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Chapter 6: Age of Exploration

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Conquistador   Spanish conquerors of the Americas  
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Colony   A settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control  
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Mercantilism   A set of principles that dominated economic thought in the 12th century. Held that propserity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver  
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Balance of Trade   Difference in value between what a nation imports and what it exports over time.  
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Plantation   A large agricultural estate  
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Triangular Trade   Pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, Asia and American continents.  
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Middle Passage   Journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas, so called because it was the middle portion of the triangular trade route.  
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Mainland States   Part of a continent, as distinguished from peninsulas or offshore islands.  
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Bureaucracy   Administrative organization that relies on non-elected officials and regular procedures.  
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What were explorers seeking thorugh exploration?   New trade routes  
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Motives for exploration   Gold, Glory, and God  
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Henry the Navigator   Brought together exports to study navigation and sponsored voyages in the Atlantic  
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Christopher Columbus   Italian explorer whose voyage was sponsored by the Spanish. He believed he could find a new trade route to Asia and landed in the Americas, believing he had reached India.  
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Ferdinand Magellan   His crew was the first to sail around the world.  
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Strait of Magellan   Narrow passageway at the tip of South America discovered by Magelland and his crew.  
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Which country led the way in exploration   Portugal  
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Part of the Triangular trade that describes the transportation from Africa to America   Middle Passage  
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Bartholomeu Dias   Portuguese who along with his crew sailed down the coast of Africa and discovered the tip called the Cape of Good Hope.  
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Mercantilism   Economic system based on belief that: -a nations power is based on its wealth -creating a balance of trade (exporting more than you import)  
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Hernando Cortez and Francisco Pizarro   Conquistadors who led invasions against the Aztecs and Incas.  
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Portuguese who sailed from Portugal to India   Vasco Da Gama  
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Columbian Exchange   the extensive exchange of plants and animals between the Old and New Worlds.  
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Balance of Trade   Mercantilist principle which is based on exports being greater than imports.  
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