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

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