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Ch 14: European Exploration and Conquest Flashcards

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Center of afroeurasion trade

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Indian Ocean

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Venetian trader and explorer whose stories fueled western fantasies, travelled to China

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Marco Polo

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The Mongols fell to the ___________

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Ming dynasty

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Led treasure fleet” on multiple explorations, China turned away from external trade after his death

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Zheng He

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Was one of the most powerful African empires until their defeat by the ottomans in 1517

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Egypt

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________ was practiced in Africa and everywhere else

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Slavery

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Legends about Africa were ____________

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Romanticized

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What did people believe about Africa?

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It was a Christian nation ruled by the descendent of one of the three kings; prestor John

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The Middle East was an ___________ for the afroeurasion trade

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Intermediary

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There was a religious clash between the ____________ and ______________

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Persians and Turks

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What religion were Persians?

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Shi’ite Muslim

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What religion did the ottoman Turks follow?

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Sunnism

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The Turks and Persians competed for ____________

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Trade routes

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Under Sultan Mohammed II the ottomans captured the largest European city _____________

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Constantinople

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What did the ottomans rename Constantinople?

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Istanbul

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The ottomans expanded ___________

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Rapidly

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In the late Middle Ages who controlled trade with east?

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Venice and Genoa

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Revival of the economy after the _____________ was a cause of expansion

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Black Plague

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Europeans wanted to spread ______________

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Christianity

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Spanish soldier explorers who sought to conquer the new world for the Spanish

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Conquistadors

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Fictitious travel book that convinced Europeans and romanticized exploration

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The travels of John mandeville

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Older ships propelled by slaves

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Galleys

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New ships developed by Portuguese

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Caravel

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Depicted the world as round and introduced concepts of latitude and longitude

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Ptolemys geography

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Who reintroduced Europeans to Ptolemys geography?
Arabs
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Instruments invented by greeks, determine location by the elevation of the sun
Astrolabe
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Who perfected the astrolabe
Muslim navigators
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Supported study of geography and navigation, dubbed the navigator, convinced the Portuguese monarch to open a school of navigation
Prince Henry
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The Portuguese conquest of Moroccan city ________ marked the beginning of European overseas expansion
Cuera
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Sailed to the end of the cape of good hope, storms forced him to turn back
Bartholemew Diaz
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Successfully rounded the Cape of Good Hope
Vasco de Gama
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_________ became entrance port for trade goods in Europe
Lisbon
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Where was Columbus from?
Genoa
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What did Columbus title his first expedition?
"The enterprise of the indies"
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The ________ were the first to reject Columbus's proposition for his expedition
Portuguese
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Who finally supported Columbus's expedition?
Ferdinand and Isabella
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Where did Columbus land?
Bahamas
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What did Columbus call the Bahamas?
San Salvador
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What did Columbus do on his second voyage?
Enslave the people of Hispaniola
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Who realized that the land Columbus found was new and unexplored?
Amerigo Vespucci
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What did the treaty of tordesillas do?
Gave Spain all land to west and Portugal all land to the east
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Who worked out the treaty of tordesillas?
Pope Alexander VI
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How did the Treaty of Tordesillas work in Portugals favor?
They colonized Brazil
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Who claimed Brazil for the Portuguese?
Alvarez Cabral
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What discovery did Ferdinand Magellan make while exploring near Brazil?
Strait of Magellan
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What was magellans fate?
He died before returning home from his journey
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What did Magellans expedition prove?
A west passage to the indies was much to dangerous
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After the conclusion of Magellans expedition, Spain gave up on Asia and turned to the ________
New world
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Englishman who landed in newfound land on an attempted trip to Brazil
John Cabot
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After his initial expedition, what did John Cabot do?
Return to survey New England
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Made 3 voyages in and around the Canadian bay
Martin Fro Brisher
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Explored Canada in search of path to Asia, ended up successfully trading with the natives for beaver pelts
Jacques Cartier
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Who conquered the Aztecs?
Hernan Cortes
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What was the other name for the Aztecs?
Mexica's
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Who ruled the Aztecs?
Montezuma II
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What was the capital of the Aztec empire?
Tenochitlan
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Who did Cortes form an alliance with to defeat the Aztecs?
Tlaxcalas
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Where was the inca empire?
Peru
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What was the capital of the inca empire?
Cuzco
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Who conquered the incas?
Francisco Pizzaro
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What was the first English colony?
Roanoke
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What saved Jamestown?
Tobacco sales
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____________ was founded by pilgrims
Plymouth
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What colony was established by puritans?
Massachusetts
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Where did Catholics settle?
Maryland
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Where did Quakers settle?
Pennsylvania
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Who founded the first permanent French settlement?
Samuel de Champlain
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What did Samuel de Champlain settle?
Quebec
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The French forged relations with the ________ confederacy
Huron
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French explorer who descended the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico, opening up French occupation of Louisiana
Rene Robert Cavelier La Salle
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What happened as conquests grew more successful?
The Spanish crown imposed authority over the conquested land
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Controlled flow to goods and people to and from the colonies and Spain
House of trade
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Highest court for colonial affairs
Council of the indies
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Crown divided the new world possessions into _____________ ( administrative divisions)
Viceroyalties
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What were the two Spanish viceroyalties?
New Spain | Peru
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Capitol of new Spain?
Mexico City
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Capitol of Peru?
Lima
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Imperial governor who excersized military and civil authority
Viceroy
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Portuguese colonial administration = ____________ to Spanish
Similar
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The ____________ functioned like Portugal house of trade
India house
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Royals officials with authority
Intendents
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Estates where conquistadors bred Spanish livestock
Haciendas
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In which the crown granted conquerors the right to employ natives as slaves for labor
Encomienda system
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Most outspoken critic of brutality towards natives
Bartholome de la casas
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What did the ottoman capture of Constantinople do to slavery?
Slowed down the flow of white slaves from Easter Europe
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Transported slaves to Brazil and the Caribbean to work on sugar plantations
Dutch west India company
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English company they held monopoly on slave trade
Royal African company
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The Spanish silk trade had competition from the ________
Dutch
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The Dutch were at war from independence from _____________
Spanish overlords
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What gave the Dutch incentive to attack the Portuguese?
The jointing of Portuguese to the Spanish crown
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Idea that it is doubtful that total certainty is every attainable
Skepticism
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Belief that no culture is better than another, just different
Cultural relativism
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Skepticism and cultural relativism was expressed in work of frenchy ______________
Michael de Montaigne
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What new literary genre did Montaigne develop?
The essay
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_____________ trading world linked products and people of Asia, Africa, and Europe
Afroeurasion

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