AP World History Chapter 16 Flashcards

8623144039	Ming Dynasty	succeeded Yuan dynasty in 1368 and lasted until 1644. Initially, this dynasty mounted huge expeditions but later concentrated on internal improvements.	0
8623157293	Treasure ships	China had 9 during height of shipping and trade. It was a type of large wooden ship in the fleet of admiral Zheng He, who led seven voyages during the early 15th-century Ming dynasty.	1
8623161776	Zheng He	Chinese Muslim admiral who commanded series of Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea trade expeditions under 3rd Ming emperor Yunglo, between 1405-1433.	2
8631654854	Zhu Yuanzhang	the given name of the Hongwu emperor and founder of the Ming dynasty.	3
8623381428	Renaissance	Cultural and political movement in Western Europe, and began in Italy in 1400; rested on urban vitality and expanding commerce; featured a literature and art with distinctly more secular priorities than those of the Middle Ages.	4
8623416813	Francesco Petrarch	One of the major literary figures of the Western Renaissance; an Italian author and humanist.	5
8623453657	Castile and Aragon	Regional kingdoms of the Iberian peninsula; pressed reconquest of peninsula from Muslims and ultimately united under the Spanish monarchy.	6
8630328965	Vivaldis	Two Genoese brothers who attempted to find a western route to the "Indies"; disappeared in 1291; precursors of the thrust into Southern Atlantic.	7
8630355526	Vasco de Gama	Portuguese captain who sailed for India in 1497; established early Portuguese dominance in the Indian Ocean.	8
8630404736	Henry the Navigator	Portuguese prince responsible for direction of series of expeditions along the African coast in the 15th century; marked the beginning of Western European expansion.	9
8631369485	Polynesian expansion	expansion, spurts of migration and conquest that implanted Polynesian culture well beyond the initial in islands such as Samoa, Tahiti and Fiji.	10
8631388180	Hawaii	discovered in the 7th century and settled by Polynesians.	11
8631524956	Maori	Polynesians that occupied the two islands that make up modern day New Zealand.	12
8631604614	Sub-Saharan Africa	was not developing and changing as most of the world, except for the fluctuation of regional kingdoms.	13
8631675739	Portugal	leader of westward exploration and expansion during the 1400's.	14