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Dutch farming, advanced shipping, unified political leadership, profitable banking, seaborn empire, religious toleration. is what age?

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dutch golden age

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total control over an entire product or service

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monopoly

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nations, usually European that enjoyed profit from world economy; controlled international banking, and commercial services, such as shipping exported manufactured good for raw materials

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core nations

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movement of borers from Cape colony to escape British influence

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the great trek

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social system established by Spain in the New World, which natives were given peninsulares to work, later these natives were replaced by slaves

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ecomienda system

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disease that caused HUGE populations, decreases in the armies to fall out and lose wars

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smallpox

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hostile and deadly voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic ocean to North America and West Indies

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middle passage

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The movement to end slavery

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abolition

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Rural estates in Spanish colonies in New World; produced agricultural products for consumers in America

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haciendas

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IMPROVEMENTS on ship navigational devices, explosive guns and metal work. more improvements over time

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new technology

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anti-Catholic, isolationist, fourth empire, trade, tea + pure silk, Qing

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kangxi

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members of Akan people settled around Kumasi a region of gold. rose to prominence during slave trade. HEAVY ON SLAVE TRADE

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Asante Empire

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muslim ruler who lead Songhai to height of its power

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Askia the Great

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he was a missionary, with a goal to convert low cast to Catholics

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Frances Xavier

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Most of Central America, islands of Caribbean in the Philippines extended southwest of present, United States all the way to Panama.

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New Spain

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Drug. Made in India by British, sold to Ching (Qing)

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Opium

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America, Europe, and Africa trade . Africa gave slaves to America. America gave wood, tobacco fish, and flower to Europe, Europe, gave guns and rum

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Triangle Trade

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Kingdom in Forest of West Africa, Portugal came to trade with them (LITTLE SLAVE TRADE)

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kingdom of benin

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European trading fortresses and compounds with resistant merchants; utilized throughout Portuguese trading empire to assure secure, landing places and commerce.

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factories

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during late 15 century, they became king and queen of a United Spain, after centuries of the Islamic domination. Together, they made Spain a strong Christian nation, and also provided funding to overseas exploration notably Christopher Columbus. united spain

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ferdinand and isabella

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mistakingly discovered the Americas while searching for faster to India

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Christopher Columbus

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large estate, especially in tropical country where cash crops, such as cotton, tobacco, coffee sugar are grown

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plantations

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penninsulares, creoles, mestizos/mulattoes, africans/natives

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latin america caste system

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peninsula in Southwestern Europe, occupied by Spain and Portugal

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iberian peninsula

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place where people trade goods, ideas, and supplies

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trading ports

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Cash crop. cause slave trade to become HUGE. Use slaves on plantations.

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sugar

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send many expeditions to the coast of West Africa in the 15th century leading Portugal to discover a route around Africa ultimately to India.

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henry the navigator

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Portuguese navigator who led Spanish expedition that was the first sale around the world. Allowed Spain to gain Philippines.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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person set on a religious mission, especially one center to promote Christianity in a foreign country

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Missionary

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Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas and what is now Peru. founded the city of Lima. Most Inca possessions felt to Spanish.

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Francisco, Pizarro

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scholar that was against slavery since it was illegal for Muslims

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Ahmed Baba

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West African kingdom that became strong through its rulers (HEAVY SLAVE TRADE)

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kingdom of Dahomey

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emperor, shogun, daimyo (rich), samurai (virtues), peasants+artisans, merchants

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Japanese feudal system

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code of contact for samurai during the feudal position in Japan/ritual suicide to regain honor for family

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bushido code/sapuku

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the country had people whom supported them pay them. this paid off debt and other random things.

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joint stock company

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economic policy under nations, sought to increase their wealth by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver by selling more goods than they bought. (Less imports, more export)

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Mercantilism

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set boundary to define Spanish Portuguese possession in the Americas. Land east of Brazil went to Portugal. Lands west of Brazil went to Spain.

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treaty of tordesillas

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claimed Brazil for Portugal in 1500. Intended to follow de Gama, but blown off course.

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pedro cabral

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west/ Arab zone -> glass, carpet, textiles
central/ india -> cotton
east/China -> paper, porcelain, and silk

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asian sea trade network

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Dominican priest who spoke out against mistreatment of natives

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Bartolome de las Casas

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first sale from Europe to India

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Vasco de gamas

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Women burning. When a woman’s husband dies, and the women kills herself to show love and respect her husband.

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sati

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taking control of people or a place through military force

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conquest

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centralized power for Japan. Shogun. Isolationist.

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Tokugawa leyasu

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Spanish Explorer and conquistador who led conquest of Aztec Mexico for Spain captured Tenochtitlan

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Hernan Cortez

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governor or ruler, exercising authority on behalf of a sovereign in province or colony

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viceroy

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Exchange of plants, animals, diseases, ideas, and technology between the Americas and rest of the world following Columbus voyages

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columbian exchange

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treated that ended the Spanish American war. Provided that cube will be free from Spain. After seven years war new France, given to England in exchange of French sugar Islands in Caribbean.

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treaty of Paris

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Dutch settlers in South Africa

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boers

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Southern tip of Africa. First circumnavigated in 1488 by Portuguese in search of direct route to India.

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Cape of Good Hope

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African people taking a slaves to be sold in America. Worked in minds and plantations. Harsh conditions and disease caused lots of death. Slaves were treated poorly and being used like property. Went to Europe.

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African slave trade

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hard metal that quickly became form of currency major importers japan china and india

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Silver

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Muegel, couldn’t read, tried to join Islam and Hindu together, for women’s rights, helped beggars (low class people)

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Akbar the great

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