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How did the slave trade effect African societies

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Judicial proceedings were manipulated to generate victims for the slave trade

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Where in the Americas were most of the West African slaves sent

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The West Indies

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Where was the final destination of silver in the global economy

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India and China

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Europeans receiving goods from Asia could best be described as figures from what

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Classical mythology implying a superior civilization

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What did Europeans paying Asians in silver result in

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An intense desire for precious metals

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What are maroon societies

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Communities of former slaves found in remote regions in South America and the Caribbean, which fleeing slaves often joined

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What was the name of the West African kingdom who’s kings limited participation in the slave trade

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Benin

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What was the name of the Spanish coin which was used as a medium of exchange

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Piece of Eight

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What is soft gold

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Animal furs, highly valued for their warmth and as symbols of elite status

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What was the transatlantic slave system

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Trade in human beings between 1500 and 1866 that removed approximately 12.5 million people from Africa and shipped them across the Pacific

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What impact did the silver trade have on world history

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Created steady Pacific commerce, changed Spain and Japan, it commercialized China’s economy, gave Europeans a way to enter the trade in goods

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How did the Atlantic slave trade affect African states and society

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West African population declined, economic stagnation as a result of neglected agriculture, decline of state authority, moral corruption, disrupted sex ratio, polygamy, African slaves were predominantly female

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Mexica figures with Spanish features and clothing around the Lady of Guadalupe would portray

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Synthesis of cultures around the figure of the Virgin Mary

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Who spread Islam from 1450-1750

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Muslim holy men, scholars, and traders

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How did early scientists in the Scientific Revolution view religions

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They though religion could coexist with science

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What was the Chinese movement which stressed evidence to support facts

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Kaozheng

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What was the European Enlightenment

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An intellectual movement known for its commitment to open-mindedness and inquiry and the belief that knowledge could transform human society

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How is Mary portrayed in relation to the Mexica sun god

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Eclipsing the sun god’s power

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Which region in Europe saw the most profound religious devisions

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The Holy Roman Empire

20
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What was the Islamic movement that advocated an austere lifestyle and strict adherence to Islamic law

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Wahabism

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What was the Scientific Revolution

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A movement in Europe which focused on gaining knowledge through rational inquiry based on evidence m, rather than the church, the Bible, ancient philosophers, or cultural tradition

22
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Who was Copernicus

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A Polish mathematician and astronomer who was the first to argue for the existence of a heliocentric cosmos

23
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Why did Spanish missionaries have their greatest success in Spanish America and the Philippines

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An overwhelming presence of Spanish in those regions and absence of preexisting and literate world religions in those regions

24
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What major movements in early modern India brought some Hindus and Muslims together in new forms of religious expression, and how did those movements differ from each other

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The Bhakti movement was a devotional form of Hinduism that disregarded the detailed rituals of the Brahmin priests in favor of direct contact with the divine, whereas the founder of Sikhism believed there was only one god rather than a Muslim God and Hindu gods

25
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What were the Banda Islands

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A group of islands massacred by the Dutch which was known for its nutmeg

26
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Where did the British establish trading settlements

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Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras

27
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What are the Philippines

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A group of islands in the Indian Ocean named after king Philip

28
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What was Manila

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The capital of the Philippines established by the Spanish

29
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What was Potosi

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A city in the Bolivian region which was the sight of one of the most profitable silver mines owned by the Spanish

30
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What was Palmares

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The largest maroon society which was located in Brazil

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What was the African diaspora

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An event in which Africans became a substantial presence in the Americas due to the transatlantic slave system

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What was Indian Ocean commercial

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The interconnected web of trade routes exploited by Portugal

33
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What was a trading post empire

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An empire established by the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean

34
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What are signares

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African women who married European merchants

35
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What best describes the realities of the West African slave trade

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European merchants waited in their own ships to purchase slaves

36
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Which century marked the peak of African slave trading in the Americas

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1700s

37
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What did Japan’s discovery of silver deposits lead to

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The end of fighting among Shoguns and unification of Japan

38
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What best describes the realities of African women in the 17th and 18th centuries

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Lack of access to political power

39
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What was prized among Puritans of North America

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Education and civic duty

40
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How did the religions of African slaves mesh with Christianity in the New World

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West African gods were associated to Catholic saints

41
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Which part of Europebsaw the widest spread of Protestantism

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North

42
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What was not a result of if the Protestant Reformation

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The opinions of dissidents were taken into consideration at councils

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