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Marco Polo
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explorer who explored the Asian areas and brought back ideas and technology
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Ferdinan Magellan
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A portugese mariner contracted by Spain to find a passage way through South America (the straight of Magellan)
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Joint Stock Companies
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Organizations that sold stock, or shares, in the venture. they are also large invenstors
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Columbian Exchange
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the international trading of goods, technology, ideas, and even diseases began
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Silk Road
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Major trade route through Asia
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Circumnavigate
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To sail around the world
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Mercantilism
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Theory taht nations become more powerful by building up their supply of gold and silver
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Magna Carta
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an engilsh document that put bondaries on the power and rights the king had
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Christopher Columbus
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an itailan navigator sailing under spanish flag who accidently made it to the west indies while trying to find a route to asia
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Capitalism
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expansions in which money is invested in business to make profit
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Colonies
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expansions city-states of countries that are considered to be original countries cititens, that are run by independent government
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English Bill of Rights
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an act passed by the Parliment of England declaring the rights and liberties of the subject and settling the sucession of the crowd
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