The World of 1450

Approximately 3/4 of the entire human population in the year 1450 lived in the following region:

• The Americas

• Oceania

• Antarctica

• Afroeurasia

In the early 1400s these large ships sailed throughout the Indian Ocean engaging in trade and tribute for the Ming Dynasty

• Treasure Ships

• Caravel Ships

• Cruise Ships

• Sail Boats

This word refers to the coming together of, or the moving towards each other. In the 1400s more and more people began interacting with each other because of the new links formed.

• Divergence

• Submerge

• Convergence

The name given to a centralized trading town where traders (merchants) from many different regions come together to exchange goods.

• patron

• entrepôt

• indulgence

• megacity

What was Gujarat?

• The political and religious center of the Ottoman Empire

• A significant trade center located in what is today India

• The name given to the large sailing ships used by the Ming Dynasty in the early 1400s

• A new type of shipping technology that enabled the Europeans to dominate trade

The map shows the location of a major entrepot that connected up the major empires of Afroeurasia. What is the name of this entrepot?

• Singapore

• Venice

• Orlando

• Malacca

Who was Zheng He?

• The admiral who commanded a fleet of over 300 ships that sailed around the Indian Ocean in the early 1400s

• The emperor of the Ming Dynasty that opened trade with the Americas

• The sultan, or ruler, of Malacca

• An everyday tradesman who left a diary behind for historians to read and learn about the trading center of Malacca

An intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and classical ideas of the Greeks and Romans. It also has roots, or beginnings in the early 1400s.

• communism

• humanism

• perspective

• patron