The First Global Age: Europe and Asia VOCAB

Question 1

cartographer

Answer 1

a map maker

Question 2

astrolabe

Answer 2

an instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of stars

Question 3

caravel

Answer 3

improved type of sailing ship in the 1400s combining square sails of European ships with the triangular sails, sternpost rudders, numerous masts these changes made it easier to sail across and into the wind

Question 4

scurvy

Answer 4

a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C in their diets

Question 5

circumnavigate

Answer 5

travel all the way around the Earth

Question 6

matrlineal

Answer 6

term for a family organization in which kinship ties are traced through the mother

Question 7

stupa

Answer 7

large domelike Buddhist shrine that filled the cities of the kingdom of Pagan.

Question 8

padi

Answer 8

field, (rice fields) that provided food for the Vietnamese

Question 9

outpost

Answer 9

distant military station

Question 10

sepoy

Answer 10

Indian soldier in an army set up by the French or English East India company

Question 11

What were the Spice Islands

Answer 11

the Moluccas, an island chain in present day Indonesia

Question 12

What spurred the Europeans to explore the ocean?

Answer 12

a desire to share in the rich spice trade of the East

Question 13

Who was Henry the Navigator?

Answer 13

the younger son of Portugal’s King John I and Queen Philippa who tried to find a sea route to distant lands for Portugal, he wanted riches for Portugal and wanted to spread Christianity…he wanted to find new lands and new converts to Christianity

Question 14

Columbus sails for India and reached the Caribbean. Who else were explorers for Spain?

Answer 14

Balboa, Magellan and Elcano

Question 15

What were the names of Columbus’ fleet?

Answer 15

Pinta, Nina, and Santa Maria

Question 16

What religions were present in Southeast Asia in the 1200’s and before?

Answer 16

Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam.

Question 17

Europeans used military power to build trading empires in Southeast Asia.

Answer 17

Portugal was the first European power to gain foothold in Asia. The Dutch, British and French, did as well

Question 18

What country was seized by Spain?

Answer 18

The Philippines

Question 19

I have stopped at Section 4 for notes Chapter 2

Answer 19

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