AP World History Chapter 17 Flashcards

3494693653	Crusades	Brought knowledge of Islamic worlds superior economy	0
3494693654	Scandinavian vikings	These people reached Greenland and North America before Europeans but lost interest beyond establishing settlements in Greenland and Iceland	1
3494922758	New 15th century technology	New sailing ships, improvements on the compass, navigational devices, and overall new ways of navigating waters are all examples of...	2
3494922759	Henry the navigator	Organized the first series of explorations along the African coast and to islands such as the Azores.	3
3494922760	Cape of Good Hope	Portuguese sailors ventured around this place to find India so they could get luxury clothes and spices (1488)	4
3494922761	Vasco de Gama	Reached India in 1498 with the aid of a Hindu pilot	5
3499123950	What did Christopher Columbus discover and who sent him there?	The new world. Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain sent him	6
3499123951	What were some Portuguese protein other countries	Goa in India, Macao in china	7
3499123952	What did the Dutch and English improve?	Ships. They were lighter and faster	8
3499123953	Who defeated the Spanish armada	The English	9
3499123954	Who claimed Canada	The french	10
3499123955	What were two big joint stock companies?	Dutch east India company and British east India company	11
3499123956	What were issues with ship travel	Work was tiring, voyages could last for years, diseases like scurvy	12
3499123957	What percent of native Americans died from old world diseases	80%	13
3499123958	New crops from old world	Corn, potatoes, tobacco, sugar	14
3499123959	Issues with the environment because of old world	Animal population decreased from trapping Forests cut down causing massive deforestation New animals ate grass and caused soil erosion Whaling and fishing dropped populations	15
3499123960	Why did slavery start	Demand for sugar which required a lot of labor which many died from so free workers were needed	16
3499123961	Battle of Lepanto	Spanish fleet defeated ottoman empire last Muslim attempt to control new trading	17