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23 Cards in this Set
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What nation of European settlers explored the Hudson River Valley?
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Dutch
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What were the Moluccas known as to the Europeans?
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SPICE ISLANDS
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What religion came to dominate Southeast Asia?
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BUDDHISM
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What did the dutch try to do with the clove trade?
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LIMITED CULTIVATION OF THE CROP TO ONE ISLAND AND FORCING OTHERS TO STOP GROWING.
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What was the southwestern coast of west Africa called?
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GOLD COAST
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What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?
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CREATED A LINE OF DEMARCATION BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL WITH PORTUGAL GETTING OLD WORLD (WITH EXCEPTION
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Why were European merchants and rulers determined to control the islands of Southeast Asia?
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PROFIT WHICH CAN BE GAINED FROM SPICES
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Why were Europeans not as successful in the mainland states?
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MONARCHIES WERE ABLE TO UNITE AND DRIVE THEM OUT.
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What society produced the largest number of slaves?
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IBO
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Did Africans change their political or religious systems whenever Europeans came into their lands?
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POLITICAL SYSTEMS STAYED MOSTLY TRADITIONAL WITH RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS CONVERTING TO ISLAM.
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What two areas showed signs of a permanent European presence?
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MOZAMBIQUE AND SOUTH AFRICA
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What three ships IN ORDER did Columbus sail on his three voyages to the Americas?
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Santa Maria, Pinta, Nina
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Originally, African slaves were brought to the Americas for farming what?
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Sugarcane
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What TYPE of ship (mentioned in an article in chapter 6) was used to sail during the Age of Exploration?
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CARAVELS
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What explorer became famous for his journeys to Asia?
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Marco Polo
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John Cabot
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Sailed for England, and is famous for exploring the New England Coastline for them.
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Christopher Columbus
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Italian native, but sailed for the Spanish (financed by Queen Isabella) in 1492.
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Made numerous trips to the new world, and wrote letters describing what he saw. The letters were so popular that the continents were named after him.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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From Portugal and sailed for them. He is famous for being first European to sail around the world but was killed by natives in the Philippine Islands for trying to force the Catholic faith.
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Bartholomeau Dias – Portuguese sailor, who was first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope
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Portuguese sailor, who was first to sail around the Cape of Good Hope
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Vasco Da Gama
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First man to sail to India by going around the Cape of Good Hope. He made a profit of several thousand percent from spices on his journey.
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Portuguese sailor who was first European to sail to the area of the “unknown” (equator)
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Marco Polo
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Italian sailor, and one of the first to explore the continent of Asia.
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