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What was the main reason for exploration

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to gain wealth

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Contact during crusades spurs demanded for what

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Asian goods

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3
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Who controlled trade from east to west

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Muslims and Italians

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Who wanted to serve God and king

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Bartolomeu Dias

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5
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What improved tracking of direction

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magnetic compass

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What was a type of ship; makes it possible to sail against wind

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Caravel

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What is a tool to make navigation easier; uses the positioning of the stars

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astrolabe

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8
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Where did the portuguese explore

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Africa

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Who is the son of Portugal’s king

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Prince Henry

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who found navigation school on coast of Portugal

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Prince Henry

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WHo has trading posts on west coast of Africa

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Portuguese

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12
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Who sailed around the southern tip of Africa

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Bartolomeu Dias

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13
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Who sailed to India to get Portugal valuable cargo

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Vasco da Gama

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14
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In 1492, who sailed for Spain

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Christopher Columbus

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15
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Who sailed west to support plan to reach Asia

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Christopher Columbus

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16
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Christopher Columbus sailed west finding which foreign day country

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America

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17
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Christopher opened Americas to which ideas

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exploration and colonization

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18
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the pope divided Americas between which two nations

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Spain and Portugal

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19
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Agreement for America was formalized by what treaty

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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20
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Who toke over the indian ocean trade from muslims

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portugal

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21
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who has more ships than any other nation

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dutch

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22
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who weakened portuguese control of asian trade

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dutch and english

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23
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what was the Dutch East India company made for

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Asian trade

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24
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where was the dutch trade headquarters

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Batavia

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what was dutch's capital; Also weathy
Amsterdam
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who ruled china from 1368 to 1644
Ming dynasty
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who collected tributes from as many asian countries as possible
Ming rulers
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peasant's son who leads army that forces Mongols from China
Hongwu
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who was the first ming emperor
Hongwu
30
Hongwu's son
Yonglo
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who moved royal court to bejing
Yonglo
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who launched first voyages of exploration
Yonglo
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who lead seven long voyages
Zheng
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who distributed gifts to show China's superiority
Zheng
35
chinese government controls all contact with who
outsiders
36
what kind of demands did chinese goods have
high
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chinese policies favored what ideas
farming
38
christian missionaries brought whose ideas to china
european
39
people of Manchuria
Manchus
40
manchu rulers who take control
Qing dynasty
41
Manchus conquered who
Korea
42
Ming and Qing culture based on what
traditional forms
43
civil war destroyed what kind of system in Japan
feudal
44
lords in new feudal system
daimyo
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who built armies od mounted samurai
daimyo
46
powerful daimyo who seizes capital of Kyoto
Oda Nobunaga
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nobunaga rival
Daimyo
48
who carried on Nobunaga work after he committed suicide
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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who toke over complete unification of Japan
Tokugawa Ieyasu
50
another word for shogun
sole ruler
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Edo grew up to be what
Tokyo
52
who ruled Japan until 1867
Tokugawa Shogunate
53
long period of peace
posterity
54
peasants suffered from what in Tokugawa Japan
High taxes
55
Japan became what kind of society
urban
56
traditional culture in Japan did what
thrive
57
townspeople enjoyed what kind of fiction in Japan
realistic
58
what is skits with elaborate costumes
Kabuki theater
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what kind of traders were welcome by Japanese
European
60
the europeans what changed japanese way of fighting
firearms
61
how many japanese were christians
300,000
62
Japan's rulers banned what
christianity
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who disliked europeans ideas
shoguns
64
who limited europeans trade
shoguns
65
who were forbidden to travel abroad
Japanese
66
Where did Yonglo move the royal court to
beijing
67
who brought european ideas to china
christian missionaries
68
when the manchus conquered korea, kore felt feelings of what
nationalism
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what reflected rejection of chinese ways
art
70
why do the chinese isolate
they think they are superior
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Chinese set what for trading
special rules
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who followed the rules of trading and who did not
the dutch accepted the rules but the british did not
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literary work that revealed manchu society
Dream of the Red Chamber
74
what helped unify chinese people
plays about chinese history
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what produced more crops and spurred population growth
new farming techniques
76
families favored who over who
son over daughter
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some women worked outside home but most did what
live restricted lives
78
what destroyed old feudal system in Japan
Civil War
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period from 1467 to 1568 is called what
Warring states
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who is a figurehead with no real power and why
emperor because of daimyo
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other wise known as warrior-cheiftains
daimyo
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who launched invasion on Korea
Hideyoshi
83
most women lead what kind of lives
sheltered
84
what influenced society
confucian ideas
85
what was popular among samurai
tragic noh dramas
86
three line poetry that presents image
haiku
87
european traders were welcome by who
japanese
88
first european arrived when japan had what
no central authority
89
who limited european trade
shoguns
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who were the only two people allowed to trade when japan was in isolation
dutch and chinese

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