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Honors World History
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A group of islands in eastern Indonesia; was the center of the spice trade in the 1500s and 1600s.
Moluccas
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Mapmaker Cartographer
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Prince of Portugal and patron of exploration; he made no voyages himself but spent his life directing voyages of discovery along the African coast
Prince Henry aka Henry the Navigator
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Portuguese navigator; became the first European to sail around Africa and reach India by sea.
Vasco da Gama
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Italian explorer, sailing for Spain, who reached the Americas in 1492 while searching for a western sea route from Europe to Asia
Christopher Columbus
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The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa beginning with the voyages of Columbus.
Columbian Exchange
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A scattering of peopleDiaspora
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Spanish explorer who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s
Conquistador
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Members of the highest class in Spain’s colonies in the Americas; colonists who were born in Spain or Portugal
Peninsulares
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Person in Spain’s colonies in the Americas who was an American- born descendent of Spanish settlers.
Creole
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Person in Spain’s colonies in the Americas who was of Native American and European descent.
Mestizo
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In Spain’s colonies in the Americas, a person who was of African and European descent.
Mulatto
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A line set by the Treaty of Tordesillas, dividing the nonEuropean world into two zones, one controlled by Spain and the other by Portugal.
Line of Demarcation
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Someone sent to do religious work in a territory or foreign country
Missionary
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Large estate run by an owner or overseer and worked by laborers who live there.
Plantation
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Portuguese navigator; his ships were the first to circumnavigate the globe, though he died on the journey.
Ferdinand Magellan
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To proceed completely aroundCircumnavigate Emperor of the Qing Dynasty from
1735 – 1796; during his reign, China expanded to its greatest size; ordered traders to conduct business with the Chinese government, not with private merchants
Qianlong
First Global Age – more terms… A Muslim empire in India (1526 – 1761)
founded by Babur. Mughal Empire aka Mogul Empire Chinese Empire; established in 1368 and fell
in the 1600s; means brilliant; had no interest in Europe
Ming Dynasty established in the mid 1600s and
last until the early 1900s; China’s last dynasty
Qing
First Global Age Ruling dynasty of the Ottoman Empire (1293
– 1922); named for Osman I, the founder; at its height, ruled a vast area that encompassed southwest Asia, northeast Africa, and southeast Europe.
Ottoman West African Kingdom that emerged in 1250;
controlled both the goldmining regions to the south and the salt supplies of the Sahara; weakened in the 1400s.
Mali
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As Mali weakened in the 1400s, this new West African kingdom emerged; controlled trade routes, wealthy cities and became a leading center for learning; prospered until about 1586.
Songhai aka Songhay
First Global Age Ruled Japan from 1603 - 1868 ; brought
peace and stability; experienced sharp conflict with foreigners arriving in the 1500s.
Tokugawa By the 1500s, this Turkish-speaking Muslim
dynasty, had united a strong empire in present-day Iran; revived the ancient glory of Persia; became a center for the international silk trade; ruled until the 1700s.
Safavid
First Global Age: The New World Early civilization in Central America Maya Several hundred years after the decline of
the Maya civilization, this group conquered most of Mexico; would eventually fall to Spain
Aztec South American empire stretching 2,500
miles down the Andes Mountains; fell to Spain
Inca