AP World History Chapter 15 Flashcards
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| 5816578155 | Polynesia | Polynesians had good canoes and settled islands. | 0 | |
| 5818719670 | Indian Ocean | Sailers in Indian Ocean colonized Madagascar, Islam rose, had a common language. | 1 | |
| 5816580415 | China/Zheng He | Ming China wanted to control trade, improve tributary system. Muslim Zheng He led the sea voyages and sailed around the Indian Ocean. He brought back rich goods, animals, and 36 new countries into the tributary system. | 2 | |
| 5818707468 | Early Atlantic | Vikings went to Greenland/America. Genoese/Portuguese went to Atlantic; Madeira, Azores, Canaries. | 3 | |
| 5818723465 | African Voyages | Mansa Muhammed, Mansa Musa's predecessor sent out sea expeditions, he left on one and never came back. | 4 | |
| 5818739716 | Amerindian Voyages | S Americans settled West Indies, Arawak/Carib people reached islands and eventually N America | 5 | |
| 5818748191 | European Expansion | New tech, lands, contact with Americas came out, led by Portugal and Spain. | 6 | |
| 5818790115 | Motives for Exploration | Portugal/Spain had rivalry w/ Islam, wanted trade, curiosity. Cities didn't explore, individuals did. Christian militancy also prompted outside exploration. | 7 | |
| 5818807003 | The Iberian Background | Isabel/Ferdinand's wedding created Spain. Ships with gunpowder were also popular. | 8 | |
| 5818833685 | Portuguese Voyages | Captured Ceuta in Africa and spread the gold/slave trade. | 9 | |
| 5818843170 | Prince Henry of Portugal | Led attack on Ceuta, 'Henry the Navigator.' Wanted to convert Africans to Christianity, crusade against Ottomans. Made a research center for navigation that improved navigational instruments. | 10 | |
| 5818869230 | European Sailing Technologies | Developed small caravel ships and relied on knowledge of wind patterns. | 11 | |
| 5818898483 | The Portuguese in Africa and Asia | Initiated African slave/gold trade, Fernão Gomes purchased land, explored gold coast. Vasco da Gama sailed around Africa to India. Ships on the way to India got to S America and claimed Brazil. | 12 | |
| 5818924729 | Spanish Voyages | Were preoccupied w/ taking back Iberia, so the Portuguese beat them to a new route to Indian Ocean. | 13 | |
| 5818932849 | Columbus and Spanish Exploration | Crossed Atlantic and got to Caribbean, thinking it was India. Sailed in caravels for Isabel/Ferdinand of Spain. Vasco Núñez de Balboa and Ferdinand Magellan would follow, taking Philippines for Spain. | 14 | |
| 5818952292 | Treaty of Tordesillas | Treaty of Tordesillas was drawn down Atlantic by the pope; gave lands E of the line in Africa/S Asia to Portugal; lands to the W in Americas for Spain. | 15 | |
| 5818967070 | Encounters with Europe | Europeans pushed on Indigenous arrangements. Isolation of America made it vulnerable diseases from Iberians. | 16 | |
| 5818977885 | Western Africa-The Portuguese in Africa | Portuguese sought ports in Africa, and were granted them by kings without a fight. Africans accepted Christianity. | 17 | |
| 5818991297 | The Kingdom of the Kongo | Manikongo sent delegates to Portugal; monopolized trade. Lost monopoly, asked for Portuguese help, were ignored. | 18 | |
| 5819569057 | Eastern Africa | Malindi gave da Gama a guide to India, to promote trade. | 19 | |
| 5819580118 | The Portuguese and Ethiopia | Queen Helena of Ethiopia proposed an alliance w/ Portugal against Turks. Portugal aided Ethiopia but not permanently because of refusal of Christianity. | 20 | |
| 5819668266 | Indian Ocean Trade and the Portuguese | Portugese bombarded cities on coast. Portugese monopolized trade from China/Japan. Tried to control/tax trade.Portuguese never had control of Indian Ocean, but supremacy allowed dominance of key ports/trade routes. | 21 | |
| 5819693668 | The Americas | Spanish land in America. Isolation slowed technologies and increased susceptibility to diseases like smallpox. | 22 | |
| 5819698848 | The Spanish in the Caribbean | 23 |