AP World History- Chapter 15 Flashcards

10344506311	Zheng He	An imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the king emperor Yongle w/ a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from South East Asia to Africa	0
10344506312	Arawak	Amerindian peoples who inhabited the greater Antilles of the Caribbean at the time of Columbus	1
10344506313	Henry the Navigator	Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the west coast of Africa	2
10344506314	Caravel	A small, highly maneuverable three master ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic	3
10344506315	Gold Coast	Region of the Atlantic coast i west Africa occupied by modern Ghana	4
10344506316	Bartolomeu Dias	Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean	5
10344506317	Vasco de Gama	Portuguese explorer who led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India	6
10344506318	Christopher Columbus	Genoese mariner who in the services of Spain led expeditions across the Atlantic; reestablished contact between the peoples of the americas and the old world and opening the way to Spanish conquest and colonization	7
10344506319	Ferdinand Magellan	Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition; was the first to sail around the world	8
10344506320	Conquistadors	Early 16th century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru	9
10344506321	Hernan Cortes	Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico for Spain	10
10344506322	Moctezuma 2	Aztec emperor who died woke in custody of the Spanish conquistador Herman Cortes	11
10344506323	Atahualpa	Last ruling inca emperor of Peru; executed by the Spanish	12
10344506324	Francisco Pizarro	Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the inca empire of Peru	13