Chapter 21 Vocab

Question 0

Marco Polo

Answer 0

An Italian jewel merchant who traveled to China

Question 1

Ibn Battuta

Answer 1

A Moroccan Muslim scholar and traveler

Question 2

John of Montecorvino

Answer 2

an Italian Franciscan missionary, traveler and statesman

Question 3

Gunpowder

Answer 3

Invented in China original invented to bring forth immortal life

Question 4

Little ice age

Answer 4

The period from 1400 to 1800 in which global temperatures decreased and crops were scarce

Question 5

Bubonic plague/ Black Death

Answer 5

A plague that rapidly decreased the population of Europe and was spread by rats

Question 6

Ming dynasty

Answer 6

The brilliant dynasty that brought back traditional Chinese cultures

Question 7

Hongwu

Answer 7

The founder of the Ming dynasty

Question 8

Mandarins

Answer 8

public official in the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior grades

Question 9

Hundred Years’ War

Answer 9

A war between England and France over Frances rightful ruler

Question 10

Ferdinand and Isabella

Answer 10

The King and Queen of Spain during Christopher Columbus’s exploration in 1492

Question 11

Ivan III (The Great)

Answer 11

The duke who set the foundation of the unification of Russia

Question 12

Tsar

Answer 12

An emperor of Russia

Question 13

Renaissance

Answer 13

New birth a period in which technological and scientific advances became prominent

Question 14

Leonardo da Vinci

Answer 14

A scientist responsible for human anatomy and an artist

Question 15

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Answer 15

An Italian painter sculptor and architect

Question 16

Humanist

Answer 16

A belief or thought that humans were more important than a divine or supernatural power

Question 17

Desiderious Erasmus of Rotterdam

Answer 17

One of the most prominent Dutch humanists

Question 18

Petrarch

Answer 18

An Italian poet

Question 19

Pico Della Mirandola

Answer 19

An Italian philosopher in the renaissance time

Question 20

Zheng He

Answer 20

A Chinese explorer and traveler

Question 21

Prince Henry the Navigator

Answer 21

The prince of Portugal who made maps

Question 22

Madeira and the Azores

Answer 22

Portuguese colonies that died off due to over population

Question 23

Bartolomeu Dias

Answer 23

A Portuguese navigator that was the first to sail around the cape of good hope

Question 24

Vasco de Gama

Answer 24

The first Portuguese navigator the make it to India

Question 25

Christopher Columbus

Answer 25

A navigator who thought that he had sailed to Indian and is credited with finding America