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Exploration And Explotation Flashcards

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1
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Time frame

A

14-1750

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2
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As a result of exploration the world becomes..

With the development of…

A

A smaller, more familar place

Advances in shipbuilding and maps

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3
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The first culture to begin to explore was the..

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Chinese - Zheng Ze

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4
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The other culture that began early exploration were

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The Vikings

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5
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Where were the Vikings originally from?
They eventually explore…
They are the first Europeans to..

A

Norway
Iceland
Make contact w/ North America

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6
Q

Vikings are known for…

They will settle in..

A

Longboats

Greenland

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7
Q

The Muslim traders were the first to explore…

This will lead to

A

East Asia
Spice islands
And India
The spread of Islam throughout the far East

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8
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Who were the first to explore North Africa and west Africa?

This leads to

A

The Muslims

Adoption of Islam in Mali and the Songhai empire (1300-1500)

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9
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European Hegemony
Year?
What’s hegemony?

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1410-1700

Complete domination

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10
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European hegemony is the exploration of

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North 
South America 
Middle East 
Africa 
India and China
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11
Q

Which years is known as the renaissance and scientific revolution

A

1500-1600

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12
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The Renaissance and scientific revolution serves as

A

The economic motive and means for exploration

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13
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Who are the first to begin exploration?

Led by?

A

Portuguese

King John

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14
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What do the Portuguese explore in North Africa

What year

A

They explore and settle in Ceuta in North Africa

1410

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15
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Spain becomes the first

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European country after Portugal to begin exploring the world

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16
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What is Spain’s motivation?

3 Gs

A

1) GD
2) Gold
3) Glory

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17
Q

Areas explored by Portugal:
Motivation?
Awarded by who? In what year?

A

Far East
East Asia
Spice island
Motivation: economic in trade and ontaining spices
Awarded by Brazil by the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) by the ppl

18
Q

Spain explores and conquers

A

South America and Central America

19
Q

What were the Muslims motivation for exploration?

A

Trade and conversion

20
Q

The Muslims explore…
All of these nations are still…
Which are…

A

North Africa
Still Islamic
Morocco,Libya,TangierS, Algeria

21
Q

Kingdom of Mali
Year
Where also known as

A

1300s

North and west Africa known as the gold cost

22
Q

What is in the middle of Africa?

A

Sahara desert-biggest desert

23
Q

Who turns Mali into a devout Muslim

Nation?

A

King Mansa Musa

24
Q

Mali is rich in

A

Gold

25
Q

What’s a haji?
Who made it?
To where?
The people there were? Why?

A

A holy pilgrimage-journey
To Egypt
The ppl there were stunned by the mag of wealth/gold

26
Q

Songhai empire
Year?
Where

A

Late 1400

Bottom of west Africa

27
Q

Songhai rises to

A

Prominance for a brief period of time

28
Q

Songhai includes…

It becomes a..

A

Niger River

A Muslim power for 100 yrs

29
Q

Motives for European exploration

A

Economic

30
Q

Mercantilism

A

Is when a powerful nation takes over a weaker area or nation and exploits (takes advantage) for economic gain - the idea is for the mother country to have a favorable trade

31
Q

The European nations needed..

Ex:

A

To find a new route to the Far East for the spices becaus Arab nations dominated the overland route
Otttimans controlled Constantinople-‘existing of trade (from the Silk Road)

32
Q

Imperialism-

A

Colonialism:

This is when a powerful nation takes over a weaker one and settls its own ppl in it and dominate sit, economically

33
Q

King of Portugal?
Year?
Encourages.. (who)
Becomes the first

A

King John- 1400
Prince Henry the navigator encourages exploration and the Portuguese becomes the first European nation to explore around the coast of Africa

34
Q

What allowed the Europeans to dominate the rest of the world?

A

The technology like shipbuilding and maps

35
Q

The main motivation for European exploration is

A

Economic

36
Q

The main means of domination () is

A

Hegemony

Technology

37
Q

New inventions during the age of exploration leads to

A

Scientific revolution which leads into the renaissance

38
Q 
Bartolomeu Dias
Year
Where is he from
He is the ... to explore 
And attempt to ...
A

1488
First explorer from Portugal to explore the coast of Africa and attempt to go around the Cape of Good Hope (bottom of Africa)

39
Q

The treaty of Tordesillas
Year
What happens

A

1494
The pope creates an imaginary line that divides the world into two halves for Spain and Portugal to explore. The line runs through south smarties and is the reason why Brazil belonged to Portugal

40
Q

Vasco de Gama

He is the first

A

European who sails around Africa to India for Portugal

41
Q

Fernand Magellan

What does he do? For how many years and what years

A

He sails around the world for 3 year 1519-1522

42
Q 
Christophe Columba (Christopher Colombus)
What does he do?
A

He discovered the americas
But the best way to understand it is that he discovered the existence of the continent for
Europe

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