Transoceanic Interconnections
Developed in China, for reckoning direction.
Magnetic Compass
traveled across Asia and changed slightly to accommodate new cultures
Buddhism
what did envy, desire for wealth, and need for alternative routes to Asia lead to?
European Maritime exploration
a Spanish conquistador; goes on to win Mexico for Spain
Hernan Cortez
a printing method that uses separate pieces to reproduce the letters and symbols of a document
movable type
When did Columbus stumble into a new continent.
In 1492
Triangular shaped sail, can take wind on both sides
Lateen sail
this fruit was introduced to west Africa by merchants.
Bananas
Who was blocked from Mediterranean trade by Spain.
Portugal
Diagrams of stars and constellations
Astronomical charts
This was a bad disease that traveled through the silk roads and all the way to Europe.
Bubonic plague
Entered late to the exploration / colonization game.
England
The route that brought captured Africans to the west indies and later to North and South America.
The Middle Passage
was adapted by the mongols and was used the expand their power.
Gunpowder
Who gained independence from Spain and emerged as the wealthiest nation in Europe
The Dutch