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56 Cards in this Set
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In the 1400s European explorers searched for a better _______.
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trade route to Asia
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In the 1300s Europeans depended on Asia & India for ________.
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Spices
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In the 1300's controlled the spice trade in Asia & Europe
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Arab & Venetian merchants
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Merchants seeking profitable trade with Asia was......
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Motivation for exploration
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Christian leaders seeking to halt expansion of Islamic empires and spreading Christian teachings was.........
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Motivation for exploration
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Explorers were aided by improved sailing and navigation _______.
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Technology
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First country to venture out on the Atlantic ocean in search of spices and Gold.
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Portugal
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Set up a school for Navigators
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Under his patronage sailors discovered: the Azores, the Madeira Islands and the Cape Verde Islands.
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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The discoveries made under the patronage of Prince Henry became the foundation of the ___________.
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Portuguese Empire
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Discovered the sea route around Africa past the Cape of Good Hope
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Bartholomeu Dias
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Portuguese captain who was first to reach India. (Calicut)
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Vasco da Gama
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In the 1400s, the Portuguese established a major presence on __________.
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the coasts of Africa
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Portuguese defeated the Muslims and established control of the _________.
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Indian Ocean
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Seizing key ports around the Indian Ocean they came to dominate European-Asian trade.
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Portuguese
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An end to internal and external conflict enable Spain to enter the race for _______.
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Asian riches
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Financed Columbus' voyages
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Ferdinand and Isabella
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Columbus sought a route to the East by _____.
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going West
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Explorer who concluded that the "New World" must be a continent and not part of Asia
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Line drawn by the Pope giving the "New World" to Spain & Africa & India to Portugal for colonization
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Line of Demarcation
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Adjusted the line of demarcation to the West, giving Portugal control of Brazil.
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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Commanded the first expedition to circumnavigate the world.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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To circle the world.
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circumnavigate
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His voyage proved the world was round & much larger than anyone believed.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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His voyage proved the lands where Columbus landed were not part of Asia.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Portuguese also colonized ___________ in South America.
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Brazil
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Lost out in Africa when other European countries began to colonize because they did not venture inland or establish colonies.
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Portuguese
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In the 1500s & 1600 became the most important trade item from Africa
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Slaves
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The slave trade in Africa was broadened by __.
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European Participation
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The slave trade filled the demand for ____.
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cheap labor
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Europeans seeking slaves seldom ventured into __________.
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Africa's interior
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Relied on African rulers and traders to seize captives and bring them to the coast.
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European Slave Traders
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Ruler of the Kongo, who tried to halt the slave trade in his lands.
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Affonso I
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Some African states disappeared because of the _____.
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slave trade
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Some new African States arose whose way of life depended on the ___.
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slave trade
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African slave trading state, unified by Osei Tutu in what is present day Ghana.
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Asante kingdom
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African states often waged war against one another to dominate the _________.
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slave trade
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Its leaders used wealth from the slave trade to build a strong army in what is present-day Nigeria.
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Oyo Empire
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First Europeans to challenge Portuguese domination of Asian trade.
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Dutch
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First permanent European settlement in Africa built by the Dutch to supply ships sailing around Africa.
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Cape Town
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Dutch farmers who settled around Cape Town in South Africa.
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Boers
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Muslim empire in India from 1526 to 1857.
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Mughal Empire
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Had the sovereign powers of a state, built an army and dominated Southeast Asia.
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Dutch East India Company
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Took over the Philippines and made it a key link in its trading empire.
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Spain
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At one point the Mughal empire was stronger than any European country, but eventually it lost power and the British and French fought for control of _____.
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India
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Both the British and the French East India Companies used these India soldiers in their armies.
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sepoys
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By the late 1700s it controlled most of India
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British East India Company
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Dynasty ruled China from 1368 to 1644, allowed trade with Europeans and accepted European missionaries.
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Ming Dynasty
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Seized Beijing in 1644 and set up the Qing Dynasty in China.
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Manchu's
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Manchurian dynasty of China.
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Qing
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Both the Ming & the Qing practiced a policy of ___.
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Restricted foreign trade
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Because of its exclusion of foreigners it became known as the "Hermit Kingdom."
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Korea
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Unlike the Chinese or the Koreans, the Japanese at first ______________.
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welcomed Westerners
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When many Japanese were converted by the Jesuits, the Tokugawa Shoguns worried that the Japanese Christians would be loyal to the Pope over ___________.
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Japanese leaders
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Expelled foreign missionaries and persecuted Japanese Christians.
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Tokugawa Shoguns
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For 200 years Japan remained __________.
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isolated
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