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| What opened the European's eyes to a whole new world? |
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| What led the Europeans to look for an all water route to Asia/The Orient? |
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| The goods and their desire for these goods. |
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| What book encouraged the Europeans to set sail? |
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| An Italian merchant who traveled with his uncle and father to Asia. |
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| What was "The Travels" about? |
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| Who read Marco Polo's book? |
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| Many Europeans including Christopher Columbus |
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| Why were the Europeans restricted from traveling to Asia by land? |
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| Because the Ottoman Turks controlled the land route. |
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| Why were the Europeans restricted from traveling to Asia by land? |
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| Because the Ottoman Turks controlled the land route. |
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| What empire came to power after the Arab Empire? (1300's) |
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| What religion did the Ottoman's practice? |
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| What do the Islam's call their god? |
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| Where was the Ottoman Empire from? |
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| Why did the Europeans want to establish their own trading partnership with the people in Asia? |
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| The Arab merchants raised the price of the goods and so the Italian merchants raised the price too. |
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| Why was God apart of the 3 G's? |
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| Why was Glory apart of the 3 G's? |
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| wanted future generations to remember their names |
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| Why was Gold apart of the 3 G's? |
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| precious metals were valuable |
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| What was the first European country to set sail? |
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| What was the first European country to set sail? |
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| When, under who, and where were the Portuguese exploring in the beginning? |
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| 1420, Prince Henry the Navigator, the African coast |
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| Where did the Portuguese find gold? |
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| on the western coast of Africa |
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| What did the Europeans nickname the western coast of Africa? |
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| In 1488, who rounded the southern tip of Africa and gave it a nickname? |
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| Bartholomew Dias and the Cape of Good Hope |
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| What happened to Vasco de Gamma in 1498? |
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| He sailed around the cape on into the Indian Ocean and ended up in India. |
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| What happened when the Portuguese sent a fleet of ships to India? |
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| They defeated the Ottomans and gained control of the Spice Trade. |
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| Why didn't the Portuguese colonize the Asian region? |
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| They didn't have enough people or power. |
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| How did the Spanish attempt to reach the Orient? |
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| by sailing westward across the Atlantic |
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| What is the nickname for Southeast Asia? |
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