EU Expansion (International) Flashcards

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Trade: What was the result of crusades?

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taste for luxury goods

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Trade: What qualified as luxury goods?

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silk from China, cotton from India, incense from Arabia, and spices

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Trade: What was the starting point of new world discovery?

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Europe began to participate in global networks of trade, people, and power

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Trade: How did Religion come into play with Trade?

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The desire to convert “heathens” to contributed to exploration motivation

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Trade: What was a new concept with trade as people discovered New world, Asia, and more of Africa?

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Global trade networks with other civilizations

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Trade: What is the Columbian Exchange?

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biological and cultural consequences of the Europe and the Americas exchange that began in 1492.

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Trade: What was exchanged in the Columbian exchange?

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Diseases to indigenous peoples, plants and animals

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Trade: What were 2 things the Treaty of Tordesillas?

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  1. Divided up the new world where spain got left side and portugal got right side
  2. It claimed that because the pope represented god, all people were under pope’s jurisdiction
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Trade: What did the African slave trade reinforce over the long term?

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Inferiority of African people

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Trade: What was the triangular trade?

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A 3 way exploitative system:
Basic commodities shipped from Europe from New world => Manufacturing shipped to Africa => Slaves shipped to new world

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New World: How did Columbus get allowance to sail to new world?

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Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon allowed columbus

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New World: What did Columbus do in the New World?

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He allowed his subordinates to massacre and enslave the people despite Ferdinand and Isabella didn’t want that

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New World: How was the indigenous population destroyed?

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With transmission of European diseases

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New World: Why was there a demand for slaves?

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Because there was not enough indigenous peoples to work mines and plantations

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New World: What did Spanish upon landiing
in the New world?

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Found new settlements and transforming indigenous settlments

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New World: Why did English establish settlements on east coast of NA?

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inadequate resources and conflict with the indigenous

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New World: What was the most important product of trans-atlantic trade? What did this create?

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Sugar which led to high demand for plantations and slave trade

18
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New World: Why did colonies eventually rebel?

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Because of the distractions of the enlightenment coinciding with colonies producing their own identity

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New World: What was Brazil to Portugal?

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Major supply for sugar and a destination for settlers

20
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New World: How did English colonies grow and become independently governed?

A

Political institutions, governors, and assemblies established

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New World: What was americas motivation of the American Revolution?

A

Europe was trying to take more control over prosperous colonies that are more successful than them

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New World: How was the 7 years war participated in the new world?

A

British colonists pushed east for more land because of hunger caused by the war which led them to battles with the French

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New World: How did the Peace of Utrecht affect French land in New world?

A

It forced French to give Acadia to the British

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New World: What was the effect of slavery being established in southern colonies?

A

Sexual exploitation of African womem

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New World: What is the effect of having slaves stay in your colonies?

A

Creating a self-producing slave system

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New World: What was the effect of the enlightenment on Slavery?

A

Diversity in thought in the enlightenment led to some anti-slavery sentiment

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Asia: How did the Ottoman empire affect trade with Asia?

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Overland trade decreased

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Asia: What was a problem with trade in Asia?

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European economies produced nothing that Asians wanted

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Asia: What was an important development as a result of trade with Asia?

A

More trading companies

30
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Asia: What is the VOC? How did it function?

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The east india company of the Dutch government

31
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Asia: How did the reformations connect Catholicism and Asia

A

Catholic Jesuits were motivated to go enact foreign missions across Asia

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Asia: Were there protestants in Asia?

A

No because protestants weren’t interest

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Africa: How did the reformations connect Catholicism and Africa

A

Christian missions converted some African rulers

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Africa: How did the Portuguese get more slaves for their Brazilian plantations?

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By creating many fortresses and trading posts in African coast

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Asia: What did the Dutch East Indian Company (VOC) do to Portuguese?

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Eclipsed Portuguese establishments and became a dominant trading force in Asia

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Asia: When did the VOC’s power wane?

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When is was weakened with English and French Competitors

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Asia: How did the 7 years war positively affect the British in gaining trade in India

A

the British expelled the French from India

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Asia: What makes European trade with China difficult?

A

Permission form emperor and restrictions to a couple chinese ports

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Asia: Who is St. Francis Xavier and how is he related to Japan?

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He was a Portuguese missionary that converted many Japanese before they shut off the borders