Exploration and Empires

These flashcards cover key concepts and terms related to exploration, empires, and trade during the historical periods discussed in the lecture.

Motives for Exploration

Curiosity, wealth, religious conversion, and national prestige.

Mughal Empire

A prominent empire in India known for its cultural achievements and wealth during the 16th to 18th centuries.

Tokugawa Shogunate

The last feudal Japanese military government that existed from 1600 to 1868.

Ming Dynasty

Chinese dynasty known for its trade expansion, cultural achievements, and the construction of the Great Wall.

Line of Demarcation

An imaginary line established by the Treaty of Tordesillas dividing the world between Spain and Portugal.

Treaty of Tordesillas

A 1494 agreement between Spain and Portugal to settle disputes over newly discovered lands.

Trade between China & the West

The exchange of goods, ideas, and culture between China and Western countries, particularly through the Silk Road.

Isolationism (China and Japan)

Policies of avoiding political and commercial relations with other countries, notably practiced by China and Japan historically.

Middle Passage

The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.