AP World History Ch. 23 Flashcards

173530355	Vasco Da Gama	Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route.	0
173530356	compass, astrolabe	Two inventions that allowed sea captains to navigate more accurately outside the sight of land	1
173530357	circumnavigation	sailing completely around something, such as the world	2
173530358	trading-post empires	Built initially by the Portuguese, these were used to control the trade routes by forcing merchant vessels to call at fortified trading sites and pay duties there.	3
173530359	VOC	The Dutch East India Co. in 1602. was felt in Southeast Asia, where spices, Cofee, tea, and teak were attempted to be monopolized by the Dutch to challenge Spanish and Portuguese authority and trade.	4
173530360	"Columbian Exchange"	The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.	5
173530361	lateen sails	Large triangular sails that are attached to the masts by long booms or yard arms which extend diagonally high across both the fore and aft portions of the ship.	6
173530362	Bartolomeu Dias	Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.	7
173530363	James Cook	English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)	8
173530364	Vitus Bering	Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741)	9
173530365	British East India Company	Government charted joint-stock company that controlled spice trade in the East Indies after the Dutch	10
173530366	Prince Henry the Navigator	(1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire.	11
173530367	Manila Galleons	Heavily armed, fast ships that brought luxury goods from China to Mexico and carried silver from Mexico to China.	12
173530368	Christopher Columbus	European who reached the islands of the Caribbean in 1492, , Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)	13