Transoceanic Interconnections - AP World Flashcards

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Caravels

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small fast round-hulled sailing ships that could sail Atlantic and cary armaments

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Lateen Sails

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triangular sails that are used to steer, could catch wind on either side b/c of shape, used by Spanish and Portuguese

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Fluyt

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Dutch ship, maximized interior space

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4
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cartography

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map-making with paper from China

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Astronomical chart

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map of the stars, heled guide sailors

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Mercator Projection

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new mapmaking technique

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Atlantic Monsoon patterns

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critical for Euro sea exploration, fixed year round unlike Indian Ocean

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Why non-European states did not explore oversea

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Arabs focused on political stability, China and Japan are isolationist, SE Asia was still using Indian Ocean, No major African empire

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