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Bellaire Social Studies American HIstory CH2

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Black Death   an epidemic that swept through Europe from 1348 to about 1350, the bubonic plague killed perhaps as many as 75 million people  
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Commercial Revolution   a period of economic development that dramatically changed the way many merchants conducted business  
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Capital   money or property that is used to earn more money  
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Joint-stock companies   businesses in which a group of people jointly invest and share in the profits and losses  
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Renaissance   a grand rebirth of European interest in the arts and learning of ancient Greece and Rome  
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Astrolabe   a tool used with the magnetic compass that allowed navigator to determine their ship’s position by charting the position of the stars.  
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Monopoly   stealing the economic control of wealth  
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Caravel   a small ship built to be very maneuverable and fast  
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Reconquista   the centuries-long struggle to drive the Moors from Spain  
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Viceroy   royal governor  
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Convert   change the religious beliefs  
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Line of Demarcation   the boundary of Spain’s exploration and monopoly rights  
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Treaty of Tordesillas   Spain and Portugal agreed to move the Line of Demarcation around 800 miles father west of the Azores so that Portugal got more opportunity to claim lands unexplored by other Europeans  
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Strait   a narrow winding sea passage  
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Circumnavigate   to sail completely around  
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Columbian Exchange   In the process of exploration, plants, animals and diseases were transferred between the “Old World” of Europe, Africa and Asia and the “New World” of the Americas  
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Northwest passage   a path around or through North America that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific  
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Why did Christopher Columbus want to sail the atlantic Ocean?   He wanted to sail across the Atlantic Ocean to find a sea route to Asia  
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Why did Spain agree to fund his voyage?   Spain wanted to compete with Portugal  
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How did Europeans respond to news of Columbus's first voyage?   Ferinand and Isabella were excited; King John II of Portugal was unhappy with Spain's claim, and a treaty was signed  
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Who were the Taino and what were they like?   They were native islanders who lived on San Salvador when Columbus landed there; they were handsome, generous, and peaceful farmers.  
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