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UCOR 2000 Test 1
Chapter 13
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History
Undergraduate 2
02/03/2012

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Zheng He
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Admiral who commanded 300 ships in a voyage that began in 1400
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Ming Dynasty
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(1370-1650) Recovered from Mongol rule and plague and adopted Confucian learning
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Emperorer Yongle
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11,000 volume encyclopedia about wisdom
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Renaissance
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Rebirth
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Di Vince & Michelangelo
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Renaissance artist
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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Prince who had plans for political success during Renaissance
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Christopher Columbus
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(1492) Found new world trying to find route to Asia
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Vasco De Gama
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First to sail around tip of South Africa to India
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Ferdinand Magellan
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First to discover Phillipine
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Siege of Vienna
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Ottoman Empire took Vienna after anger towards Christian land in 1530
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Safavid Empire
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Turkish empire in Persia that converted people to Shia Muslim
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Mughal Empire
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Most successful empire in India who made friends
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Malay Peninsula
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Southeast Asia where Malay would gather
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Malacca
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Muslim port that spread Islam
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Straight of Mallaca
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Between Malay Peninsula and Sumatra
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Sumatra
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Island in Western Indonesia
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Java
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Island next to Sumatra
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Lake Texcoco
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Aztec empire began in 1325
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Tenochtitlan
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Capital city of Aztec Empire
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Quechua
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Speakers who established the Inca Empire
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