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37 Cards in this Set
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magnetic compass |
shows cardinal directions. |
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astrolabe |
used stars as fixed points to show direction on made sailing more accurate. |
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cartography |
science of drawing maps grew to increased trade. |
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caravel |
big strong ships that could travel in shallow water. |
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lateen sails |
triangle shaped allowed explorers to sail against the wind. |
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sea shanties |
sailors wrote poems and songs thats how we know that much about them. |
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prince henry the navigator |
prince who created a navigation school to train sailors brought in best map makers , ship builders,and sailing instructors. |
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bartolomeu dias |
became the first european to attempt to sail around the southern tip of africa discovered cape. |
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vasco de gama |
portuguese explorer who set out for india |
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christopher columbus |
italian sailed for king ferdinand and queen isabella of spain.landed in the america but incorrectly thought it was the indies. |
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amerigo vespucci |
he was the first to conclude that the new land was not the asia but a new land and he got that new land to be named after him. |
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vasco de balboa |
1513 led his group across the isthmus of panama 1st european to see the pacific ocean. |
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ferdinand magellan |
portuguese born but sailed for spain first to travel around the world. |
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john cabot |
1497 sailed to england to canada. |
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sir francis drake |
sent by queen elizabeth to round tip of south america and explore the west coast of the new world headed west around the world to return to england.2nd man to circumnavigate the globe. |
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northeast passage |
sailing through the artic ocean and around russia.to find a shorter path to get to and from. |
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henry hudson |
hired by england to find a shorter route to asia than magellan.was unsuccessful. |
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jacques cartier |
sailed around the top of north america to reach asia sailed st nawrence river and claimed the land for france (known as new france) |
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encomienda system |
spain introduced the system into to the coribbean in order to make the discoveries of columbus profitable. |
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conquistador |
a spanish soldier and explorer who led military expeditions in the americas and captured land for spain. |
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hernan cortes |
defeated the powerful ruler of the aztecs moctezuma ll in mexico. |
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moctezuma ll |
powerful ruler defeated by hernan cortes |
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franciso pizarro |
defeated the incan emperor atahualpa in peru.(south america) |
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atahualpa |
in peru (south america) |
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treaty of tordesillas |
agreement between spain and portigal.divided territory in americas along north and south line. |
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jamestown |
their was no info in it |
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plymouth colony and massachuetts bay colony |
wanted religous freedom |
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french and andian war |
french almost lost nearly all their territory in north america,including canada. |
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culumbian exchange |
the transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, technology.
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mercantilism |
based on their wealth,on how much silver and gold the nation had |
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balance of trade |
the diffrence in the value between in what the nation imports and exports over time. |
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colonies |
land controlled by other nations |
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capitalism |
where buissnesses were made privatly and based on supply and demand. |
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joint stock companies |
many made a group and shared profits and losses |
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triangular trade |
trade network that carried goods and enslaved people between europe,africa,and the americans. |
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middle passage |
many slaves were shipped to the america |
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african diaspora |
means that the people had to evacuate their colony bacause of trade. |
