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What were some of the characteristics of Portuguese ships?

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fast, low cost and better maps

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What piece of land did Bartholomew Dias name?

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cape of good hope

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What did Vasco de Gama take over?

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the spice trade

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columbous reached the americas with whose support

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queen Isabella

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ferdinand magellan named what

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strait of magellan

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who killed ferdinand magellan

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philippines indigious people

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Where and when did the Nazca emerged?

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Around 200BC in present-Peru

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what did the treaty of tordesillas state

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east belongs to portugual, west belongs to spain, routes to americas belongs to spain, and portugal had everything going from the tip of africa to india

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john cobalt found what

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new england coast

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Where and when did the Nazca emerged?

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Around 200BC in present-Peru

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Where and when did the Moche emerged?

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700AD along Moche River (now Equador)

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pedro cabral found what

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brazil

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amerigo vespucci florentine named the islands he landened on what

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the americas

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spanish conquerors of america are called what

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conquistadors

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what was the plan(encomienia)?

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spanish settlers protect, care for, and christianize indians
-> indians work a portion of their time for spanish settlers.

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what was the reality of the Encomienia plan?

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spanish settlers force long labor don’t pay indian workers, fail to protect indians, and seized indian lands -> indians die from diesease and harsh living and working conditions

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where did spain control?

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south america and parts of central and north america

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where was portugal considered the ruler of?

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brazil, latin america( central and south america)

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What tradition was part of the Nazca?

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Etching pictures, such as geometric animals and humans, into the dirt

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where did hernan cortas landed

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veracruz

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franciso pizarro stole what

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stael weaopons, gunpowder, and horses

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dutch established what and were located in where in the americas

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new york state and a fur trade

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what did french establish in americas

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quebec and Louisiana

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what did english establish in americas

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jamestown in virgina

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colonial latin divided classes based on what?
status
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what are the social classes in order from highest to lowest?
peninsularel,creoles,native americans/africans,mestizos,mulattoes
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who are the peninsulares?
officials born in europe or who came from iberian peninsula (highest of classes)
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who are the creoles?
born in latin america, descendants of peninsulares (second class)
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who are the mestizos?
european and native american children
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What was special about the Moche's pottery?
Their pottery depicts war
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What happened in 700AD to the Moche?
They were replaced by the Chimore kingdom for 400 years
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the baltic sea divided into how many roman empire states
300
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the war between the king and the parliment was over what
to determine each role they play in governing eglnad
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tudor dynasty ended when
when queen elizabeth died
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What were the three purposes of the Royal Court of Versailles?
1. Household of the king 2. location of chief officer of the court 3. Where powerful people came to find favor or positions on the court
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what was the testact
only angelecans could hold military amd civil offices
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why did james 2 send his wife and son to france
to protect them
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what is banking
money magement
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what were the negative effects that euope and americas trade had on the people
the poeple were almost wiped out by disesas and forced labor
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Whose control was France under?
Louis XIV (14th)
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Who was Richelieu and what was significant about him?
50 years before Louis, there was a government struggle, so he set up spies (Cardinals) to uncover nobles
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What did Louis XIV built while he was in power?
The Royal Court of Versailles and roads and canals
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how did the people get the salves across the Atlantic ocean
by the triangular trade route
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what were slaves sold for
gold and guns
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what was the impact of the human slave trade
areas depopulated and deprived, increase in wars and raids, loss of faith, human scarifies are common, African culture blended with Brazil and the Caribbean
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How did Louis XIV maintain religious harmony?
By converting Huguenots to Catholics
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How did the Huguenots react to Louis XIV's Huguenot converting?
Most fled to either England, United Providences (Norway), or the German states
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Who did Louis XIV want to increase mercantilism?
Jean Baptiste Colbert
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caravel
a small, fast, maneuverable ship that had a large cargo hold and usually three masts with lateen sails
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colony
a settlement of people living in a new territory
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mercantilism
a set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century
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plantation
a large agricultural estate
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peninsulare
a person born on the Iberian Peninsula
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creole
a person of European descent
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mestizo
a person of mixed European and Native American descent
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mulatto
a person of mixed African and European descent
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encomienda
a system of labor the Spanish used in the Americas
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mita
a labor system that the Spanish administrators in Peru used to draft native people to work
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draft
to select for some purpose; to conscript
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heretic
one who does not conform to established doctrine
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armada
a fleet of warships
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What is absolution?
The process of being released from guilt, punishment, obligation
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divine right of kings
the belief that the king gets his power from God
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Puritans
English Protestants
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Cavaliers
supporters of King Charles I in the English Civil War
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Roundheads
supporters of the Parliament in the English Civil War
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What did Fredrick do for Prussia?
brought new bureaucratic instruments to government(many became junkers), built good large army (4th largest in Europe), set up war commissionariats to levy taxes for army and overgrowth (became civilian agency)
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restoration
a bringing back to a former position or condition
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stability
the state of being stable
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absolutism
a political system in which a ruler holds total power
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absolute monarchy
a form of monarchy where the power of the monarch is not limited by laws or a constitution
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authority
power; person in command
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emerge
to become; manifest
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czar
Russian for caesar
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How would Jean Baptiste Colbert increase mercantilism?
By decreasing imports and increasing exports
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What legacy did Louis XIV leave behind?
In 1715, he died and left France surrounded by enemies and his people in poverty
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boyar
a Russian noble
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baroque
an artistic style of the seventeenth century
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decline
to change to a lower state or level
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baroque
an artistic style of the seventeenth century
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where did the spread of absolution fail
spain
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What was the result of the 30 year war
formation of 300 German states which gave them independence
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What two great European powers emerged?
Prussia and Austria
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Who was the leader of Prussia
Fredrick William the Great Elector
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Who was the leader of Austria
Hapsbergs
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How were the Hapsbergs significant?
They played a significant role in European politics(Hapsbergs emperor located in Holy Roman Empire), centralized collection of territories that were held together by the HB emperor
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Who was the Hapsbergs emperor?
The archduke of Austria and king of Bohemia and Hungary (each country still had own laws and political life)
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Who did Russia emerge as a powerful state under?
Peter the Great
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Who was the first czar of Russia?
Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)
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What did Ivan IV do for Russia?
Expanded territory east, crushed nobility and voyagers
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What was the nickname for Ivan IV and why?
Ivan the Terrible | Why? Well, he's really bad, stabbed his son to death yk
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Which family came after Ivan IV?
The Romanovs
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Which Romanov was chosen for czar by the people and when?
Michael Romanov, 1613
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How long did the Romanov dynasty last?
All the way till 1917
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When did Peter the Great become leader?
1689
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Who was Peter the Great?
Absolute ruler, claimed divine right, modernization of army and navy (greatest military til death in 1725), introduced manners?(allowed upper class women to remove veils), built Saint Petersburg on Baltic port for the Russian Navy in 1703 (Window to West capital till 1918), divided country into providences It's a lot, I know Very productive man
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How did Peter the Great modernized the army and navy?
Drafted peasants who must serve 25 years
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What did Peter the Great built and what was significant about it?
Built St. Petersburg in 1703 for navy | Window to West Capital
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What was Mannerism?
Movement in the 1520s and 1530s in Italy, end of the Renaissance
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What was Baroque?
artistic style of the 17th century, had complex, bold contracting elements, spread to the rest of Europe
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The French colonies had what in the americas?
Strong military growth

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