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20 Cards in this Set
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What is a Conquistador?
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determination brought succes, spainish conqeurours
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Colonly?
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settelbemt of peopl in new area conncted w/ parent country
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Mercantilism
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set of priciples that dominated economice thought in 17'00s. gold and silver means strong contry.
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balance of trade
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diff. in value between imports and exports.
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Who was Vasco da Gama?
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went around tip of africa to get to india and brought back spices.
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Christopher Columbus
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Italian explorere(for spain) that tried to get to asia by going west
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John Cabot
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Explored New England coastline of americas
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Amerigo Vespucci
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found and wrote about americas. was map maker
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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set up school of navigators.
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Pizarro?
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Conquered the Incan Empire
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Magellen
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first to circumnavigate the world
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What was the Treaty of Tordesillas
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Drew line. To the East Portugal explored, west spain explored.
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What were the problems of treat of tordesillas?
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They would said toward each other and meet.
Other Countries would want to explore |
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Hernan Cortes?
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Conquered the Aztecs
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What was the motivation for exporation and why?
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Gold-Make money
God-Spread faith (Catholic) Glory-Recognition |
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What were the technologies of the exploration and what they let explorers do.
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Portolani-Charts used for coastlines
Cartograph-map making Astrolabe-Measures latitude Compass-direction Lateen Sail-let you sail against wind Caravell-flat bottomed boat |
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What was Middle Passage?
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the leg of slave trade when people traveled from africa to americas
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Describe Triangular Slave Trade.
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1)European Ships carred goods to africa where they were traded for slaves
2)Slaves were shipped to americas 3)European merchants brought raw materials from america to europe. |
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What were the effect of slave trade on africa?
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Depopulated areas
Increased warfare (Prisoners of war) Killed culture traderoutes shifted empires collapsed |
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What were the 4 political systems of southeast asia and describe.
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Buddisht kings are higher than people and are connection to gods
Javanese Kings have sacred qualites and maintain balance b/w worlds Islamic sultans: kings were mortal w/ qualities defender of fate and staffed bureaucracy Vietnamese emporor: rule by confucius. |
