disease that was spread across asia)	4
256915750	Renaissance	Vital cultural and political movement (rebirth)	5
256915751	Portugal, Castile, and Aragon	Regional monastaries that were united by marrage	6
256915752	Francesco Petrarch	One of the major literary figures of the Western Renaissance; an Italian author and humanist	7
256915753	Vivaldi Brothers	Two Italian brothers who sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar seeking a western route to East Indies; Never herd from again	8
256915754	Henry The Navigator	Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa.	9
256915755	Ethnocentrism	tendency to view one's own culture and group as superior to all other cultures and groups	10
256915756	Signs of decline in Middle East and China	Changes in society, politics, and Intellectual life.	11
256915757	What accounts of relatie rise of west?	Streanthening of the fuedal monarchy which led to a stronger gov..	12
256915758	First cash crop that was introduced in amreica by europe?	Sugar	13
256915759	Encouraged international travelers to exchange technology.	Mongols	14