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world history 1
causes and effects of the age of Discovery
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who was prince henry the navigator ? | the prince of Portugal who created a school of navigation souring on the age of exploration |
| why did Europeans set sail to explore ? | to create empire to search of new markets and economic opportunities and to spread Christianity |
| who was Vasco de Gama ? | Portuguese sailor who circumnavigated Arica to reach Asia |
| who was Christopher Columbus ? | Spanish sailor from Italy who sailed west to get east & discovered Americas in the process |
| who was Hernando Cortes ? | A Spanish Conquistadore who conquered the Aztec empire in modern day Mexico |
| who was Francisco Pizarro ? | a Spanish Conquistadore who conquered the Incan civilization of Andean Peru and Chile |
| who was sir Francis drake ? | the Frist Englishman credited as the Frist to circumnavigate the earth |
| who was Jacques Cartier? | A French mariner who navigated into the st. Lawrence river in hopes of finding a northwest passage |
| what was the old world? | Europe, Africa. and Asia |
| what was the New world ? | The Americas |
| what was the Columbian Exchange? | the biological and cultural exchange between the old and New worlds instigated by the voyages of columbus |
| what went from the old to New world in the Columbian Exchange? | largely diseases and livestock, but some agricultural products .like citrus. as well |
| what went from the New world to the old world in Columbian exchange | agricultural products like tobacco peanuts corn etc |
| what legacy did the colonial government of latin America leave? | a rigid social class system and a dictatorial from of government |
| what caused the African slave trade | the death of the indigenous population of the Americas |
| what was the middle passage | the journey of African slave ships across the Atlantic to the Americas |
| the trade of goods between Europe, Africa, and the Americas from Europe manufactured goods from Africa slaves and the Americas raw materialsh | |
| how did the African slave trade Affect Africa | depleted their population of the fittest members of society and led to intertribal warfare |
| what was mercantilism | monopolistic trade system between mother country and colonies benefitting the mother country |
| what was the commercial revolution | the advent of banking financing and mercantilism which led to economic growth in Europe |
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Malak Adel
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