age of exploration

Question 0

vasco de gama

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used the same route as diaz but cut across the indian ocean to the coast of india. arrived at the port of calicut where he got a hella lot of spices and made a hella lotta moolah off of it

Question 1

bartholomeu diaz

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portuguese sea captain who heard reports of a route to india that went around the southern tip of africa. in 1488, he rounded the tip, called the cape of good hope

Question 2

marco polo

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italian merchant trader who sailed to the Chinese court. explored the east with uncle and dad. wrote a book called “the travels”

Question 3

herman cortes

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a spanish conquerer of mexico

Question 4

treaty of tordesillas

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spain needed to find a faster route to Asia. they decided to explore it bc they had the money and recourses to sail. competed with Portugal for territory. Portugal senses a rivalry so the world was divided in the Atlantic ocean in half with the Treaty of Tordesillas. the east was Spain and the west was Portugal.

Question 5

caravel

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a small fast sailing spanish or porteguese ship

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shogun

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the real power of japan, because he was the political and military leader, but was technically a lower social standing than the emperor

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Christopher Columbus

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believed that he could reach asia by sailing west instead of east. ended up in merica

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sextant/astrolabe

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overthrew the astrolabe and measured attitudes in navigation

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colony

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a settlement of people living in a new territory

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conquistador

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a spanish conquerer

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balance of trade

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difference between what a nation imports and what it exports

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encomiendo

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indian laborers

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plantations

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big pieces of land with a lot of crops that the slaves worked on

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triangle trade

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how africans were transported to the plantations

Question 15

middle passage

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the voyage that brought the captured africans across the ocean

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pilgrims

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sought religious freedom

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purtians

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sought religious freedom from the Anglican church

Question 18

atlantic slave trade

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the route on where the slaves went

Question 19

mercantilism

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when a country’s power depended mainly on its wealth

Question 20

capitalism

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an economic system based on private ownership, and the investment of resources such as money, for profit

Question 21

Columbian Exchange

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when ships from the americas brought back a wide array of items that europeans, asians, and africans, had never seen before

Question 22

joint stock company

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when investors bought shares of stock in a company

Question 23

what was the columbian exchange and what were the effects of it?

Answer 23

The Columbian Exchange was when ships from the Americas brought back a wide array of items the Europeans, Asians, and Africans had never seen before. The effects were that few events transformed the world like the Columbian Exchange. This global transfer of plants, animals, disease, and especially food brought together the Eastern and Western hemispheres and touched, in some way, nearly all the peoples of the world.

Question 24

What were the reasons for european explorations around the world?

Answer 24

The establishment of colonial empires in the Americas influenced the nations of Europe in still other ways. New wealth from the Americas was coupled with a dramatic growth in overseas trade. The two factors together prompted a wave of new business and trade practices in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries. These practices, many of which served as the root of today’s financial dealings, dramatically changed the economic atmosphere of Europe. One aspect of the European eco- nomic revolution was the growth of capitalism. Capitalism is an economic system based on private owner- ship and the investment of resources, such as money, for profit. No longer were governments the sole owners of great wealth. Due to overseas colonization and trade, numerous merchants had obtained great wealth. These merchants continued to invest their money in trade and overseas exploration. Prof its from these investments enabled merchants and traders to reinvest even more money in other enterprises. As a result, businesses across Europe grew and flourished.

Question 25

What were the causes and effects of the Atlantic Slave trade.

Answer 25

- more plantations flourished ; more people came to live there - more slaves kept on being imported against their will ; led to the leaders of Africa guarding their border against the white men with gun which would cause tension - depopulation bc people were taking the slaves away - destroyed thriving african states ; benin was a brilliant state and then turned into a slave state later on -