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Chapter 14 Vocabulary

Teacher: MRB
Across
Ruled China for 60 years (1736-1796)
to sail around
late 1600s kingdom of Yoruba in present-day Nigeria
a map maker
Dutch farmers who settled in South Africa around Cape Town
arge estate or farm, run by an owner or his overseer
a city in southeastern Kenya, located on a small coastal island; became a trading hub for the Portuguese in Africa
a 1494 treaty in which Spain and Portugal officially agreed to the Line of Demarcation
Portuguese prince who sponsored technology and map making to send Portuguese mariners around Africa and to Asia
ruler of Kongo who wanted to establish a modern Christian state and end the slave trade
the exclusive control of a business or industry, such as the gold or slave trade
a person sent to do religious work in a territory or foreign country
Dynasty set up by the Manchus
an island chain in present-day Indonesia; chief source of spices in the 1400s
Down
Present day name for what was Canton, China
line drawn by the pope dividing the non-European world into two zones split between Spain and Portugal
Indian soldiers who served in an army set up by the French or English trading companies
Portuguese navigator; first to sail around Africa to Asia
an archipelago in the western Pacific, claimed for Spain by Magellan in 1521
A distant military station or a remote settlement
Trading post permitted by the Ming near Canton.
kingdom in present-day Ghana, united by Osei Tutu in the 1600s
Island off Indian coast taken by Portugal (1510) military/commercial base
having full, independent power
Harbor where one or two Dutch ships were permitted to trade
military leader who unified the Asanti of Ghana, creating an efficient, powerful kingdom
Invaders from the north who defeat the Ming, established the Qing dynasty
Dutch settlement on the southern tip of Africa that sold supplies to ships in the East Indies trade
Coastal city in Malaysia, early center of spice trade