Ap World History Ch. 15 Flashcards

111448999	Zhenghe	Chinese Muslim admiral who commanded series of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea trade expeditions under third Ming emperor, Yunglo, between 1405 and 1433.	0
111449000	Vivaldis	Two Genoese brothers who attempted to find a western route to the Indies; disappeared in 1291; precursors of thrust into souther Atlantic.	1
111449001	Aragon	Along with Castile, a regional kingdom of the Iberian peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda	2
111449002	Renaissance	Cultural and political movement in western Europe; began in Italy c. 1400; rested on urban vitality and expanding commerce; featured a literature and art with distinctly more secular priorities than those of the Middle Ages	3
111449003	Henry the Navigator	Portuguese prince responsible for direction of series of expeditions along the African coast in the 15th century; marked beginning of western European expansion	4
111449004	da Gama, Vasco	Portuguese captain who sailed for India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in Indian Ocean.	5
111449005	Petrarch, Francesco	One of the major literary figures of the Western Renaissance; an Italian author and humanist.	6
111449006	Romance of the West Chamber	Chinese novel written during the Yuan period; indicative of the continued literary vitality of Chine during Mongol rule.	7
111449007	Castile	Along with Aragon, a regional kingdom of the Iberian peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula form Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda	8