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27 Cards in this Set
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age of sea voyages
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15-17th century
age of discovery |
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ottomans did sea voyages in the ___ ocean
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indian
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Zeng he's voyages
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the ming dynasty sent fleets into the indian ocean; 100's of ships followed one big ship; each ship had a different function.
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columbus
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took 3 ships into the atlantic
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zeng he's voyages went through where and for what purpose?
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came from china, passed through malaka straight to the indian ocean and the e. coast of africa; it was for trading, show off their power and weath, to find resources and to expand
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prestige project
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during zeng he's voyages- collected gifts for the chinese emperor (made him a zoo of animals and plants from other places)
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geopolitical
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military alliances against timurs conquests (zeng he)
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european exploration of the new world
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was not for the curiosity of science
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genoa
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major trading port with asia
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europeans and taxes
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began to collect taxes from traders
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italian traders made friends
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with the ottomans
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portugal reasons for major exploration role
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1. venture capital (money coming in)
2. prince henry: set up institution to improve sailing 3. iberian peninsula going through reconquista |
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reconquista ended how?
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Castille and Aragon merged into Spain because of the marraige between isabella and ferdinand. ended in 1492
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holy war
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religion and money; isabella and ferdinand used cannons
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portugal went to sea to find ____?
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africa
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africa was the only source of _____?
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gold; near the niger river
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trans-sahara trade
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africans crossedthe sahara desert to meet europeans for trade but could not dip into the port because of disease's
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vasco de gama
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went around africa in 1498 to the indian ocean. he got through half and hired another sailor who knew the indian ocean and they found port cities in india for trade
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going around africa helped to avoid what?
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interference with the ottoman empire
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colombus was from?
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genoa- a shipwreck placed him in spain in 1476. he proposed his voyage to spain, e indies, finally spain allowed his trip because they won the war
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esdras
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the earth is only composed of 15% water
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colombus used what measurement?
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italian
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Colombus was looking for what on his voyage?
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japan. after 33 days of sailing he found the bahamas but he thought it was japan.
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Amerigo vespucci
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decided america was a new world, not japan
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biological dimension
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the original people in america had not built up immune systems so they got diseases easily and died.
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how the new world was conquered?
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military, and biological dimension
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inca and aztec did what for the new world
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brought new animals and plants (such as the clover); basically created a new environment.
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