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Age Of Explporation And Isolation Chap 19 plus 20 Flashcards

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Goals of European explorers

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God glory gold

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The reconquista

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The 781 years that the Spanish were fighting to get back land from Muslims ended in 1492

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Lead country in the age of exploration

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Portugal with prince Henry the navigator

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Early Portuguese explorer who reached the Horn of Africa possible with new technology
Ships caravel 
Sailing techniques 
Sturdier triangular sails 
Navigation tools
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Vasco da gama

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Explored east cost of Africa and then port of Calicut (sw shore of India) returned home with cargo 60 times cost of voyage

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Born in modern day Portugal, served the king of Spain, man who put together the first expedition that would circumnavigate the world

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Christopher Columbus

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1492 reached the Caribbean islands, thought it was east indies
This opened way for colonization in America

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Treaty of tordesillas

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Western half: Spain

Eastern half: Portugal

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Dutch east India company

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Largest fleet in the world 
Wealthy
Made treaties
Raised armies
Established their dominance in region
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Great Britain in India

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By the 1700s Great Britain started the English east India company
Takes over till 1917

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Goa

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One of the Portuguese trading cities , in India until 1961

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Pondicherry

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Trading city in India that was ruled by French until 1954

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Columbus believed he landed / where he really landed

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East Indies/ Caribbean islands

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French east India company

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Faced too many attacks from the Dutch so they were never successful

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Items from China wanted from Europeans

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Silk, ceramic, silver

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Chinese dynasty of age that was Chinese

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Ming, Han, Song

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Chinese influence on Korea

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Buddhism
written language
Confucianism

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First shogunate of Japan

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Tokugawa Ieysu

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Kyoto

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capital of Japan in 1568

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Ronin

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Mercenaries in the social order of shogunate Japan

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Bushido

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The code of conduct of the samurai class of Japan

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Samurai

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Warriors of Japan

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Vespucci

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Sailed down the coast of South America and the continents named after him

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Cortes

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Conquered Aztec empire in 1521

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Columbus

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4 voyages
1st- an explorer sought alternate trade routes to Asia 3 ships encountered Taino people, sought gold and other riches
2nd- empire builder, sought to establish empire for Spain, 17 ships, and more than 1,000 soldiers and colonists

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Pizarro

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Conquered Incan in 1533

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Incan homeland

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Peru

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Aztec homeland

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Mexico

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Last rulers of Incans and Aztecs

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Atahualpa / Montezuma 2nd

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Coronado

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City of gold, explored Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas

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Verrazano

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Italian who sailed for France

Explored New York harbor and North American east coasts

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Ponce de Leon

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Fountain of youth, explored Florida

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De las Casas

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Dominican monk, who criticized actions of Spain on encomiendas and treatment natives

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Pope

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Native leader in today’s New Mexico, lead organized resistance against Spanish

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Biggest cause of death for natives

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War but mostly diseases

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British compare to which early American settlers

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Spanish

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Sieur de la salle

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Explored lower Mississippi and claimed large land mass in Louisiana

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Champlain

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Established Quebec with 32 colonists based for French colonial empire, New France

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Marquette

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Explored Great Lakes region and upper Mississippi River

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Cartier

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Explored today’s Canada, st. Lawrence river, founded Montreal

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First settlers of NJ

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Dutch

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British methods of dealing with natives which American develop

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  • take land away
  • forced migration
  • treaties not followed
  • war
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Hudson

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English captain hired by Dutch east India company to scout for northwest passage and opportunities in North America
Founded Hudson River, bay, strait

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Middle passage

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Voyage brought Africans to West Indies later transported to Americas crammed in hold of ships because of appalling conditions 20% died each trip

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French traders

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Looking to trade for fur rather then trade with Indians

French trade then take land over

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Reasons why African slaves are brought to new world

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  • built immunity to European diseases
  • experience in farming
  • ignorance of landscape
  • easily identifiable by skin color
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First European settlers of Virginia

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English

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Private ways to oppose slavery ( private )(public

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Broke tools
Uprooted plants
Worked slowly

Slave rebellions
Stono rebellion 1739

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Consequences of slavery

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  • broke apart African families
  • Africans added distinct labor and culture in Americas
  • many American nations have significant African American people
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British colonies in North America

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13 colonies plus Canada
Jamestown
Plymouth

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Tobacco

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The savior in Jamestown

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Products from new world to old world

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Cranberries cotton llama tomatoes potatoes corn pecan pineapples cocoa beans sweet potatoes chili peppers tobacco sunflower vanilla

Tobacco cotton corn cocoa beans tomatoe

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From old world to America

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Pigeon, honey bees sugar rice bananas horses watermelon carrots citrus fruits rats garlic yams coffee cantaloupe hazelnut diseases

Horses diseases rice slaves coffee

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Mercantilism

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Economic policy that emphasized the importance of wealth and a good balance of trade

Raw materials gold and silver

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Countries in the new world with large African population

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Brazil, Dominican Republic,Cuba, curaçao

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Capitalism

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Economic system based on private ownership and investment or resources (money)
Businesses across Europe flourished be oversees colonization trade

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Countries never participated

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Austria Italy Germany Russia

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