WHAP ch 17 vocabulary
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Galician | English |
|---|---|
| Zheng He |  A Chinese Muslim -- Emissary to the increasingly Muslim-dominated Indian Ocean basin |
| Arawak | Amerindians that traveled |
| Henry the Navigator | Traveler; Prince -- set up institution in Africa |
| Caravel | New vessel; smaller, but easier to navigate, go into shallow waters and sustain storms |
| Gold Coast | headquarters of Portugal's west African trade. |
| Bartolomeu Dias | First Portuguese explorer to round the southern tip of Africa and enter the Indian Ocean |
| Vasco da Gama | sailed around Africa and reached India |
| Christopher Columbus | A Genoese mariner |
| Importance of Christopher Columbus | First to reach New World from Old World; stubbornly insisted it was India |
| Ferdinand Magellan | designed to complete Columbus's interrupted westward voyage |
| Importance of Magellan | Magellan strait; first to circle the globe |
| Conquistadors | warriors that fought for religion and wealth |
| Hernan Cortes | Defeated Aztecs |
| Moctezuma II | Aztec emperor; sent messages to greet Cortes |
| Francisco Pizarro | leader of band of 180 men, 37 horses and two cannons; defeated Inca |
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