An Expanding World
The Age of Exploration is also known as....
What is "The Age of Discovery"
Chinese Sail Ship
What is "Junk"
Land route from Europe to Asia
What is "The Silk Road"
Hongwu is the emperor to which Chinese dynasty
This Spaniard conquered the Aztec Empire...
Who is Hernan Cortes
The first journeys of exploration were carried out by who (country)?
What is Portugal
Labor system of the Indigenous people on a piece of land granted to Spanish colonists from the Spanish Crown
What is an Encomienda System
Trade route that devestated the indigenous population of Africa from the sixteenth to nineteenth century
What is "The Atlantic Slave Trade"
Zheng He is infamous for....
What is "The 7 Voyages"
First permanent settlement in Florida; claimed by Spain
European trade was blocked by this empire once they conquered Constantinople in 1453
What is The Ottoman Empire
Elite soldiers of the Ottoman Empire
What is "Janissaries"
This treaty cut the world in "half" the year of 1494
What is The Treaty of Tordesillas
This dynasty overthrows the Ming dynasty
What is the "Qing Dynasty"
This Spanish explorer discovered Florida while searching for the mythical "Fountain of Youth"
Who is Ponce de Leon
Crop that was exported to the Old World from the New World... It is also the main energy ingredient to feed livestock
What is "Corn" or "Maize"
Exchange of goods, livestock and disease from the Old to the New World from the 1500-1800's
What is The Columbian Exchange
Shortcut from America to Asia (by sea)
What is The Northwest Passage
What was limited to three ports in the Ming Dynasty to promote "isolation"
What is "trade"
Francisco Pizarro in noted for conquering which Indigenous Empire (Peru)
What is "The Incan Empire"
By moving away from the shoreline, Prince Henry is noted for creating the first....
What is a "nautical map"
Economic practice that builds a nation's wealth by monopolizing a weaker/ resourceful nation
What is "Mercantilism"
This explorer circumnavigated the world
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
The belief that the Chinese Emperor is given the right to rule by the Gods or Divine Right
What is "The Mandate of Heaven"
This infamous Queen financed Columbus's voyage when Portugal declined
Who is "Queen Isabella"