WHAP ch 17 vocabulary Flashcards
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| 13878960 | Zheng He | A Chinese Muslim -- Emissary to the increasingly Muslim-dominated Indian Ocean basin | 0 | |
| 13878961 | Arawak | Amerindians that traveled | 1 | |
| 13878962 | Henry the Navigator | Traveler; Prince -- set up institution in Africa | 2 | |
| 13878963 | Caravel | New vessel; smaller, but easier to navigate, go into shallow waters and sustain storms | 3 | |
| 13878964 | Gold Coast | headquarters of Portugal's west African trade. | 4 | |
| 13878965 | Bartolomeu Dias | First Portuguese explorer to round the southern tip of Africa and enter the Indian Ocean | 5 | |
| 13878966 | Vasco da Gama | sailed around Africa and reached India | 6 | |
| 13878967 | Christopher Columbus | A Genoese mariner | 7 | |
| 13878968 | Importance of Christopher Columbus | First to reach New World from Old World; stubbornly insisted it was India | 8 | |
| 13878969 | Ferdinand Magellan | designed to complete Columbus's interrupted westward voyage | 9 | |
| 13878970 | Importance of Magellan | Magellan strait; first to circle the globe | 10 | |
| 13878971 | Conquistadors | warriors that fought for religion and wealth | 11 | |
| 13878972 | Hernan Cortes | Defeated Aztecs | 12 | |
| 13878973 | Moctezuma II | Aztec emperor; sent messages to greet Cortes | 13 | |
| 13878974 | Francisco Pizarro | leader of band of 180 men, 37 horses and two cannons; defeated Inca | 14 |