Transcript Marco Polo

Sugarcane
Europeans enslaved
millions of Africans
to plant and harvest
this crop
Christopher Columbus
Believed he could
reach Asia by
sailing west across
the Atlantic Ocean
Representative
government
System in which
people elect
delegates to
conduct government
Hernan Cortes
Destroyed the Aztec
empire
Marco Polo
Spent 17 years in China
working for Kublai Khan
astrolabe
Measured the
position of the
stars
Thomas Hobbes
Argued absolute
monarchy was the
best form of
government
Thomas Aquinas
Believed reason should
be used to explore
questions of faith
Mercantilism
Theory that a nation
becomes powerful by
building up a supply of
gold and silver
Capitalism
System in which
money is invested in
business to make
more money
Martin Luther
Criticized Catholic
teachings and
practices
Vasco da Gama
Portuguese explorer
who completed the
eastern sea route to
Asia
circumnavigate
Sail around the
world
Scientific method
An orderly way of
collecting and
analyzing evidence
Crusades
Series of holy
wars that
increased trade
Joint-stock companies
Organizations of
stockholders formed to
share profits and risks of
ventures
Missions
Religious communities
that included a town,
farmland, and a church
Charles de
Montesquieu
Argued
governments
needed separation
of powers
Columbian Exchange
Global exchange of
people, goods,
technology, ideas, and
diseases
Ten Commandments
Influenced the
moral laws of
many nations