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20 Cards in this Set
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Tariffs
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tax on imported goods
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Joint-Stock Company
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type of business used by 16th and 17th century investors
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Mercantilism
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policy based on the belief that wealth and power is measured in gold and silver
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Entrepreneurs
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people who practice capitalism by investing in and owning businesses
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Colombian Exchange
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cultural effects and consequences caused by human interactions between peoples from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean
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Triangle Trade
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16th and 17th century trade routes between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
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Francisco Pizarro
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Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca of South America
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Moctezuma
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Aztec king at the time of Cortés’s arrival and conquest
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Tenochtitlan
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capital city of the Aztecs; island city once located where Mexico City is today
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Hernan Cortes
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conquistador who took over the Aztecs
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Circumnavigate
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to travel completely around the globe
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Jacques Cartier
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French explorer who found the St. Lawrence River into Canada
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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it divided all unexplored lands between Spain and Portugal in the 1500s
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Bartholomeu Dias
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Portuguese explorer; first to sailed around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa
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Prince Henry
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started the School of Navigation in Sagre, Portugal
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Magellan
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Who had the first crew to sail completely around the world?
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Balboa
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he was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean
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Caravel
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early European ship that combined square and triangular sails
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Astrolabe
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measures the angle of the sun and stars to determine latitude position
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Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
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names of Columbus' three ships in 1492
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