Chapter 21 Vocab Flashcards
Marco Polo
An Italian jewel merchant who traveled to China
Ibn Battuta
A Moroccan Muslim scholar and traveler
John of Montecorvino
an Italian Franciscan missionary, traveler and statesman
Gunpowder
Invented in China original invented to bring forth immortal life
Little ice age
The period from 1400 to 1800 in which global temperatures decreased and crops were scarce
Bubonic plague/ Black Death
A plague that rapidly decreased the population of Europe and was spread by rats
Ming dynasty
The brilliant dynasty that brought back traditional Chinese cultures
Hongwu
The founder of the Ming dynasty
Mandarins
public official in the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior grades
Hundred Years’ War
A war between England and France over Frances rightful ruler
Ferdinand and Isabella
The King and Queen of Spain during Christopher Columbus’s exploration in 1492
Ivan III (The Great)
The duke who set the foundation of the unification of Russia
Tsar
An emperor of Russia
Renaissance
New birth a period in which technological and scientific advances became prominent
Leonardo da Vinci
A scientist responsible for human anatomy and an artist
Michelangelo Buonarroti
An Italian painter sculptor and architect
Humanist
A belief or thought that humans were more important than a divine or supernatural power
Desiderious Erasmus of Rotterdam
One of the most prominent Dutch humanists
Petrarch
An Italian poet
Pico Della Mirandola
An Italian philosopher in the renaissance time
Zheng He
A Chinese explorer and traveler
Prince Henry the Navigator
The prince of Portugal who made maps
Madeira and the Azores
Portuguese colonies that died off due to over population
Bartolomeu Dias
A Portuguese navigator that was the first to sail around the cape of good hope
Vasco de Gama
The first Portuguese navigator the make it to India
Christopher Columbus
A navigator who thought that he had sailed to Indian and is credited with finding America
