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Chapter 6
Age of Exploration
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9th Grade
10/13/2014

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Vasco da Gama’s discovery of a route to India by sea proved to be
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very profitable, since da Gama returned with a cargo of spices and made a profit of several thousand percent.
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____ went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas.
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Christopher Columbus
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What was the name of the set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century?
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mercantilism
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Who were the first Europeans to interact the natives of “the Americas”?
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the Spanish
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The ____ society of eastern Nigeria produced more slaves than practically any other in the continent.
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Ibo
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Originally, before being brought to the Americas, African slaves were used in ____as ____
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Southeast Asia, house servants
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The Moluccas are part of what island country?
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Indonesia
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In Southeast Asia, European influence
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was mostly limited to the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian Archipelago.
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____ became the dominant religion on the Southeast Asian mainland from 1500 to 1800.
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Buddhism
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To Portuguese explorers, the southern coast of South Africa became known as
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Cape of Good Hope.
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Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire after arriving in the Americas
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Hernan Cortes
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According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on
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a large supply of bullion, or gold and silver.
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The _________ was conquered by Fransisco Pizarro when he arrived in South America.
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Inca Empire
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Aggressive Dutch traders were able to
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reduce the English influence on the spice market to a single port on the southern coast of Sumatra.
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European rulers and merchants were determined to gain control of the islands of Southeast Asia because
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the spice trade there was enormously profitable.
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Europeans had less impact on the mainland states of Southeast Asia because
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the mainland states were able to unite and drive the Europeans out.
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The ____ is the difference in value between what a nation imports and what it exports over time.
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balance of trade
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Which explorer was the first to make a significant discovery?
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Christopher Columbus
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When was the Middle Passage first used?
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1518
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Which settlement is the first to be established in the North America?
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Jamestown
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Which continent was explored by the greatest number of European countries?
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North America
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Explorers from which country took the longest voyage?
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Spain
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Which event happened after Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire?
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Spanish gain control of Northern Mexico.
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What happened in 1494?
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Portugal gained land in Brazil
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Portuguese explorers were the first Europeans to value this coast of Africa
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Gold Coast
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established a line of demarcation between Spanish and Portuguese territories
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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explored the coastline of New England
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John Cabot
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the right of Spanish settlers to use Native Americans as laborers
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encomienda
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the journey of slaves from Africa to America
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middle passage
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king of Congo in Africa
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Alfonso
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African society that was ruined because of the slave trade
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Benin
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English influence on the spice market was reduced to a single port located here
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Sumatra
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its main religion is a variation of Buddhism
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Java
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extremely profitable trade item from Southeast Asia
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spice
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sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India
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Vasco de Gama
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first European to land in “The Americas”
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Christopher Columbus
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wrote many letters describing his voyages to the New World
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Amerigo Vespucci
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a Dutch settlement renamed New York when the British took control
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New Netherlands
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the pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa and Asia, and the American continents
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triangular trade
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island group
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archipelago
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known to Europeans as the Spice Islands
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Moluccas
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African slaves supplied labor for them
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sugarcane plantations
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controlled Spice Islands until driven out by the Dutch
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Portuguese
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formed the East India Company and West India Company
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Dutch
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