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What were the motives for Westward expansion to the new world?

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Fantastic lands, money, and religion.

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Family of famous travelers to the east?

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Polos of Venice–Nicolò, Mafeo, Marco

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portolani

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Charts made by medieval navigators and mathematicians from 1200-1500

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Ptolemy

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second century astronomer, “Geography” available in Europe in 1477

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Prince Henry the Navigator

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Prince of Portugal, (1394-1460), sought allies against the Muslims and trade for Portugal in Africa, founded a school for navigators in 1419.

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Bartholomew Dias

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(1450-1500), rounded cape of Good Hope in 1488, didn’t make it to India because he feared mutiny.

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Vasco de Gama

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(1460-1524). First expedition to reach India via Africa on May 18 1498.

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Alfonso de Albaquerque

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1462-1515, set up ports at Goa in 1510, seized Malacca in 1511.

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Christopher Columbus

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1451-1506. Believed it possible to reach Asia going West. Set sail on August 3,1492. Reached Bahamas October 12. He took four other voyages, landing on Islands every time and died convinced he’s reached the Indies.

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Vasco Nuñez de Balboa

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1475-1519. Reached the pacific ocean over the Isthmus of Panama in 1513.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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1480-1521. One of his five ships became first to circumnavigate earth.

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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  1. Divided up the New World into Portuguese and Spanish spheres of influence. Most of South America fell within the Spanish sphere.
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Aztecs

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Begin slow migration towards the valley of Mexico in the early 12th century A.D. established the capital of Tenochtitlán on Lake Texcoco. At the beginning of the 15th century they build an aqueduct to bring fresh water from the spring 4 miles away.

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Hernan Cortés

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1485-1547. Landed at Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico in 1519. Was believed to be a representative of the God Quetzalcoatl.

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Inca

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Late 14th century community in the area of Cuzco a city located at an altitude of 10,000 feet in the mountains of Southern Peru.

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Pachakuti

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1440s launched a campaign to take control of all of Peru.

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Dutch East India Company

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Founded in 1602, government sponsored, settlment at the Cape of Good Hop

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Boers

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Dutch Farmers, began to settle outside of Cape Town

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What crop led to the drastic inscrease in slaves shipped to North America

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Sugarcane, in the 1490s

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First Africans shipped from Africa to New World

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1518, by Spain

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triangular trade

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connected Europe, Africa and America, characterized the Atlantic economy. European goods traded for slaves, which were sold in America

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Middle Passage

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Journey from Africa to America. Mortality rates averaged 10%.

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Benin

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West African society that lost people and faith in gods, had art deteriorate due to slave trade.

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Java

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where in the Dutch established the fort at Batavia in 1619. They then established pepper plantations. Major source of income.

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The Mughal Empire

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Native to Ganges River Valley. Gained control of most of India, early 15th century.

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Babur

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Founder of the Mughal Empire dynasty.

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Akbar

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1556-1605, grandson of Babur, brought Mughal rule to most of india

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Sir Robert Clive

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Military genius of Britain, chief representative of Eat India Company.

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Fort at Pondicherry

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Last fort under French control because government refused to fun efforts in India.

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Battle of Plassey

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1757, small british force defeated Mughal army.

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Seven Years

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1756-1773 the British forced France to withdraw from India.

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Ming Dynasty

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Ruled 1369 to 1644. Began a new era of greatness in Chinese history

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Li Zicheng

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Lead a peasant revolt in 1644, storming Beihing. Sparked by epidemic.

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Machus

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Farming and hunting people northeast of China, Manchuria. They created the Qing dynasty.

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Kangxi and Qianlong

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Ruled china from middle of the 17th century to the end of the 18th, responsible for the greatness of Manchu China.

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Trading post at Canton

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first English post established in 1699.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

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1543-1616, took title shogun in 1603, that initiated line of powerful shogunates. Tokugawa completed central rule in 1868. Expelled missionaries.

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Francis Xavier

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Arrived in Japan in 1549, first Jesuit missionary.

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Henry Hudson

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English explorer hired by the Dutch, discovered the Hudson in 1609.

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New Netherlands

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Founded by Hudson, seized by English in 1664 and renamed New York.

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Jamestown

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In modern day Virginia, started in 1607. First permanent English colony.

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Massachusetts Bay Company

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Founded Masachusetts with 4,000 settlers. By 1660 has 40,000 people.

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Jacques Cartier

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Discovered St. Lawrence River in 1534.

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Quebec

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Setles by Samuel de Champlain in 1608.

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Treaty of Utrecht

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1713, France cedes American colonies to England.

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Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

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1651-1695, Literary figure of Latin America. Nun.

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Gerardus Mercator

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Created the Mercator Projection map of the New world. Flemish.

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price revolution

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Europe wide inflation (of 2-3%) as a result of New World economy. Bad for middle class. Good for land owners.

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joint-stock company

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New form of company where individuals bought shares and received dividends.

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Jacob Fugger

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given a monopoly on silver, copper, and mercury for the Habsburgs in exchange for large loans to Charles V. Went bankrupt end of 16th because Habsburgs defaulted.

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Bank of Amsterdam

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Created 1609 traded stocks in exchange for goods.

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