1450-1700 Flashcards
Italian Navigator who attempted to find a westward route to Asia under the sponsorship of King Ferdinand
Christopher Colombus
In 1453 Ottomans captured Byzantine Empire
Conquest of Constantinople
Portuguese ship inspired by the dhow
Caravel
Arab Sailing vessel
Dhow
Triangular sail used for sailing
Lateen Sail
Chinese built Cargo Ship
Junk
Large investor-based companies
Joint Stock Companies
Economic system focused on maintaining a positive balance
Mercantilism
Relied entirely on slave labor in Brazil and the Caribbean
Sugar Cultivation
Chemical explosives developed by the Chinese
Gunpowder
The empire that Reunified India in 1526
Muhgals
Successor of the Mali Empire in the 1500s
Songhai
People of Spanish blood born in the Americas
Creoles
Person of European and Indigenous mixed
Mestizos
Person of American and Spanish mixed
Mulatto