explorer who gave Portugal a

direct sea route to India

treaty between Spain and Portugal 

dividing newly discovered lands between them

Dutch company that established and

directed trade throughout Asia

commander of the rebel army that

drove the Mongols out of China in 1368

Chinese dynasty that ruled

from 1368 to 1644

Ming ruler,

son of Hongwu

Muslim admiral who led seven

voyages of exploration

during the Ming Dynasty

Chinese dynasty that followed the

Ming Dynasty and was begun by the Manchus

powerful Manchu emperor of the

Qing Dynasty

Daimyo who hoped to control all

of Japan and seized Kyoto

Daimyo who took control of

almost all of Japan

dynasty that ruled Japan

from 1603 to 1868

strong sailing ship designed

in the 1400s

related to Confucius, who taught

principles of social order, harmony,

and good government

work of keeping up relations

between nations

people who bring religious

ideas to new places

supreme military commander

who ruled in the name of the emperor

based on what has been

done in the past

Italian explorer who landed

in the Americas

system of mining and farming

using natives as slave labor

area of the Americas explored

and claimed by France

group of English people who

founded a colony in Plymouth

Dutch colony begun in modern 

New York City

war between Britain and

France over land in North America

Native American leader who led an

attack on the villages of Massachusetts;

also called King Philip

buying and selling of Africans

for work in the Americas

European trade between the

Americas, Africa, and  Europe

involving slaves and other goods

voyage that brought captured

Africans to the West Indies

and the Americas

global transfer of foods, plants,

and animals during the

colonization of the Americas

company in which people pooled

their wealth for a common purpose

economic policy of increasing

wealth and power by obtaining large

amounts of gold and silver

and selling more goods than are bought

condition resulting from selling

more goods than are bought

great empire in the Valley of Mexico

that had strong religious beliefs

and a powerful army

people who are offspring or

ancestors of one family group

brought into one country

from another

largest empire ever in the Americas, 

located in the Andes Mountains

large farms usually devoted

to a single crop

ownership by individuals instead

of by groups or governments