Unit 2 Vocabulary: Rise of the Western World

Optional vocabulary is always due the day of the unit test (with the exception of the first two identifications, or unless otherwise specifically stated). The optional vocabulary is worth a maximum of 2 extra credit points. To receive full credit you must:
1) Define the term in your own words in one or two sentences (no more, no less);
2) Discuss the significance or importance of the vocabulary term in one or two sentences (no more, no less).

1.   Animal Labor & Immunity
2.   Sailing Technology & Gunpowder
3.   Gutenberg and the Printing Revolution
4.   Italy: Hearth of the Renaissance
5.   Prince Henry, Bartholomeu Dias & Vasco da Gama
6.   Isabella & Christopher Columbus
7.   Portugal, Spain & the Treaty of Tordesillas
8.   Iberian Control of the Americas: Slavery, Government & the Church
9.   European Impact in the Americas: Iberian Social Hierarchy, Expansion & Disease
10. The Columbian Exchange

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