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25 Cards in this Set
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"age of discovery"
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phenomenal advances in geographical knowledge and technology.
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The protestant reformation
- Martin Luther |
• Martin Luther – Roman Catholic monk, responsible for beginning the reformation. The Catholic Church was not ready for such a reformation resulting in a break: Protestants/Catholics
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Columbus
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• 1486, won audience with queen Isabella and the King
• Aug 3, 1942. Voyage began. |
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
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The King and Queen during Columbus' time.
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Vasco da Gama
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-Portuguese explorer,
-1498, end of Swahili's independence. -Lured by spices and the want to build a Portuguese maritime empire in the Indian Ocean. |
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reconquista
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Christian Kingdoms trying to take over the north African Iberian peninsula from the Muslims
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Dutch East India Company
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- Mission: the capture and domination of the European spice trade'
-700% profit in a pepper voyage -1599, replace Portugal. |
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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-his financial support Portugal's success in the spice trade
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Bartholomew Diaz
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1487 Cape of Good Hope is reached by
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Hernando Cortez.
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conquered Mexico, Aztecs. drawn because of the rumor of an empire of gold. Creates Large army to overthrow emperor. Mistaken for a god by The emperor Motizuma.
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Francisco Pizarro:
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wanted the “kingdom of gold” . conquered the Incas.
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King Philip II of Spain
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lead the economy to shambles. Flow of money from mexico and and peru led him to assume the role of defender of Roman catholosism, crusades cost $$$ → Inflation → bankruptcy
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- Aztects
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: conquered by cortez. Sequence of inexplicable events. Cortez Feared by emperor Atahulpa to be a god.
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- Montezuma II
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Emperor if the Aztec nation, captured by cortes.
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Tenochtitlan:
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now mexico city
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Quetzalcoatl
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: Aztec god predicted by events happening
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Atahualpa
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won Inca rule over brother the day Pizarro arrived. captured by pizarro and offered a roomful of gold as a ransom,
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age of commerce
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south east india exchanging goods. South east merchant marine expanded
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rites controversy
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a dispute over ritual between the Jesuits and other Roman Catholic religious orders.
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Jesuits
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catholics, missionaries
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24. Franciscans:
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hated Jesuits for “selling out” Christianity
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25. The Columbian exchange:
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goods exchanged with the new world. Negative small pox to America, syphilis to Europe.
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26. Ecomienda system:
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spain allowing conquerors of land to take former dwellers as slaves and workers.
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27. Native American holocaust:
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slaves running plantations, dieing because of working conditions and disease
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28. Small pox:
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disease brought from Europe to the Americas
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