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BJU World History ch 12
BJU
60
History
9th Grade
01/15/2009

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List five motives that prompted European explorers to "seek out and discover."
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seach for New trade routes, Quest for gold, Desire for adventure and glory, Religious concerns, and Competition among European nations
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What man's account of his travels awakened European curiosity in the Orient? In what Asian land did he spend seventeen years?
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Marco Polo, Cathay (China)
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What three things were of great importance to the early explorers?
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Maps, Compass, astrolabe
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What light, fast, vessel was popular with the early explorers of the late fifteenth century?
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Caravel
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How many years did Marco Polo journey to get to China?
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Four years
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What were some problems for traders traveling through the Middle East?
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1-rugged terrain, 2-local rulers charged caravans a tax to cross their territories, 3-Italy held a monopoly on oriental trade which kept other traders from getting into the business
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Prester John
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a supposedly wealthy Christian king in Africa whom the Europeans wanted to help them fight the Muslim Turks
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latitude
Definition
distance from the equator
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what two European nations led the way during the Age of Exploration?
Definition
Spain, Portugal
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Waht member of the Portuguese ruling family greatly aided the Age of Exploration? What nickname did he earn?
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Prince Henry- "The Navigator"
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Da Gama's discovery led to the Portuguese establishment of an all-water route to what land?
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India (which allowed them to trade spices with India)
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For whom is North and South America named? What German mapmaker popularized the name for these continents?
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Amerigo Vespucci, Martin Waldseemoller
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Who settled the trade disputes between Spain and Potugal by dividing the world between the two countries? What was the dividing line called?
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Pope Alexander VI, Line of Demarcation
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Batholomeu Dias
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Found the Cape of Good Hope
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Christopher Columbus
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Discovered the Bahamas (West Indies - Caribbean Sea)
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Ferdinand Maggellan
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First to sail around the world
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Circumnavigation
Definition
navigate around the world
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What was the goal of Prince Henry, the Navigator?
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to explore the whole coast of Africa
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Which country claimed Brazil?
Definition
Portugal
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List five major groups of indian tribes in North America before the coming of the Europeans.
Definition
Northeastern, Southeastern (mound builders), Plains, Cliff dwellers(Southwest), and West coast Indians
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What were the three major native Indian cultures of Central and South America?
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Maya, Aztec, and Inca
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After crossing the Isthmus of Panama, what body of water did Balboa see? What did he call it? Who gave it its present name?
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Pacific, South Sea, Magellan
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By each of the following explorers, list the country for which they sailed and claimed territory in the New World: Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, Henry Hudson, and John Cabot.
Definition
Cartier & Champlain-France; Hudson-Netherlands; Cabot - England
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List the Oriental possessions gained by each of the following countries during the Age of Exploration: Portugal, Netherlands, and England.
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Trading post in India, Java and Sumatra, Persian Gulf
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Conquistadors
Definition
Spamish Conquerors
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Definition
first notable conquistador
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Hernando Cortes
Definition
greatest of the conquistadors
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Montezuma
Definition
Aztec king
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Viceroys
Definition
assistant kings
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Francisco Pizarro
Definition
cruelest conquistador
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Atahualpa
Definition
Inca ruler
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Bartolome de las Casas
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Roman Catholic friar who was destressed over the cruelty of the Indians by his Spanish countrymen
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Francis Xavier
Definition
Jesuit missionary
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What are the changes in Europe's business thinking and practice during the fifteenth and sexteenth centuries called
Definition
Commercial Revolution
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What was the dominant economic policy of most European nations during the Age of Exploration?
Definition
mercantilism - didn't view trade as a two-way street (even for everyone). They wanted to only benefit the seller not the buyer.
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What was the purpose of colonies under this economic policy?
Definition
the good of the mother country
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the use of wealth to make more wealth by investing defines what economic system?
Definition
Capitalism
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joint-stock company
Definition
people invested money in these
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Capital
Definition
supply of money
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Prospectus
Definition
details of proposed business venture
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Underwriter
Definition
insurance company
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A major reason for the decline of Portugal as a great power was what?
Definition
its inability to defend the huge empire
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The Dutch established a colony at Cape Town for what?
Definition
supplying ships
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T/F The Mayan civilization and the ancient Greeks both were not unified nations?
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T
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T/F The Spanish stopped exploring North America when they found to gold?
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T
Term
Who was more cruel to the Indians - the Spanish or the British?
Definition
Spanish
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Who was more friendly to the Europeans - the Japanese or the Chinese?
Definition
Japanese
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T/F As a result of the Commercial Revolution, land ownership was no longer considered the basis for wealth?
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T
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What are the goals of Mercantilism?
Definition
1-newly found wealth should benefit the mother country 2-you should obtain as much precious metal as possible 3-to obtain precious metal they acquired colonies, became self-sufficient, and maintained a favorable balance of trade.
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Hernando de Soto
Definition
landed near Tampa Bay
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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Definition
Seven Cities of Cibola (explored southwestern America)
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Jamestown
Definition
Englands first settlement in America
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Dividends
Definition
a form of profit (of a joint-stock company)
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Who was the viceroy for Portugal in the East?
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Albuquerque
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What Italian explored Newfoundland for England and discovered fisheries?
Definition
Cabot
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Which country claimed Mexico?
Definition
Spain
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Which country claimed Montreal?
Definition
France
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Which country claimed New York?
Definition
Netherlands
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Which country claimed Newfoundland?
Definition
England
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The advantage the conquistadors had over the natives of the New World was what?
Definition
horses and firearms
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