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| List five motives that prompted European explorers to "seek out and discover." |
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| seach for New trade routes, Quest for gold, Desire for adventure and glory, Religious concerns, and Competition among European nations |
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| What man's account of his travels awakened European curiosity in the Orient? In what Asian land did he spend seventeen years? |
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| Marco Polo, Cathay (China) |
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| What three things were of great importance to the early explorers? |
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| What light, fast, vessel was popular with the early explorers of the late fifteenth century? |
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| How many years did Marco Polo journey to get to China? |
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| What were some problems for traders traveling through the Middle East? |
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| 1-rugged terrain, 2-local rulers charged caravans a tax to cross their territories, 3-Italy held a monopoly on oriental trade which kept other traders from getting into the business |
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| a supposedly wealthy Christian king in Africa whom the Europeans wanted to help them fight the Muslim Turks |
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| distance from the equator |
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| what two European nations led the way during the Age of Exploration? |
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| Waht member of the Portuguese ruling family greatly aided the Age of Exploration? What nickname did he earn? |
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| Prince Henry- "The Navigator" |
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| Da Gama's discovery led to the Portuguese establishment of an all-water route to what land? |
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| India (which allowed them to trade spices with India) |
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| For whom is North and South America named? What German mapmaker popularized the name for these continents? |
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| Amerigo Vespucci, Martin Waldseemoller |
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| Who settled the trade disputes between Spain and Potugal by dividing the world between the two countries? What was the dividing line called? |
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| Pope Alexander VI, Line of Demarcation |
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| Found the Cape of Good Hope |
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| Discovered the Bahamas (West Indies - Caribbean Sea) |
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| First to sail around the world |
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| navigate around the world |
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| What was the goal of Prince Henry, the Navigator? |
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| to explore the whole coast of Africa |
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| Which country claimed Brazil? |
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| List five major groups of indian tribes in North America before the coming of the Europeans. |
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| Northeastern, Southeastern (mound builders), Plains, Cliff dwellers(Southwest), and West coast Indians |
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| What were the three major native Indian cultures of Central and South America? |
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| After crossing the Isthmus of Panama, what body of water did Balboa see? What did he call it? Who gave it its present name? |
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| Pacific, South Sea, Magellan |
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| By each of the following explorers, list the country for which they sailed and claimed territory in the New World: Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, Henry Hudson, and John Cabot. |
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| Cartier & Champlain-France; Hudson-Netherlands; Cabot - England |
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| List the Oriental possessions gained by each of the following countries during the Age of Exploration: Portugal, Netherlands, and England. |
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| Trading post in India, Java and Sumatra, Persian Gulf |
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| first notable conquistador |
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| greatest of the conquistadors |
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| Roman Catholic friar who was destressed over the cruelty of the Indians by his Spanish countrymen |
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| What are the changes in Europe's business thinking and practice during the fifteenth and sexteenth centuries called |
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| What was the dominant economic policy of most European nations during the Age of Exploration? |
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| mercantilism - didn't view trade as a two-way street (even for everyone). They wanted to only benefit the seller not the buyer. |
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| What was the purpose of colonies under this economic policy? |
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| the good of the mother country |
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| the use of wealth to make more wealth by investing defines what economic system? |
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| people invested money in these |
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| details of proposed business venture |
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| A major reason for the decline of Portugal as a great power was what? |
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| its inability to defend the huge empire |
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| The Dutch established a colony at Cape Town for what? |
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| T/F The Mayan civilization and the ancient Greeks both were not unified nations? |
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| T/F The Spanish stopped exploring North America when they found to gold? |
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| Who was more cruel to the Indians - the Spanish or the British? |
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| Who was more friendly to the Europeans - the Japanese or the Chinese? |
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| T/F As a result of the Commercial Revolution, land ownership was no longer considered the basis for wealth? |
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| What are the goals of Mercantilism? |
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| 1-newly found wealth should benefit the mother country 2-you should obtain as much precious metal as possible 3-to obtain precious metal they acquired colonies, became self-sufficient, and maintained a favorable balance of trade. |
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| Francisco Vasquez de Coronado |
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| Seven Cities of Cibola (explored southwestern America) |
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| Englands first settlement in America |
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| a form of profit (of a joint-stock company) |
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| Who was the viceroy for Portugal in the East? |
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| What Italian explored Newfoundland for England and discovered fisheries? |
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| Which country claimed Mexico? |
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| Which country claimed Montreal? |
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| Which country claimed New York? |
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| Which country claimed Newfoundland? |
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| The advantage the conquistadors had over the natives of the New World was what? |
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