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28 Cards in this Set
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The easy defeat of Native Americans by the Spanish was the result of
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Superior military technology and disease
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Dutch trading and shipping power was the result of
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The developement of commercial and finantial institutions
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Spanish and Portuguese power around the globe declined because of
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Their failure to develop commercial and financial institutions
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What country became the model for absolute royal power in Europe?
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France
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What factors helped England become a major player in the over-seas trade?
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strong navy, strong banking system, and accesible ports
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The withdrawell of Ming, China from international trade was because of
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Mongol attacks in the north
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During this time, Japan was ruled by
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showguns or samari
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In the Ottoman empire, these slave warriors acted as a palace gaurd for the Sultans
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Janissaries (Greek Orthodox)
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The inter-continintal transfer of goods and products between Europe and the Americas was called
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Colombian exchange
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The first European use of Australia was as a
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penal colony
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The best estimate for the number of slaves brought from Africa is about
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ten million
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Between 1492 and 1770, the number of Africans who came to the Americas was_______ the number of Europeans
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greater than
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Who found a passage across the isthmus of Panama that inabled ships to move from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
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Balboa
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Spain established the ________ system of farming in the Americas which worked to assimilate Indians and Africans into Spanish culture
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encomienda
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The Hapsburg emperor who led Spain in wars against the Ottomans and Protestants was
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Charles V (5)
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The protestant reformer who taught the idea of predestination was
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Calvin
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In 1588, England defeated the ________ in a naval battle
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Spanish Armada
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The commander of the English fleet was
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Sir Francis Drake
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One of the reasons for the tentions between "Christian" and "Muslim" nations the Portuguese practice of
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sinking Muslim ships in the Indian Ocean
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The French King who helped make France the strongest nation in Europe
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Louis XIV
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The Ottoman Empire first moved into Europe when its army
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Defeated the Serbians at Kosovo in 1389
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The invasion of Indian by the Muslim mughals
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Followed overland passages and trade routes from the Northwest
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The sucess of the Mughal ruler, Akbar, was based on
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Willingness to work with local rulers within a diverse Indian society
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Chinese population growth in the 18th century was the result of
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Crops introduced from other continants
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Recent analyses of the African slave trade point out that
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E (all of the above)
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In London, as in most European cities before the modern era, grew in population because
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Migration from the countryside
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The study of historical demography is based on
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French Protestants:
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Huguenots
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