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16 Cards in this Set
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imperialism
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monsoons
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opposite of fixed wing system
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fixed wing systems
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direction of prevailing wind never changes
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joint-stock company
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controlled monopoly
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caravel
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european ships
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Asian sea trading network
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three main zones, each of which was focused on major centers of handicraft manufacture
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mercantilists
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prominent economic theorists taught that a state;s power depended heavily on the amount of precious metals a monarch has in his coffers, as steady flow of bullion to Asia was unthinkable
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Ormuz
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southern end of persian gulf
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Goa
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western indian coast
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factories
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warehouses where spices and other products could be stored until they were shipped to Europe or elsewhere in Asia
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Batavia
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Dutch capture portuguese port and fortress at Malacca and built a new port of their own in 1620 at BAtavia on the island of Java
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Dutch trading empire
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made up of the same basic components as the Portuguese: fotified towns and factories, warships on patrol, and monopoly control of a limited number of products
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Luzon
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Spanish conquered island
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Mindanao
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spanish conquered philipine island
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Francis Xavier
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franciscan monk
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Robert di Nobili
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italian jesuit
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