Transcript World History Review

WORLD HISTORY
REVIEW
Short Answer
Short Answer Questions
What are the four main spiced that was traded for?
Nutmeg, Cloves, Ginger, Cinnamon and pepper
WORLD HISTORY
REVIEW
Who redesigned ships, prepared maps and captains for long voyages, he had
West African coast explored?
Henry the Navigator
Who was an Italian navigator from Genoa and thought he could reach Asia by
sailing west?
Christopher Columbus
Who was the Italian sailor that America was named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
Who was the Portuguese sailor to sail around the Cape of Good Hope?
Bartholomeu Dias
Who led four ships around the Cape of Good Hope and traded with the Indian port
of Calicut?
Vasco DeGama
What navigator after death then his crew was credited to be the first to sail around the
world?
Ferdinand Magellan
What pope divided the world between Spain and Portugal?
Alexander IV
Who was the Jesuit who converted about a hundred Japanese to Christianity?
Francis Xavier
Who finished Magellan’s last voyage?
Elcano
Who was the French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence River?
Who did the Portuguese defeat in order to gain access to the Spice Islands?
Muslims
What devise was made by the Greeks and perfected by the Arabs, which determined
latitude at sea?
Astrolabe
What word describes the triangle Arab sail?
Lateen
What is the name given to the islands in Southeast Asia, which is today’s Indonesia?
Indies or East Indies
What was the day and month in 1492 that Columbus’ crew found land?
October 12
What devise was made by the Greeks and perfected by the Arabs, which determined
latitude at sea?
Astrolabe
What word describes the triangle Arab sail?
Lateen
What is the disease that is caused by lack of vitamin C in a person’s diet?
Scurvy
Ferdinand and Isabella were king and queen of what nation in 1492?
Spain
What word means to sail around the world?
Circumnavigate
Who ended Mongol rule in China in 1368?
Ming Dynasty
What religion used merit standards and lasted in China until the 1911?
Confucianism
What group invaded China by crossing the Great Wall and started a new dynasty of
rulers?
Manchus
Why were boys more valued than girls in China?
They would take care of their parents and conduct rituals
Who were the powerful lords of feudal Japan?
Daimyo
Zheng He was known for what?
Seven voyages of exploration
Why didn’t China modernize?
Favored agriculture and would help foreigners
What is the touching one’s head to the ground to show respect to the emperor?
Kowtow
What was the name given to present day Tokyo?
Edo
What is seppuku?
Name given to ritual suicide by a samurai warrior
What religion used merit standards and lasted in China until the 1911?
Confucianism
What Shogunate ruled Japan until 1867?
Tokugawa
What are the 5-7-5 syllable, three line verse poetry called?
Haiku
What does samurai stand for? (video we watched)
To serve
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