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Age of Exploration

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Prince Henry   sponsored exploration  
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Columbus   wanted to reach the east indies by sailing west- underestimated earths size and discovered the americas  
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Moctezuma   aztec emperor  
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Atahulpa   inca ruler  
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mulatto   african and eruopean descent  
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treaty of paris   ended the seven years war and resulted in the british dominance of the americas  
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price revolution   when inflation rose rapidly  
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treaty of tordesillas   treaty signed between spain and portigual whichdivided the non-euroupean world between them  
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conquistidaors   spanish explorers who claimed lands in the americas for spain  
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pizarro   conqured incas  
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Encomendia   spanish goverement gives the right to american colonists to demand free labor from the native americans  
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new france   french possesions in the present day canada  
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triangular trade   colonial trade routes among eroupe and its colonies, the west indies, and africa where goods, ideas, people, and disease were exchanged  
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capitolisim   means of production are privately owned and opperated for profit  
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magellan   circumnavigated the globe  
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cortes   conqured aztecs, didnt have permission to leave spain, but left anyways  
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peninsularies   spainards born in spain  
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pilgrims   english protestants who rejected the church of england  
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middle passage   leg of the triangular trade where slaves were transported from africa to the americas  
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mercantalisim   where a nations wealth is measured by gold and silver- must export more than you import  
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cape town   first colony in south africa  
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tenochtitlan   capitol city of the aztec empire  
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mestizo   native american and European parents  
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french and Indian war   between britian and france in the americas(part of 7 years war)  
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Colombian exchange   global exchange of goods, ideas, plannts, animals, disease, people  
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list and explain the 5 motivations for european exploration   1- gold and silver needed to fund wars for power 2-spread Christianity 3- expand knowledge 4- larger empires- land = power 5-trade routes to asia and the spice islands for salt to preserve meat. muslims are in control of trade routes  
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what was prince Henry's role in the age of exploration   sponsored portuguse explorers- results in Portugal initially leading the A. of E.  
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describe Dias, De gama, coloumbus, and Magelan's explorations   Dias- Africa- Cape of good hope De Gama-finds a diff route to india!- one of their goals coloumbus reached east by sailing west(americas) magellan- first to circumnavigate  
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describe how portigual gained footholds in africa and the effect of portugese contact in africa   set up trading forts along coast. when native poopulation declines they need slaves forming the slave trade  
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describe the relationship between the natives and coloumbus   he was the first to encounter the tainos who were giving and hepful. coloumbus was cruel and abusive to them w/o the tainos help who knows what would have happened to coloumbus  
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What were advantages and disadvantages the conquistadors had?   A.- guns, Disease, horses D.- outnumbered  
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describe cortez's conquer of the aztecs   cortez goes into tenotician w/ help from the natives and moctezuma welcomes him. moctezuma wont convert and he throws a bible in cortezs face so cortez attacks. mexico city is created  
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describe pizarros conquer of the incas   the inca empire is weak bc of a civil war. bc atalupaha dosent convert pizarro caputures and kills ataualpha and kills thousands of incas. pizarro overran them with superior weapons and disease  
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short and long term effects of the conquistadors   S.- tens of thousands of natives die -millions of natives are conqured L.-new culture emerges -world becomes more connected  
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how did spain rule their colonies? how were they made profitable?   gave land to appointed viceroys and encomindia is enforced. for profit the natives work forcefully for free and sent back to eroupe to trade for money  
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describe colonial social structure   1.-pennsularies- born in spain 2.- creoles- born in americas with spanish born parents 3- mestizos/ malattoes- one european parent and one african or native parent 4-natives 5- slaves  
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describe triangular trade   eroupe sends guns and money to africa africa sends slaves, gold to americas americas send raw materials to eroupe to be sold for profit  
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describe the conditions of the middle passage   slaves overcrowded, no respect for their lives, whipped, DISEASE, chained, no space  
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effects of slave trade   europe became wealthiest african socieity torn apart  
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describe coloumbian exchange and some effects   vast exchange of plants, animals, culture, DISEASE, people increase in population(bc of corn + potatoes- more food means more people) mass migration some decrease in population(disease on natives)  
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describe commercial revolution   inflation capitalism new busnisses practices  
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describe mercantalisim   a nations wealth measured by gold- must export more than you import  
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inflation   rise of prices linked to increase in amt of money available  
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