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10 Cards in this Set
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Who opened the way for conquest of the Western Hemisphere?
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Columbus
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Who opened the way to Africa and Asia?
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Vasco da Gama
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Adam Smith's description of Europeans, and what was he referring to?
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"the savage injustice of the Europeans" and Britain's crimes in India
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ruefulness
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- sorrow: sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
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1258
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Siege of Baghdad
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2 reasons for Europes conquering success
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1. Filth - epidemics
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what was today's gap between North and South largely created by
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the early global conquests
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Visualise Bolivia on the map
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Now!
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The greatest historic empire
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The Inkas
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Francis Drake
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brought home the booty that "may fairly be considered the fountain and origin of British foreign investments" - Keynes
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