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Age of Exploration
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9th Grade
05/09/2011

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Isolation
Definition
To set apart; place alone
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Reconquista
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Campaign by Christians to recapture Spain from teh Moors (Muslims)
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Inquisition
Definition
Roman Catholic court established by King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella to investigate and prosecute heresy
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Cartographers
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Mapmakers
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Astrolabe
Definition
Tool developed by Arabs to help figure out latitude @ sea
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Commercial Revolution
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New business and trade practices which began after colonization
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Capitalism
Definition
Economic system based on private ownership and the investment of wealth for profit
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Joint-Stock Company
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"Corporation" in which a number of people pool their wealth for a common purpose (colonization)
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Encomieda System
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Conquistadors were granted land and rights to deman labor and tributes from Native Americans
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Mercantilism
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Theory that a wealthy country is a powerful country, therefore the goal is to attain as much wealth as possible
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Imperialism
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The domination of one country over the political &/or economic life of another
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Conquistadors
Definition
Spanish conquerors
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Plantations
Definition
Large estates that made a large work force necessary
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Middle Passage
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Forced voyage of millions of Africans from Africa to the Americas on slave ships
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