Chapter 22

Question 0

reconquista

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Ended in 1492- kingdom of Granada fell to Spanish Christian forces

Question 1

Vasco da Gama

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Portuguese mariner who led a small fleet out of the harbor at Lisbon. Destination: India

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lantern sails

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triangular sails; very manuverable & could catch winds from the side as well as from behind

Question 3

astrolabe

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simplified version of an instrument used by Greek & Persian astronomers to determine latitude.

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Henry of Portugal

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conquered the Moroccan part of Ceuta & sponsored a series of voyages down the west African coast

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Bartolomeu Dias

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rounded the Cape of Good Hope & entered the Indian Ocean

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Taíno

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native inhabitants of an island in the Bahamas. Christopher Columbus called them Indians

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Guanahani

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an island in the Bahamas where Christopher Columbus made landfall

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Portuguese mariner who visited ports throughout the Indian Ocean basin & traveled east as far as Maluku

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James Cook

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one of the most important Pacific explorers. Led three expeditions to the Pacific & added three places to European maps of the Pacific

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Afonso d’Alboquerque

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commander of portuguese forces in the Indian Ocean during the 1600s

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V.O.C

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one of the two most powerful joint-stock companies that English & Dutch merchants formed. (the United East India Company.)

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Miguel López de Legapazi

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overcame local authorities in Cebu and Manila. (named the Philippine islands after Phillip II of Spain

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Manila

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soon emerged as bustling, multicultural port city. Became the Hun of Spanish commercial activity in Asia.

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Jan Pieterszoon Coen

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founded Batavia on Island of Java to serve as entrpôt for VOC. Architect for Dutch policy