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What were the 2 Portuguese ships called?

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Caravel, Carrack

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The ______ , _______ , _______ , _____, and _____ supported maritime exploration in the 1450’s through 1750’s.

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Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, British, French

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The Caravel was ____ , ____, ____, and the Portuguese can put _____ on it.

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faster, smaller, lighter, cannons

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____ is a compact instrument made by to observe and calculate the position of celestial (stars) bodies to help navigation. Finds latitude.

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Astrolabe

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______ could observe altitude and measure angular distances. Was invented after Astrolabe.

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Sextant

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What technological/ship improvement came after the 1750’s?

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The steamship (steam engine)

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_____ uses the power of headwinds to make a safe journey. It allows the wind to be ________.

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Lateen Sail, caught in different directions

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Europe sent guns and cloth to ______.

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Africa

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_____ was invented in China. Used to travel through IOTN.

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Magnetic compass

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What was the Dutch’s ship called?

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Dutch Fluyt

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Why did the Europeans facilitate maritime exploration?

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-Portuguese wanted to cut out the Ottoman/Venetian monopoly on goods.

-new passage to asia

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Wood, furs, tobacco, and sugar were sent from the ______ to _______ .

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Americas, Europe

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Europe sent _______ to Americas

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manufactured goods, tea

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14
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Americas sent iron products and tools to ______.

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Africa

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The Europeans in the Americas led to spread of disease such as _____, ____, and ____.

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smallpox, measles, malaria.

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16
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All of the European empires develop new colonies to gain ______ .

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resources

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17
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The exchange of goods, people, and disease from Europe and the Americas is known as ______.

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The Columbian Exchange, Trans-atlantic slave trade

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The desire to find new trade routes to ____ was one of the ____ to the Columbian Exchange.

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Asia, causes

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The introduction of Europeans and the arrival of pathogens caused _________ when 75-90% of indigenous population dies.

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The Great Dying

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20
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European trading posts in Africa were to ____________ .

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extract resources

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What was the benefit of the Columbian Exchange?

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Americas and Europe got to trade resources/finished products to improve their socio-economic factors.

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22
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_____ had new colonies in Lt. America

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Spanish

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What is a negative of the exchange in Silver?

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Silver from the Americas caused inflation in Spain.

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_____ grew rich by conquering South America and Mexico. They forced natives to dig in _____ mines.

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Spanish, silver

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Define Isolationist policies
the need to stay apart or not involve in other countries' political affairs
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What 2 countries' displayed an isolationist stance? and why?
China (didn't need anybody else) Japan (avoided Western influence)
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_______ established trading post empire in IOTN. Collect taxes, make profit.
Portuguese
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_____ had new colonies in Indonesia & North America.
Dutch
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_____ had new colonies in SE Asia, North America, Caribbean
French
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____ has colonies throughout North America.
British
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The Asante people gave Europeans gold, ivory, and benefited from ___________ and gained power. Later they ended up becoming ________.
selling slaved to the Europeans, sold in slavery
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What is a continuity during the 1450's though 1750's?
Slavery/Coerced labor
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How did slavery change in 1450's through 1750's?
It went from slavery (forced labor) to chattel slavery (considered people as property and allowed them to be bought and sold_
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What did slaves work on?
Plantations (sugar, cotton)
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How did Spanish use Incan mit'a system (required labor for gov. infrastructure projects)?
They used it to make natives work in silver mines and plantations.
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What drove the demand for chattel slavery?
The Great Dying which wiped out more than 3/4 of the indigenous population.
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_______ is when you work without a timeframe to repay a loan. Give an example of how that would change in the 1750's -1900's
Indentured Servitude, Criminals/people in poverty sell themselves to gain access into the "New World."
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______ is a forced labor system. Spanish settlers receive land in the Americas. They keep the natives living there and use them for labor.
Encomienda
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The ______ system in the Americas includes an estate with plantations worked by _____ and _____.
Hacienda, slaves, indentured servants (poor Spanish)
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Mercantistic believes _________. Europeans desired to _______.
there is a finite amount of wealth in the world. grab as much wealth/resources from colonies before anybody else.
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How did joint-stock companies maintain power?
With government support. Many officials bought shares in the company.
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What was the Moroccan conflict with Songhai?
Moroccans conquer Songhai since they are rich in trade routes and gold mines.
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How was silver used to make the first global economy?
Spanish buy Asian goods (silk) with silver coins and Chinese increase demand for silver. Therefore, silver travels from Americas - Spain - China
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Spain sent ______ to find a quicker route to Asia after they heard Portuguese set up trading post empire.
Christopher Columbus
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In the 1440's, _______ helped Portugal set up trading post along coasts of ______ and throughout Indian ocean.
Prince Henry the navigator, Africa
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France try to find a ________ passage establish ______ because they arrived in _______.
North atlantic ,fur trade, Canada
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Spain and Portugal used _______. Where did each empire use these?
tribute collection and Coerced labor. Portuguese in its trading post empire enforces taxes on passing ships. Spanish in the Americas.
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Why did the diseases impact the Americas greater than in Afro-Eurasia?
The diseases have been circulating for generations in Afro-Eurasia so they developed immunities but were new to the Americas.
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A cash crop is ______________. An example would be ______ in the Caribbean.
grown primarily for export, sugarcane
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Why did the Tokugawa Shogunate limit Western influence after 1550's?
They wanted to stop Christianity conversions in Japan.
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Louis XIV was a king in _____ who believed in absolutism which meant ______. Unsatisfied nobles place new laws on peasants. This caused ______ which was known as ______.
France, the ruler has complete authority over the country, peasants to revolt and demand, The Fronde,
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The Fronde lasted __ years and resulted in the ___________.
6, monarchy to increase.
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_____ were societies made from free and escaped slaves in colonial areas.
Maroon Societies
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Who led the maroon society revolt in Jamaica and caused colonial powers to sign treaty? In ____.
Queen Nanny, 1738
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King Of the Kongo converted to ______ to facilitate trade with Portuguese.
Christianity
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How did IOTN change? ..stay the same?
Europeans powers grab territorial holdings. Middle East and SE merchants continued to used for bulk trading.
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The _____, ____, _____ controlled the Silk Roads while Europeans dominate maritime networks.
Ottoman, Manchu Qing, Ming
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Silver was used to purchase goods from _____. This developed the _______ of their economy.
China, commercialization
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Growing emergence of _____ language emerges in Caribbean and Brazil.
Creole (language synthesis of European+African)
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Chattel slavery causes ______ since men were preferred to women. This led to ____ which means that a man marries more than one woman.
gender imbalance, polygyny
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These are Spanish systems -_______ nothing to do with land ownership and everything to control indigenous population. _______ land ownership to control population.
Encomienda, Hacienda
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Some native population continued to practice their own beliefs and didn't entirely convert to Christianity. _____ was a belief that blends African + Christian practices.
Vodun
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The _____ was when the Spanish eliminate Muslims from the _______.
Reconquista, Iberian Peninsula
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The Spanish erased wide variety of cultural/linguistic identity. They separated natives through native Spanish ancestry called ________. Describe 5 components.
The Casta System - Peninsulares (Spanish born in Spain) Creoles - (Spanish born in the Americas) Mestizos - (Native+Spanish) Native Americans Slaves
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What change happens politically from Ming to Machu Qing rule?
They chose Manchu people to administrate bureaucratic positions instead of Han Chinese.
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Protestant
Faith was the path to salvation
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Catholic
Feudal aristocratic ways
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_______ brought valuable goods from China to establish relations with other nations during his voyages _____ to ____.
Zheng He, 1405, 1433

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