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26 Cards in this Set
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Pedro Cabral
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-led 13 ships to Calicut
-claimed Brazil -sailed Atlantic Ocean to India, 1500 - |
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Francisco Pizzaro
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1532- invades Inca empire in Peru.
captures Atahualpa, massacred many Incans |
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Montezuma II
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Aztec Ruler in 1500's
thought Cortez was Quetzlcoatl; offered him gifts |
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Hernan Cortez
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-landed mexico in 1519
-explored tenotchtlan guided by Malinche -eventually ruled mexico |
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∑ When did exploration begin?
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1400s
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∑ When did Columbus sail to the “New World”?
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1492
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Ferdinand Magellan
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-1519 sailed (under spanish flag
-strait of magellan -named ocean PACIFIC -18 survivors.....completed first circumnavigation in 1522 |
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∑ When was the world first circumnavigated?
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1522
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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-son of King John 1 (portugal)
-brought together mapmakers, mathematicians, astronomers to study navigation -1400s: find Azores, Madeira Islands, Cape Verde Islands (Portugese Empire!) |
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Montezuma
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Aztec king in 1500s
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Vasco de Gama
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-1497, led 4 ships to India
-landed in Calicut (off Indian Coast) in 10 months -found Hindus & Muslims trading *silk *porcelain *spices |
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Bartholemew Diaz
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-1488, Cape of Good Hope
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Pedro alvares Cabral
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-led 13 ships to Calicut
-claimed Brazil in 1500 |
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∑ When did the population of Europe reach its peak?
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1650
100 million people |
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∑ When did Bartholomeu Dias sail the tip of Africa?
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(left in 1487, arrived 1488)
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∑ When did Vasco de Gama sail to India?
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1497
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∑ The motivation of explorers: God, Gold and Glory
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GOD- spread Christianity
GOLD- wanted wealth GLORY- wanted fame for finding certain trading routes |
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∑ The shift in wealth of the European population
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They overthrew other groups of people and used what they had to gain sucsess
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∑ The development of banks
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-loaned money
-became rich, started accepting deposits |
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∑ The impact of the transatlantic slave trade
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-died from not eating (loss of will to live), other bad conditions
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∑ What is the Columbian Exchange
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-transfer of products from continent to continent
-brought changes in ways of life -creates movement of people and cultures |
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∑ What major changes happened in Europe’s economy in the 1600s
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-banking families replaced by gov't banks
-joint stock companies -gold & silver increase= inflation -entrepreneurs -mercantilism -balance of trade |
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∑ What is the Commercial Revolution (explain in detail)
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-nations compete for markets
-new buisiness methods (fmaily banking, overseas trading venture,) |
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∑ What is mercantilism (explain in detail)
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theory of national economic policy
a state's power depended on its wealth. goal of every nation= be as wealthy as possible |
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Henry Hudson
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-english navigator
-claimed land for Dutch along Atlantic Coast |
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∑ Examples of cultural diffusion as a result of exploration and trade
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