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what were they looking for

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God
glory
gold

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Spanish conqueror of the Aztecs.. wanted to convert people to Catholicism

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Herman cortez

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how were these voyages made possible

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monarchies were extremely wealthy

new levels of technology

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took the lead of European exploration

sail east

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Portuguese explorers

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rounded the southern tip of Africa

1488

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bartholomeu dias

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6
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first to make it to India by sea
finds spices and returns to Portugal with them
makes a profit of several thousand percent

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Vasco da gama

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lands in South America in 1500

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Pedro Cabral

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sailed with Pedro Cabral

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Amerigo Vespucci

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knew the world was round but had no idea of its circumference

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Spanish explorers

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sail west
had no idea how big the continent of Asia actually was or that they would stumble upon the Americas when trying to find Asia

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Spanish explorers

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sailed in 1492
convinced that the earths circumference wasn’t as large as others speculated
believed he could find Asia by sailing west instead of east around Africa

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Christopher Columbus

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persuaded queen Isabella of Spain to finance his expedition
reached Central America
explored the coastline of Cuba and the island of Hispaniola
reached America
4 different voyages

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Christopher Columbus

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wanted to sail to Asia to find India
thought that the indies were the eastern most part of India
called the people at this place Indians
never stepped foot on North America

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Christopher Columbus

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persuaded the king of Spain to finance his journey to Asia through the Western Hemisphere
sailed south down the coast of South America trying to find a passage into the pacific from the Atlantic
named the straight Magellan
first person the circumnavigate the globe

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Ferdinand Magellan

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faster and Niger ship designed huh e Portuguese
allowed for longer voyages and lower costs
used triangular sails

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carvel ship

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allowed for sailing against the wind
got the idea from the Arab society
included a large cargo hold to transport a large amount of goods

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lateen sails

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Invented by Chinese

allowed ships to steer and travel faster

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sternpost rudder

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the art and science of mapmaking
Europeans now had fairly accurate maps
used an astrolabe
magnetic compass was also used

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improved cartography

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used to plot their latitude using the sun and stars

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astrolabe

20
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1494
line of demarcation
unexplored territories to the east were to be controlled by Spain
Portugal now had control over routes to Africa and Spain had control of almost all of Americas

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treaty of tordasilles

21
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explored northeastern area of modern day US

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John Cabot

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the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of ones own ethnic culture

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ethnocentrism

23
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research has revealed _________ in every culture of the world

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ethnocentrism

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give and example of ethnocentrism

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the belief that one religion is better than someone else’s

25
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using something in an unjust or cruel manner

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exploitation

26
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give an example of exploitation

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Europeans and Americans were exploiting Africans by using them for slaves and as a way to trade

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a type of ethnocentrism which places emphasis on European culture and the western world at the expense of other cultures

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eurocentrism

28
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the middle leg of a three part voyage

began and ended in Europe

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middle passage

29
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out of all the the African Americans that were taken from their homes and sold into slavery how many didn’t fully complete the journey

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20 million

30
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what did the Americas send to Europe

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raw material

sugar
tobacco
cotton

31
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what did Europe send to Africa

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finished goods

textiles
rum
manufactured goods

32
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what did Africa send to the Americas

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slaves

33
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what conclusion did many African slaves come to about the Europeans

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that they were cannibalize and ate the slaves

34
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an African captured as a boy what later wrote an autobiography

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olaudah equiano

35
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how much space did the slaves have on the ship

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less than 5 feet of headroom

36
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how many people were packed in the tiny spaces which caused many diseases

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300-400

37
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held a slaves mouth open if they refused to eat

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speculum orum

38
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about how many slaves lost their lives during the middle passage

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between 2 and 4 million

39
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Spanish and Portuguese born in Europe

held all political power

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peninsulares

40
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descendants of Europeans born in Latin America. controlled land and business but had no political power

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Creoles

41
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people who had one European parent and on Native American parent. laborers

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mestizos

42
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people who had on European parent and one African parent. laborers

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mulattoes

43
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bottom of pyramid

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slaves and various others

44
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wanted to convert natives to what

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Christians

45
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biggest city on the planet before new world

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tenochtitlan

46
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molaccos

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spice island

47
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why did Europeans start to travel overseas during the end of the 15th century

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they were attracted to Asia
there were profits to be made
ottoman Turks wouldn’t allow travel by land

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