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Exploration Flashcards

1
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Why did Europeans want to find a new trade route to Asia?

A

Europeans wanted the power and the wealth

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Who was Prince Henry?

“Prince Henry the Navigator”

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Portuguese explorer, kicked off the age of exploration and the Atlantic slave trade

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Who was a Portuguese explorer and kicked off the age of exploration and the Atlantic slave trade?

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Prince Henry

“Prince Henry the Nagivator”

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Who was Bartolomeu Dias?

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Portuguese explorer, led the first European expedition to round the southern tip of Africa

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Who was a Portuguese explorer, and led the first expedition to round the southern tip of Africa?

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Who was Vasco De Gama?

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Portuguese explorer, his routes connected the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

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Who was a Portuguese explorer, whose routes connected the Atlantic and Indian Oceans?

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Vasco De Gama

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Who was Pedro Cabral?

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Portuguese explorer, first to reach Brazil

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Who was a Portuguese explorer and the first to reach Brazil?

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Pedro Cabral

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Who was Christopher Columbus?

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Italian explorer who discovered the Americas and made way for colonization

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Who was an Italian explorer who discovered the Americas and made way for colonization?

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Christopher Columbus

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Who was Amerigo Vespucci?

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Italian explorer, explored the Amazon River, and has America named after him because he first thought the New World was new land, not Asia

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Who was the Italian explorer, explored the Amazon River, and has America named after him because the first thought the New World was new land, not Asia?

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Who was Vasco Núñez de Balboa?

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Spanish explorer, governor, conquistador, and led an expedition through the isthmus of Panama

isthmus - narrow strip of land with sea on either side

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Who was a Spanish explorer, governor, conquistador, and led an expedition through the isthmus of Panama?

isthmus - narrow strip of land with sea on either side

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Vasco Núñez de Bolboa

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Who was Ferdinand Magellan?

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Portuguese explorer, sailed for both Portugal and had the first expedition to go around the world

He wanted to find spices and and gems

17
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Who was a Portuguese explorer, who sailed for both Portugal and Spain, and had the first expedition to sail around the world?

He wanted to find spices and gems

A

Ferdinand Magellan

18
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Who was John Cabot?

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Italian explorer, sailing for England, who went to North America to claim land for Canada and England

19
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Who was an Italian explorer, sailing for England, and went to North America to claim land for Canada and England

A

John Cabot

20
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Who was Henry Hudson?

A

English explorer who made four expeditions, and encountered the Husdon River and Hudson Bay

located in Canada

21
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Who was the English explorer who made four expeditions, and encountered the Hudson River and Hudson Bay?

located in Canada

A

Henry Hudson

22
Q

What was the Treaty of Tordesillias?

June of 1494

A

an agreement that divided the newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal

the “line” ran from pole to pole

23
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What was an agreement that divided the newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal?

the “line” ran from pole to pole

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What was the Treaty of Tordesillias?

June of 1494

24
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What was the economy of New France based off on?

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the Fur Trade

25
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What was England’s first pernament colony in America?

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Jamestown, Virginia

26
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How did Jamestown, Virginia hold importance to England?

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It was England’s first pernament colony in America

27
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What was the purpose of the colony of Plymouth?

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To establish a community where religion could be freely expressed

28
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What were the effects of the Columbian exchange?

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Increase in population and urbanization

29
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What effect did American crops have on Europe’s population?

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a net population increase

30
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What is merchantilism?

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Form of economic nationalism, designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports

31
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What is a form of economic nationalism, designed to maxmize the exports and minimize the imports?

A

Merchantilism

32
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Why were African slaves used for labor in the Americas?

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To satisfy the demand for cheap labor on American plantations

33
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What was the triangle trade?

A

trade route that connected Europe, the Americas, and Africa

34
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What was the trade route that connected Europe, the Americas, and Africa?

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Triangle Trade

35
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What was the middle passage?

A

The sea journey that would take West Africans to the Americas

36
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What is the sea journey that took West Africans to the Americas?

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The middle passage

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