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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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| What was the name of the set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century? |
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| Who were the first Europeans to interact the natives of “the Americas”? |
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| The ____ society of eastern Nigeria produced more slaves than practically any other in the continent. |
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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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| 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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| To Portuguese explorers, the southern coast of South Africa became known as |
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| Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire after arriving in the Americas |
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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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| 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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| Which explorer was the first to make a significant discovery? |
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| When was the Middle Passage first used? |
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| Which settlement is the first to be established in the North America? |
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| Which continent was explored by the greatest number of European countries? |
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| Explorers from which country took the longest voyage? |
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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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| 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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| established a line of demarcation between Spanish and Portuguese territories |
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| explored the coastline of New England |
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| the right of Spanish settlers to use Native Americans as laborers |
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| the journey of slaves from Africa to America |
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| African society that was ruined because of the slave trade |
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| English influence on the spice market was reduced to a single port located here |
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| its main religion is a variation of Buddhism |
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| extremely profitable trade item from Southeast Asia |
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| sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India |
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| first European to land in “The Americas” |
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| wrote many letters describing his voyages to the New World |
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| a Dutch settlement renamed New York when the British took control |
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| the pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa and Asia, and the American continents |
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| known to Europeans as the Spice Islands |
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| African slaves supplied labor for them |
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| controlled Spice Islands until driven out by the Dutch |
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| formed the East India Company and West India Company |
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