AP World History Ch.16 Flashcards
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| 3645876106 | Zheng He | Muslim Chinese seaman; commanded expeditions throughout the India Ocean. | 0 | |
| 3645876107 | Renaissance | cultural and political elite movement beginning in Italy circa 1400; rested on urban vitality and expanding commerce; produced literature and art with distinctly more secular priorities than those of the European Middle Ages. | 1 | |
| 3645876108 | Francesco Petrarch | Italian author and humanist; a major literary figure of the Renaissance. | 2 | |
| 3645876109 | Castile and Aragon | regional Iberian kingdoms; participated in reconquest of peninsula from Muslims; developed a vigorous military and religious agenda. | 3 | |
| 3645876110 | Vivaldi | Genoese explorers who attempted to find a western route to the "Indies"; precursors of European thrust into southern Atlantic. | 4 | |
| 3645876111 | da Gama, Vasco | Portuguese captain who sailed for India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in Indian Ocean. | 5 | |
| 3645876112 | Henry the Navigator | Portuguese prince; sponsored Atlantic voyages; reflected the forces present in late postclassical Europe. | 6 |