Chapter 15 Flashcards

46987489	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.	0
46987490	Zhenge	Chinese Muslim admiral who commanded series of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Red Sea trade expeditions under third Ming emperor, Yunglo, between 1405 and 1433; only Chinese attempt to create worldwide trade empire.	1
46987491	Black Death	An outbreak of bubonic plague that spread across Asia, North Africa, and Europe in the mid-fourteenth century, carrying off vast numbers of persons.	2
46987492	Renaissance	The great period of rebirth in art, literature, and learning in the 14th-16th centuries, which marked the transition into the modern periods of European history.	3
46987493	Castile and Agagon	Two regional kingdom on the Iberian peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda.	4
46987494	Francesco Petrarch	Known as the father of Renaissance Humanism. He lived from 1304-1374 as a cleric and committed his life to humanistic pursuits and careful study of the classics. He resisted writing in the Italian vernacular except for his sonnets, which were composed to his "lady love" who spoke no Latin.	5
46987495	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
46987496	Vasco de Gama	A Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean.	7
46987497	Henry the Navigator	(1394-1460) Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa.	8
46987498	Ethnocentricism	Negatively judging other cultures based upon one's own. Also know as "cultural relativism"; Emphasized the use of "us" and "them".	9