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The Age of Exploration
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History
9th Grade
04/08/2013

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Moluccas
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a group of islands in eastern Indonesia; was the center of the spice trade in the 1500s and 1600s
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Prince Henry
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led the way in sponsoring exploration for Portugal, a small nation next to spain
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Cartographers
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Mapmaker
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Vasco da Gama
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Christopher Columbus
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wanted to reach the East Indies- by sailing west across the Atlantic
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Line of Demarcation
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a line dividing the non-European world into two zones
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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signed between the two countries in 1494
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Ferdinand Magellan
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set out from Spain with five ships to find a way to reach the pacific
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Circumnavigate
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sailing around the world
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Mombasa
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a city in southeastern Kenya, located on a small coastal island
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Malinda
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a coastal town in SE Kenya
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Plantation
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large estate run by an owner or overseer and worked by laborers who live there
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Affonso 1
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ruler of Kongo in west central Africa
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Missionary
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convert Africans to Christianity
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Asante Kingdom
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emerged in the area occupied by present-day Ghana
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Osei Tutu
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won control of the trading city of Kumasi
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Monopoly
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is the exclusive control of a business or industry
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Oyo Empire
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arose from successive waves of settlement by the Yoruba people of resent-day Nigeria
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Cape Town
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the first permanent European settlement, to supply ships sailing to or from the East Indies
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Boers
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Dutch Farmers
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Guangzhou
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A city in southern China, the capital of Guangdong province
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Matteo Ricci
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SJ was an Italian Jesuit priest, and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China Mission, as it existed in the 17th–18th centuries. His current title is Servant of God
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Manchus
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a member of the Manchu speaking people of Mongolian race of Manchuria; related to the Tungus; conquered China in the 17th century.
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Qing
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A dynasty established by the Manchus that ruled China 1644–1912 until overthrown by Sun Yat-sen and his supporters.
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Lord Macartney
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George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, KB (14 May 1737 – 31 May 1806) was an Irish-born British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat.
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Nagasaki
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A city in southwestern Japan, on western Kyushu island
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