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scientific revolution

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a period when experimentation and mathematics explained the mysteries

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alchemist

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people who attempted to mix metals to make gold

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astrologists

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studied the position of the stars and how they influenced people’s lifes

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impact of the scientific revolution

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people no longer explained the world in terms of religion, magic, or the ancient writings

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new “tools” for study

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experimentation, mathematics, and developing new instruments

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Ptolemy’s theory

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geocentric

means Earth-centered

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what did the geocentric theory say

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it said that the Earth was at the center and everything else revolved around the Earth

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Why was Ptolemy’s geocentric theory accepted?

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  1. the church supported it 2. gravity had not yet been discovered
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Copernicus’s theory

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heliocentric

means sun centered

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What did the heliocentric theory say

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  1. the sun was at the center of the universe 2. ultimately he could not prove his theory
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What are Kepler’s laws of planetary motion?

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  1. The planets travel in an elliptical orbit 2. Planets travel faster when they are closer to the sun 3. There is a relationship in the time that it takes to travel around the sun
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Galileo

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invented telescopes

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What did Galileo’s published views do?

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It got him into conflict with the church and he had to recant his findings

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Isaac Newton

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proposed the law of universal gravitation

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What did the laws on gravitation do?

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They gave credibility to Copernicus’s theory

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What two things were introduced that changed navigation

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astrolabe and compass

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astrolabe

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determined the latitude of a ship

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What economic changes were caused by the commercial revolution

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stable currency
banking services became specialized
late 1400s to 1700s

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joint-stock company

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investors bought shares in a company

These investors became co-owners

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mercantilism

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a country’s wealth was based on how much gold they had

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balance of trade

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where your goods are sold to other countries more than you are having to buy

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tariffs

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a tax on imports

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What was the role of the colonies

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proved the raw materials

They could not trade with other countries

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Three social changes during this time

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the desire to learn more increased
increase in population
opportunity for quick profit

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Mercantilism stated that

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a country’s government should do all it could to increase the country’s wealth

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Countries could achieve a favorable balance of trade by

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placing tariffs or import taxes on good entering their country

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Prince Henry also known as

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The Navigator

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First goal of Prince Henry

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Find gold for Portugal

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Bartholomeu Dias 1488

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Rounded the tip of South Africa

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Old name for the tip of South Africa

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Cape of storms

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New name for the tip of South Africa

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Cape of Good Hope

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Vasco deGamma 1498

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Rounded the tip and sailed to India

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Importance of Dias’s and deGamma’s expeditions

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Overseas route to India existed

Broke the Italian monopoly in the Mediterranean

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Monarchs that financed Columbus’s voyage

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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When and where did Columbus land in the Bahama islands

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San Salvador October 12 1493

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West Indies

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Islands discovered by Columbus

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Indians

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Name applied to people in the West Indies

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What happened in the Columbian exchange

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Plants, animals, and minerals discovered in the New World

Old and new world coming together

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Mundus Novus

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Name given to the New World

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Believed that America got its name from him

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Balboa

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Discovered the Pacific ocean

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“Victoria”

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Part of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition in 1522 and was the only ship of five to complete the voyage around the world

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The slave trade 1400s

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Explores began capturing African tribes men for slaves

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Middle passage

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Voyage of slave ships across the Atlantic

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Triangular trade: the Americas

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From America to Europe the Americas provided manufactured goods to Europe

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Triangular trade Europe

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Europe sold these manufactured goods for profit

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Triangular trade Africa

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Slaves were shipped to the Americas for labor

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Name three conditions of the slave ships

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Packed below deck
Chained to their bunks
Very little heat food or water
Month long voyage

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The sole purpose of slaves

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Hard plantation labor

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Papal line of demarcation

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Divided new lands between Spain and Portugal

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What did Portugal get from the line of demarcation

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Got All lands east of the line

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What Did Spain get from the line of demarcation

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Got all the lands west of the line

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Moved the line further west

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How did Spain benefit from the Treaty of Tordesillas

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They would be able to claim land in most of North and South America

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New Spain

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Name given to Spain’s New World empire

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What did the Spanish do to resolve the question on how to govern so far away

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They let the natives keep their culture

They had to recognize Spanish authority

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Three g’s on why Spain came to the Americas

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Gold, wealth and riches
Glory, new lands, new acquisitions= prestige/something to boast about
God, try to convert the natives to Christianity

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Conquistador

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Means conqueror

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Who were the conquistadors

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These were the Spanish soldiers/explorers

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Cortes conquered the

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Aztecs

1519 Hernando Cortes leads his expedition into Mexico

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Montezuma

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The Aztec chief

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Pizarro conquered the

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Incas

1530 Pizarro leads his expedition into South America

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Atahualpa

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The Inca chief

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Viceroy

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The king’s representative in the New World

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Century of gold

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1550-1640

The height of the gold-mining in the Americas

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Encomienda

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A system where the Europeans were supposed tolook after the welfare of the natives

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What happened to the natives

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Disease and weapons wiped out thousands of the native Americans

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Historians call the period between the late 1400s and 1700s the commercial revolution because

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Europeans greatly changed their basic business practices

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New types of business organizations helpdexploration; for example, a joint stock company allowed

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Many investors to become co-owners in a single business venture

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Became known as the navigator and was largely responsible for Portugal’s interest in exploration

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Prince Henry

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Made in Overland Crossing of the Isthmus of Panama and proved that the New World was not part of Asia

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Vasco Núñez de Balboa

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Moved the imaginary line drawn from north to south in the middle of the Atlantic and settled the Spanish and Portuguese conflict over new lands

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Made an overseas route from Europe to India and the East Indies available

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Bartolomeu Dias

Vasco da agama

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Believed that a shorter route to Asia good be found by sailing west word from Spain, instead of around Africa

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Christopher Columbus

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Allowed products, plants, animals, and diseases to travel between the western and eastern hemisphere

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Colombian exchange

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Sailed in 1513 northward from the Caribbean to Florida, on the North American mainland

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Poncé de Leon

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Carved out a huge empire in_______ and plundered the mighty Aztec civilization

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Mexico

Hernán Cortéz

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The Dutch East India Company was founded in 1602 and controlled all of the trade between the Netherlands and the

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East Indies

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