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68 Cards in this Set
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inflation
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rise in prices to do sharp increase in money available
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vasco de gama
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portuguese navigator-sailed around cape of good hope
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british east india company
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trading company set up by the british in india
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tokugawa
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japanese natives hostile towards foreigners
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line of demarcation
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division of the non-european world split between spain and portugal
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atahualpa
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incan emperor, burned at the stake after ransom (francisco pizarro)
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capitalism
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means of production are owned and operated for profit
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albuquerque
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portuguese soldier-conquered malacca and goa
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francis drake
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english sea dog, helped defeat spanish armada
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mestizos
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people of native american and european descent
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prestor john
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very rich african ruler
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peninsulares
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people born in spain
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francisco pizarro
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conquistador who seized incan empire for spain
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caravel
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improved type of sailing ship
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plantation
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large plantation run by owner or overseer
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circumnavigate
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sail around
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puritans
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english who left for the new world for religious freedom
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christopher columbus
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italian sailor for spain discovered the "new world"
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boer
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dutch farmer
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northwest passage
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americas back to europe
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lateen
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triangular sail
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mission
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religious search for converts
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joint stock company
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company in which shares are sold to investors to finance business ventures
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ming
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chinese dynasty
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conquistadors
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spanish conquerors
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qing, manchu
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chinese dynasties
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ferdinand magellen
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first to circumnaviage
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sepoy
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indian soldier for the english
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mercantilism
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export more than you import
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ferdinand and isabella
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spanish king and queen who invested in columbus' journey
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futa toro
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place of slave trade
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pedro cabral
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discovered brazil
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affonso I
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african leader resisted european takeover
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john cabot
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newfoundland for england
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dutch east india company
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trading company set up by the dutch in india
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reconquista
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reconquering
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viceroy
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ruling representatives
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indenture
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binding contract
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seven years war (1756-63)
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england vs france
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henry hudson
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hudson river for dutch
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treaty of paris (1763)
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treaty concluding seven years war
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hernando cortes
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explorer of mexican land
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astrolabe
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instrument used to determine latitude at sea
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jamestown 1607
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first stable engish colony
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voyage of dias 1488
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rounded cape of goodhope
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columbian exchange
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the exchange of goods between europe and the new world
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raj
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british rule in india
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voyage of magellen 1519
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pacific ocean, circumnavigation
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sinking of spanish armada 1588
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by the english
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voyage of columbus 1492
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discover of new world
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entrepreneur
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person who assumes financial risk in hopes of making profit
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treaty of tordesillas
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adjustment of the line made from the 'line of demarcation'
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prince henry of portugal
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school of navigation
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creoles
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american born, spanish descendents
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sea dogs
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english sailors in search to destroy spanish armada
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treaty of tordesillas
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adjustment of the line made from the 'line of demarcation'
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encomienda
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right spanish government granted american colonists to demand labor/tribute from native americans
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hegemony
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influence/authority over others
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colonization
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act of colonizing
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cartographer
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mapmaker
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bartholomew diaz
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rounded tip of africa-cape of good hope
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massachusetts bay colony 1630
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mayflower / puritans
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matteo ricci
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italian who introduced christianity to china
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francis xavier
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christian missionary in japan
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mulattoes
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people of african and european descent
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middle passage
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africa to the americas
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tariff
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tax on imported goods
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amerigo vespucci
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named the new continents the AMERICAS
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