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33 Cards in this Set
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Portugual Prince - embodied the crusading drive & new spirit of exploration
-hoped to expand Christianity & find new sources of gold |
Henry the Navigator
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1497 led 4 ships around Cape of Good Hope (Southern tip of Africa) - 10 month voyage
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Vasco da Gama
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Italian navigator from Genoa
wanted to reach Indies by sailing west across the Atlantic |
Christopher Columbus
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Portugese Noble left Spain with 5 ships. Fleet reached coast of S. America. Looked for passage to Pacific ocean
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Ferdinand Magellan
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1513 - hacked a passage through the tropical forests of Panama
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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Conquistador - 1560 - Landed in Mexico. Was helped by young Indian woman (Dona Maria)
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Hernan Cortes
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Aztec emperor. Welcomed Cortes. Aztecs drove Spanish from city Killed in fighting
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Montezuma
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Arrived in Peru in 1532. Captured Atahualpa.
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Francisco Pizarro
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Priest - spoke out against ecomienda system
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Bartolme de las Casas
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Explorer, cartographer - first governor of Quebec. "Father of New France" Explored waterways of New France (St. Lawrence River
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Samuel de Champlain
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Catholic King late 1600s. Prohibited Protestants from settling in New France.
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King Louis XIV
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Kingdom led by Osei Tutu
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Asante
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Scholar and Preacher denounced the corruption of the local Hausa rulers
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Usman dan Fodio
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Separates non-European world - Spain/Portugal
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Line of Demarcation
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First to arrive in SE Asia
Conquered Malacca in 1511 Very violent & destructive |
Portugal
(Europe in SE Asia) |
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First to challenge Portuguese
took Malacca in 1641 trade brought great wealth back to Europe |
Dutch
(Europe in SE Asia) |
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Took over the Phillipines (1521)
tried to convert Filipinos to Christianity |
Spain
(Europe in SE Asia) |
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India remained independed (1526-1700's)
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Mughal dynasty
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CanadA
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New France
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13 Colonies
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Georgia, SC/NC, MD MASS, RI, CONN, VA,
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Guidelines for governing North American Colony (Agreement)
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Mayflower Compact
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Founded in 1607
Became thriving American Colony |
Jamestown
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Britain and France became rivals for power - Warm from 1754 to 1763
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French & Indian War
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Officially ended world wide war (1763)
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Treaty of Paris
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Triangular trade of slaves between Africa, West Indies to European colonies
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Slave trade
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Columbus brought foods,animals, and Europeans to the Americas. This spread disease and epidemic to adversely affect the economy
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global exchange
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Upsurge in prices (inflation
Growth of capitalism as traders & entrepreneurs began taking siks with money & goods British East India Co |
Commercial Revolution
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Believed that nation's wealth lay in gold & silver
gold was found in colonies tariffs were imposed to protect local industries |
mercantilism
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map makers
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cartographer
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instrument discovered by ancient greeks - perfected by the Arabs to determine their latitude at sea
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astrolable
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combined the square sails of European ships w/Arab lateen, or triangular sails
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caravel
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disease caused by lack of vitamin c in their diets during months at sea
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scurvy
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sail around the world
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circumnavigate
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