Chapter 1 TEST REVIEW World History
Chapter 2 TEST REVIEW World History
Astrolabe- Device used to measure the angle of the stars above the horizon—for navigational latitude
Caravel- Ship that has square and triangular sails
Cartographer- a map maker
Circumnavigate- to sail around the world
Sepoy- Indian troop fighting for Britain or France
Line of Demarcation- Set up by Pope Alexander VI, divided new world, Spain got land west and Portugal East of the line
Matrilineal- Inheritance through the mother
Scurvy- Disease sailors got when they did not have enough vitamin C
Padi- Fields in Asia like a Rice Padi
Out Post- Distant port of stopping off place, controlled by another country
Stupa- Dome shaped Buddhist temple
Hermit Kingdom- Korea was known as this because of Isolationism
Jacques Cartier- French explorer, explored the St. Lawrence Seaway
Henry Hudson- Dutch explorer, explored Hudson Bay and the Hudson River, was set adrift after a mutiny
Matteo Ricci- Jesuit missionary went to China tried to convert Chinese to Christianity
Why did European Rulers encourage ocean exploration? To find new trade routes
What country led the early part of the age of exploration? Portugal
Great Britain dominated trade in what country from the late 1700s through the 1900s? India
Who was the Khmer empire influenced by? India
How did Portugal gain control of trade in Southeast Asia? Through the use of military force
Who did Portugal lose control of trade routes in the Indian Ocean to in the 1600’s? the Dutch
India and China influenced the development of what area of Asia? Southeast Asia
What policies did the Ming and Qing dynasties follow regarding trade? Restricted trade to certain times
How did Prince Henry change the course of Portugal’s history? Encouraged exploration set up school for sailing and navigation
Who controlled Vietnam? China most of the time
Who took over the spice trade from the Portuguese? The Dutch
How was Korea similar to China? Because China controlled it, same culture, government etc.
Under the Tokugawa shoguns what was trade like in Japan? Allowed trade at first then refused to allow it.
Afonso de Albuquerque- Portuguese Admiral conquered trade routes to India
Ferdinand Magellan- Credited with the first circumnavigation of the earth, died before the task was compete but his crew made it back
Christopher Columbus- Italian navigator sailed west to find a route to the Spice Islands, failed, but is credited with discovering the “New World”
Henry the Navigator- Portuguese Prince, set up school for sailors, and encouraged exploration
Trung Trac- Helped to drive the Chinese out of Vietnam in 39A.D.
Vasco Da Gama- First Portuguese explorer to sail around Africa to India
Bartholomeu Dias- First Portuguese explorer to sail to the tip of Africa
Trung Sisters- Sisters in Vietnam that helped drive out the Chinese in 39A.D.
Vasco de Balboa- Spanish explorer, first to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas, hacked his way through the Panamanian jungle
Suryavarman II- King of Khmer that built the temple complex at Angor Wat in Southeast Asia
Robert Clive- Agent of the British East India Company that drove the French out of India along with the help of the British Army and Sepoy’s
Manchu’s- Invaders in China from the North that controlled China and set up the Qing dynasty
John Cabot- British explorer, found rich fishing grounds off of Newfoundland in Canada
Anawrata- King of Pagan in Southeast Asia
Emperor Kangxi- Chinese Qing Emperor, spread Chinese culture throughout Asia and ruled for 61 years
Emperor Qianlong- Chinese Qing Emperor, grandson of Kangxi, increased the size of China, ruled for 60 years and retired so he did not rule longer than his grandfather
Francis Xavier- Jesuit priest that went to Japan helped convert around 300,000 Japanese to Christianity