unit 7 and 8 vocabulary

Unit 7
Marco Polo´:he was the person what shown the existence of india,japan and china.

Technical advances:in the 15 century were tecnical advances they were the portulan charts, navigational instruments and ships such as caravels

Portulan Charts:they showned the coastline and any obstacles at sea.

Compass:was one of the instruments what was developed in this century.

astrolabe:was one of the instruments what was developed in this century.

Quadrant:was one of the instruments what was developed in this century.

Caravels: they were one of the ships what was developed and it could travel longer distances.

Prince Henry the Navigator:was a portuguese monarch what organised various expeditions.

Bartolomeu Dias:he rounded the cape of good hope at the southern tip of africa, opening the sea route to indian ocean in 1488.

Vasco de Gama:he reached india in 1498.

Christopher Columbus:was a genoese sailor what find the new continent but he think that he arrive to india.

Ferdinand Magallan:he was the captain of one expedition what his goal was find a passage between the atlantic and pacific.

Juan Sebastian Elcano :he was the second comand in the expedition of ferdinand magellan and after the captain in the expedition.

Overseas empires:spain and portugal were overseas empires they prevent the problems teh two countries , unexplored regions were divided.

Treaty of Tordesillas: portugal and spain divided the territories unexplored with the treaty of tordesillas.

Indigenous population of America:when the europeans went to america they cause a dramatic decline to the indigenous population of america.


unit 8
The plague:was the most terrible event in europe it kill a quarter of the population of eurpe

The Black Death:was one epidemic it is the same of the plague.

Bourgueoisie :also they were very influential. it made up of rich and powerful merchants.

bureaucracy:the monarch created it, it was a profesional and centralised administration, which depended directly on the monarch-

army: the monarch created one and the monarch pay it to orde it to attack etc...

diplomatic:was created for the monarch it is a system to maintain relations with other countries.

autoritarian monarchies:they born and the king resident dont move as it had done in the middle ages.

Ivan the Great:he unified russia and became king.

Henry VIII:he was the king of england and he increased the royal power.

Charles VII:was on of the french monarch what consilidated their power.

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Catholic Monarchs :they were isabel and ferdinand and they governed their territories togeder.

Holy brotherhood :the catholic monarch created it and it was a judicial police force.

Royal Council:the catholic monarch reorganised justice and strengthened the royal council , the highest judicial body.

Corregidores:the catholic monarchs appointed corregidores , to estabilish royal authority in the towns

Treasury:the catholic monarch strengthed the royal treasury and took privileges away from the nobles.

Tribunal of the Inquisition:it prosecute heretics.

conversos:were persecuted by the inquitsition.

Mudejares:they were spanish muslims.

Moriscos: they were muslims covered to the cristianity