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Unit 7 Personalities
Chapters 19-21
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10th Grade
05/25/2011

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Bartolemeu Dias
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A portuguese saiolor. Discovered that Africa could be bypassed through a sea-route.
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Vasco de Gama
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Portuguese sailor. Completed an all water trip to India for trade.
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Hongwu
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Founder of the Ming Dynasty in China. Forced out former Mongol rulers.
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Prince Henry
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Wanted to reach the source of treasures in the East and wanted to spread Christianity. Founded a navigation school.
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Yonglo
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Launched the first of seven voyages of exploration and wanted to expand China's tribute system.
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Zheng He
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Admiral of a Chinese fleet of ships sent to show off Chinese goods and culture through the Indian Ocean.
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Kangxi
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Became emperor of China in 1661 and ruled for 60 years. Gained support of intellectuals by offereing them government positions.
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Oda Nobunaga
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Power daimyo in Japan. Used firearms to conquer his rival daimyo.
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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United nearly all of Japan before his death. Failed Japanese invasion of Korea.
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Francis Xavier
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Jesuit missionary to Japan.
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Christopher Colombus
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Genoese sea captain who made a voyage from Spain in 1492.
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Hernando Cortes
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Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs.
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Francisco Pizarro
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Conquistador who conquered the Inca.
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Atahualpa
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Leader of the Incan during the time in which they were conquered.
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Montezuma II
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The Aztec Emperor who was at first convinced that Cortes was a god wearing armor.
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Metacom
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Native American ruler who led an attack on colonial villages throughout Massachusetts.
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Philip II
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Leader of the Puritan-supporters of Parliament. Military dictator of England when Parliament was gone and the King was executed.
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Cardinal Richelieu
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Ruler of France. He moved the Huguenots and wanted to weaken the nobles' power.
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Louis XIV
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King of France. Spent a lot of the French wealth on himself. Built a palace at Versailles.
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Jean Baptiste Colbert
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Minister of Finance to the French King. His ideas led to the growth of French industries from the protective tariffs.
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Maria Theresa
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Empress of Austria. Feud with Prussia that attracted French and British attention.
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Frederick the Great
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Believed in militarism and ruled Prussia. Attacked Silesia, Austria.
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Ivan the Terrible
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A Russian Czar who killed his son and his pregnant daughter-in-law. Killed people he thought were traitors.
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Peter the Great
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Russian Czar who wanted to expand Western ideas.
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Charles I
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His arguments with Parliament caused the English Civil War. English King.
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Oliver Cromwell
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King of Spain who conquered the Portuguese. He had the most powerful naval force.
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