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Chapters 19 and 20
Chapters 19 and 20
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History
9th Grade
05/21/2014

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Bartolomeu Dias
Definition
Portuguese supporter of exploration
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Prince Henry
Definition
Portuguese supporter of exploration
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Vasco da Gama
Definition

explorer who gave Portugal a

direct sea route to India

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Treaty of Tordesillas
Definition

treaty between Spain and Portugal 

dividing newly discovered lands between them

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Dutch East India Company
Definition

Dutch company that established and

directed trade throughout Asia

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Hongwu
Definition

commander of the rebel army that

drove the Mongols out of China in 1368

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Ming Dynasty
Definition

Chinese dynasty that ruled

from 1368 to 1644

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Yonglo
Definition

Ming ruler,

son of Hongwu

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Zheng He
Definition

Muslim admiral who led seven

voyages of exploration

during the Ming Dynasty

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Manchus
Definition
People from Manchuria
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Manchus
Definition
People from Manchuria
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Qing Dynasty
Definition

Chinese dynasty that followed the

Ming Dynasty and was begun by the Manchus

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Kangxi
Definition

powerful Manchu emperor of the

Qing Dynasty

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daimyo
Definition
warrior-chieftains
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Oda Nobunaga
Definition

Daimyo who hoped to control all

of Japan and seized Kyoto

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Definition

Daimyo who took control of

almost all of Japan

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Tokugawa Shogunate
Definition

dynasty that ruled Japan

from 1603 to 1868

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kabuki
Definition
type of Japanese theatre
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haiku
Definition
type of Japanese poetry
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caravel
Definition

strong sailing ship designed

in the 1400s

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Confucian
Definition

related to Confucius, who taught

principles of social order, harmony,

and good government

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diplomacy
Definition

work of keeping up relations

between nations

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dominated
Definition
ruled over or had great power over
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irrigation
Definition
method of bringing water to crops
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missionaries
Definition

people who bring religious

ideas to new places

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navigation
Definition
finding one's way at sea
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rebel
Definition
oppose the government by force
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shogun
Definition

supreme military commander

who ruled in the name of the emperor

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traditional
Definition

based on what has been

done in the past

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unifying
Definition
bringing together under one rule
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Christopher Columbus
Definition

Italian explorer who landed

in the Americas

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colony
Definition
land controlled by another nation
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Hernando Cortes
Definition
conquistador who defeated the Aztec
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conquistadors
Definition
Spanish explorers in the Americas
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Francisco Pizarro
Definition
conquistador who defeated the Inca
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Atahualpa
Definition
last Incan emperor
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encomienda
Definition

system of mining and farming

using natives as slave labor

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New France
Definition

area of the Americas explored

and claimed by France

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Jamestown
Definition
first permanent settlement in America
Term
pilgrims
Definition

group of English people who

founded a colony in Plymouth

Term
New Netherland
Definition

Dutch colony begun in modern 

New York City

Term
French and Indian War
Definition

war between Britain and

France over land in North America

 

Term
Metacom
Definition

Native American leader who led an

attack on the villages of Massachusetts;

also called King Philip

Term
Atlantic slave trade
Definition

buying and selling of Africans

for work in the Americas

Term
triangular trade
Definition

European trade between the

Americas, Africa, and  Europe

involving slaves and other goods

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middle passage
Definition

voyage that brought captured

Africans to the West Indies

and the Americas

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Columbian Exchange
Definition

global transfer of foods, plants,

and animals during the

colonization of the Americas

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joint-stock company
Definition

company in which people pooled

their wealth for a common purpose

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mercantilism
Definition

economic policy of increasing

wealth and power by obtaining large

amounts of gold and silver

and selling more goods than are bought

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favorable balance of trade
Definition

condition resulting from selling

more goods than are bought

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Aztec Empire
Definition

great empire in the Valley of Mexico

that had strong religious beliefs

and a powerful army

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descendants
Definition

people who are offspring or

ancestors of one family group

Term
erupted
Definition
broke out
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imported
Definition

brought into one country

from another

Term
Inca Empire
Definition

largest empire ever in the Americas, 

located in the Andes Mountains

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plantations
Definition

large farms usually devoted

to a single crop

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possession
Definition
land owned by another country
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private ownership
Definition

ownership by individuals instead

of by groups or governments

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rebellions
Definition
uprising against the current government
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