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Modern European History - Viault > Ch. 6 The Revival of Capitalism and the Expansion of Europe > Flashcards

Ch. 6 The Revival of Capitalism and the Expansion of Europe Flashcards

1
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What were the Spice Islands?

A

The Moluccas

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2
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Jacob Fugger

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1459-1525

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3
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Marco Polo

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c. 1254 - c. 1325

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4
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Christopher Columbus discovers the New World

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1492

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5
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Jacques Cartier makes his first voyage to Canada

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1534

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6
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Amerigo Vespucci

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1454-1512

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7
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Ponce de Leon

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c. 1460-1521

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8
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Treaty of Tordesillas

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1494

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9
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Hernan Cortes

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1485-1547

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10
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The Portuguese take Malacca on the Malay peninsula

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1511

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The Portuguese establish a slave-trading station in West Africa

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1442

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12
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Pedro Cabral

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c. 1467-c.1520

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13
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Prince Henry the Navigator

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1394-1460

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14
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Francisco de Coronado explores what became the southwest United States

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1540-1542

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15
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John Cabot’s voyages to North America

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1497 and 1498

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16
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Giovanni da Verrazano

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c.1480-c.1527

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17
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Portuguese explorers discovered the Cape Verde Islands.

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1460

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18
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Hernan Cortes conquers the Aztec empire in Mexico

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1519-1521

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Amerigo Vespucci makes two voyages of exploration along the Atlantic coast of South America

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1499-1500

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20
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Francisco Pizarro

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c. 1476-1541

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21
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King John II (of Portugal)

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r. 1455-1495

22
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Pope Alexander VI establishes the Papal Line of Demarcation

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1493

23
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The Portuguese explore the Azores

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1427-1431

24
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Francisco de Coronado

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c. 1510-1554

25
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Vasco da Gama reaches Calicut on India’s Malabar coast

A

1498

26
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John Cabot

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c.1450-c.1498

27
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Alfonso de Albuquerque

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1453-1515

28
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Alfonso de Albuquerque takes Goa on the Indian coast

A

1510

29
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Vasco da Gama

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c. 1469-1524

30
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Pedro Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal

A

1500

31
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King John I (of Portugal)

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r. 1385-1433

32
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Jacques Cartier

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1491-1557

33
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Vasco de Balboa

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c. 1475-1519

34
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Christopher Columbus

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1451-1506

35
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The Portuguese establish a trading station at Macao on the southern coast of China

A

1557

36
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Pizarro overran the Inca empire in Peru

A

1532

37
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Giovanni da Verrazano explores the coast of North America

A

1524

38
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Bartholomew Diaz rounds the Cape of Good Hope

A

1488

39
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The first Portuguese ship reaches Japan

A

1542

40
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An expedition originally led by Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigate the globe

A

1519-1522

41
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Francisco Pizarro conquers the Inca empire in Peru

A

1532

42
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Portugal’s Prince Henry the Navigator establishes a school of seamanship and navigation

A

1419

43
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Sebastian Cabot

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c.1483-1557

44
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Cortes conquers Aztec empire

A

1519-1521

45
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Ferdinand Magellan

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c. 1480-1521

46
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Ponce de Leon discovers Florida

A

1513

47
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Vasco de Balboa crosses Panama to the Pacific Ocean

A

1513

48
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The Portuguese reach Cape Blanco, South of the Tropic of Cancer

A

1442

49
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Martin Waldseemuller printed his map with “America”

A

1507

50
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The Portuguese round Cape Bojador in West Africa

A

1434

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