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Exploration
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9th Grade
04/08/2013

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Moluccas
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An island chain in present day Indonesia, and was once called the spice islands.
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Prince Henry
Definition
Led the way for sponsoring exploration for Portugal, which is a small nation by Spain.
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Cartographer
Definition
Map makers.
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Vasco de Gama
Definition
Portuguese navigator who led four ships around the Cape of Good Hope.
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Christopher Columbus
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A navigator from Italy that wanted to sail through the Atlantic to reach Indonesia, but instead discovered North America.
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Line of Demarcation
Definition
Something that the Pope made up to divide the new world into two zones.
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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A treaty for the Line of Demarcation.
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Ferdinand Magellan
Definition
A noble man who went off with five ships to try to reach the Pacific ocean.
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Circumnavigate
Definition
A term that be used as sail around.
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Mombasa
Definition
An East African coastal city.
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Malini
Definition
Another East African coastal city.
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Plantation
Definition
Large estates run by the owner or the owner's overseer in the Americas.
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Affonso I
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Ruler of Kongo in West Central Africa.
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Missionaries
Definition
People that tried to convert others to Christianity.
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Asante Kingdom
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A kingdom that occupied an area that is present day Ghana.
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Osei Tutu
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An able military leader who took control of Kumasi.
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Monopoly
Definition
Exclusive control of a business or industry.
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Oyo Empire
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An empire that arose by the Yoruba people of present day Nigeria.
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Cape Town
Definition
The first permanent European settlement that resupplied ships coming to or from the East Indies.
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Boers
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Dutch farmers that settled around Cape Town.
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Afonso de Albuquerque
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A sort of commander that commanded his Portuguese men to burst into the Indian Ocean.
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Mughal Empire
Definition
An empire in India ruled by Muslim rulers.
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Goa
Definition
Anisland off the coast of India that was captured by the Portuguese.
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Malacca
Definition
An East Indies port.
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Outpost
Definition
Distant areas under European control.
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Dutch East India trading Company
Definition
A group of wealthy Dutch Merchants.
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Soveriegn
Definition
Having complete control over what it does like the East India Trading Company
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Philippines
Definition
A large group of islands that was occupied by Spain.
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Sepoys
Definition
Indian Troops.
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Macao
Definition
A trading post for the Portuguese.
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GuangZhou
Definition
The present day name for Macao.
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Matteo Ricci
Definition
A preist who made a strong empression on the Chinese.
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Manchus
Definition
A group of people that ruled a region northeast of Manchuria.
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Qing
Definition
A dynasty made up by the Monchus.
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Qianlong
Definition
Reigned over China from 1736 to 1796.
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Lord Macrtney
Definition
The head person for a British diplomatic mission.
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Nagasaki
Definition
A port where the Japanese permitted one or two Dutch ships a year to catch up to world events.
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