World Civics (Chapter 6)

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Conquistador

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Spanish conquer of the America's. Individuals who's guns and determination brought them success.

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Colony

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A settlement of people living in a new territory, link to parents, country, and government.

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Mercantilism

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Set of principles that dominated economic thought in the 1600s.

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Balance of trade

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The difference in value between what a nation imports and what it exports over time.

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Plantation

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Large agricultural estate.

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Triangular trade

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Mark the emergence of a new world economy. From Europe, to Africa, and onto the Americas.

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Middle passage

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The middle portion of the triangular trade route. Africa, and the Americas.

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Mainland states

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Part of the continent, offshore islands. Including Thailand, Burma, Vietnam, and the remnants of the old Angkor kingdom in Cambodia.

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Burearcracy

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A body of nonelective government officials.

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King Afonso

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In a letter to the king of Portugal in 1526, King Afonso of Congo said, "So great is the corruption that our country is being completely depopulated."

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John Cabot

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Explored the New England coast line of the Americas for England.

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Encomienda

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The right to use Native Americans as laborers.

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Benin

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A brilliant and creative society in the 16th century, Benin was pulled into slave trade.

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Java

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The Dutch turn their attention to this island, where they established a fort at Batavia in 1619.

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Gold coast

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Portuguese discovered a new source of gold , the southern coast of west Africa became known to the Europeans as the Gold Coast.

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Sumatra

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The aggressive dutch traders drove the English traders out of the spice market, reducing the English influence to a single port on the southern coast of Sumatra.

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Signed in 1494, The line would extend from north to south through the Alantic ocean and easternmost part of South America continent.

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Vasco Da Gama's Discovery of a route to India prove to be what?

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Was a great success

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___________________ went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas. 🇱🇷

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Christopher Columbus. ⛵️

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What was the name of the set of principles that dominated economic thought in the 17th century?

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Mercantilism

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Who were the first European settlers of the Hudson river valley?

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The Dutch

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The ___________ Society of eastern Nigeria produced more slaves then practically any other in the continent.

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Ibo

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Originally, African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for what?

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Sugarcane plantations

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The Moluccas were known to Europeans as the__________________________

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Spice Islands

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In southeast Asia, European influence occupied most of the_________ and the __________________.

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Malay Peninsula, Indonesian Archipelago.

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________________ became the dominant religion on the Southeast Asian mainland from 1500 to 1800.

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Buddhism

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The Dutch tried to dominate the clove trade by doing what?

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Limiting cultivation of the crop to one island and forcing others to stop the growing and trade of the spice.

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Describe the pattern of the triangular trade that developed in the 1500s.

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The triangular trade route was a huge impact on the 1500s. First, the triangular trade route expanded from Europe, to Africa, and then on to the Americas. Next, they traded goods back-and-forth like, from Europe to Africa they traded textiles, guns, and manufactured goods, from Africa to America they traded slaves, and then back to Europe from the Americas they traded cotton, rum, and other goods. Here is a sketch of the triangular trade route:

/ \ EUROPE

/ \

/ \

AMERICAS /________\. AFRICA

(Middle

Passage)

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A. Describe two technological advances that lead to an age of exploration.

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1. Caravel- (New Ships) were more maneuverable and could carry heavy cannon and more goods

2. Compass- show direction a ship was moving.

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B. Explain how each technological advance was a solution for a geographic factor limiting long-range exploration by sea.

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1. The Caravel- help them have a ship that was more maneuverable and can help them carry heavy cannon and more goods.

2. The compass- helped them see which way they were going to get to the right place.