Honors World History

Honors World History First Global Age • There are 29 terms in this unit. • Please review these terms via this power point review multiple times before your quiz. • Good luck!

HONORS World History First Global Age • A group of islands in eastern Indonesia; was the center of the spice trade in the 1500s and 1600s. • Moluccas

First Global Age • Mapmaker • Cartographer

HONORSWorld History First Global Age • Prince of Portugal and patron of exploration; he made no voyages himself but spent his life directing voyages of discovery along the African coast • Prince Henry aka Henry the Navigator

HonorsWorld History First Global Age • Portuguese navigator; became the first European to sail around Africa and reach India by sea. • Vasco da Gama

HonorsWorld History First Global Age • Italian explorer, sailing for Spain, who reached the Americas in 1492 while searching for a western sea route from Europe to Asia • Christopher Columbus

HONORSWorld History First Global Age • The transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa beginning with the voyages of Columbus. • Columbian Exchange

HONORS World History First Global Age • A scattering of people • Diaspora

Honors World History First Global Age • Spanish explorer who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s • Conquistador

HONORSWorld History First Global Age • Members of the highest class in Spain’s colonies in the Americas; colonists who were born in Spain or Portugal • Peninsulares

HONORS World History First Global Age • Person in Spain’s colonies in the Americas who was an American- born descendent of Spanish settlers. • Creole

HONORSWorld History First Global Age • Person in Spain’s colonies in the Americas who was of Native American and European descent. • Mestizo

HONORS World History First Global Age • In Spain’s colonies in the Americas, a person who was of African and European descent. • Mulatto

HONORSWorld History First Global Age • A line set by the Treaty of Tordesillas, dividing the nonEuropean world into two zones, one controlled by Spain and the other by Portugal. • Line of Demarcation

HONORSWorld History First Global Age • Someone sent to do religious work in a territory or foreign country • Missionary

HONORSWorld History First Global Age • Large estate run by an owner or overseer and worked by laborers who live there. • Plantation

HONORSWorld History First Global Age • Portuguese navigator; his ships were the first to circumnavigate the globe, though he died on the journey. • Ferdinand Magellan

First Global Age • To proceed completely around • Circumnavigate • Emperor of the Qing Dynasty from 1735 – 1796; during his reign, China expanded to its greatest size; ordered traders to conduct business with the Chinese government, not with private merchants • Qianlong

First Global Age – more terms… • A Muslim empire in India (1526 – 1761) founded by Babur. • Mughal Empire aka Mogul Empire • Chinese Empire; established in 1368 and fell in the 1600s; means brilliant; had no interest in Europe • Ming • Dynasty established in the mid 1600s and last until the early 1900s; China’s last dynasty • Qing

First Global Age • Ruling dynasty of the Ottoman Empire (1293 – 1922); named for Osman I, the founder; at its height, ruled a vast area that encompassed southwest Asia, northeast Africa, and southeast Europe. • Ottoman • West African Kingdom that emerged in 1250; controlled both the goldmining regions to the south and the salt supplies of the Sahara; weakened in the 1400s. • Mali

First Global Age • As Mali weakened in the 1400s, this new West African kingdom emerged; controlled trade routes, wealthy cities and became a leading center for learning; prospered until about 1586. • Songhai aka Songhay

First Global Age • Ruled Japan from 1603 - 1868 ; brought peace and stability; experienced sharp conflict with foreigners arriving in the 1500s. • Tokugawa • By the 1500s, this Turkish-speaking Muslim dynasty, had united a strong empire in present-day Iran; revived the ancient glory of Persia; became a center for the international silk trade; ruled until the 1700s. • Safavid

First Global Age: The New World • Early civilization in Central America • Maya • Several hundred years after the decline of the Maya civilization, this group conquered most of Mexico; would eventually fall to Spain • Aztec • South American empire stretching 2,500 miles down the Andes Mountains; fell to Spain • Inca

Honors World History