ap world history chapter 15 vocabulary Flashcards
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| 5447570780 | zheng he | an imperial eunuch and muslim, entrusted by the ming emperor yongle. | 0 | |
| 5447586504 | Arawak | Amerindian peoples who inhabited the greater Antilles of the Caribbean at the time of Columbus. | 1 | |
| 5447596868 | henry the navigator | Portuguese prince who promoted the study of navigation and directed voyages of exploration down the western coast of Africa in the fifteen century. | 2 | |
| 5447620121 | caravel | a small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Spanish and the Portuguese. | 3 | |
| 5447634799 | gold coast | region of the Atlantic coast of Africa occupied by modern Ghana | 4 | |
| 5447659609 | Bartolomeu Dias | he explored west coast of Africa, India and the americas | 5 | |
| 5447699078 | vasco de gama | he explored west coast of Africa, india, and the americas | 6 | |
| 5447708628 | Christopher columbus | he explored west coast of Africa, india, and the americas | 7 | |
| 5447720232 | Ferdinand megallan | he explored west coast of Africa, india, and the americas | 8 | |
| 5447742194 | conquistadors | Spanish adventures who conquered mexico, central America, and peru | 9 | |
| 5447756837 | Hernan cortes | Spanish conquistador that overthrew moctezuma II | 10 | |
| 5447833183 | moctezuma II | last Aztec emperor overthrown by the Spanish conquistador Hernan cortez | 11 | |
| 5447847045 | atahualpa | last ruling inca emperor of peru | 12 | |
| 5447855393 | Francisco pizzaro | Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca empire. | 13 |