World Civ Final: Theme 5

God, Gold, Glory

the motives for the Europeans when finding land; god - to spread Christianity, gold - to find valuable resources, glory - for fame and to bring honor to their nation

Astrolabe

made it possible for navigators to track their position

Compass

device used for determining direction using Earth's magnetic field

Lateen Sail

made it easier to sail into the wind

Cartography

making of maps

Bartolomeu Dias

Portuguese explorer who wanted to convert people from Asia to Christianity

Vasco DeGama

Portuguese explorer, explored the east African coast ,reached the port of Calicut in 1498

Christopher Columbus

founded many new places but didn’t know it

Columbian Exchange

the exchange of food, animals, and disease between the Old World (Europe, Asia, Africa) and the New World (North and South America)

Smallpox

a disease spread from trade routes

Age of Exploration

15th-17th centuries, Europe nations (Spain, GB, France, and Portugal) explored parts of the world unknown to them and established colonies

Mongols

Indigenous nomadic central Asian people

Pax Mongolica

Mongolian peace

Indigenous

the original people from that area

Silk Roads

a series of primarily overland routes that connected civilizations from Asia to Europe

Cultural Diffusion

refers to the large-scale spread of goods and ideas between cultures