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History of the Western World
Chapter 3 over exploration and isolation
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What were the reasons for European exploration?
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"God, Glory, and Gold" or due to increased wealth, wanting to spread christianity, and inventing new technology.
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What was an Astrolobe?
Definition
An instrument used by sailors to determine their latitude at sea.
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What is cartography?
Definition
The science in mapmaking.
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Who founded the first school of navigation?
Definition
Prince Henry
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What two countries had rival claims on the newly discovered land?
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Spain and Portugal.
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What was the imaginary line that Pope Alexander VI created to divide discovered land between Spain and Portugal?
Definition
Line of Demarcation.
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What was the name of the trading company that the Dutch established that alowed them to dominate trade?
Definition
Dutch East India Company
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Did England or the Netherlands (Dutch) win dominace in trade in the East Asia region?
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The Netherlands (Dutch)
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What was the name of ships that had both square and triangular sails that could say against the wind?
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Caravel
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What European country started (or lead) the exploration by sea?
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Portugal
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Who was the explorerer that was the first person to travel down the west side of Africa?
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Bartolemeu Dias
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Who was the explorer who sailed all around Africa and went to India?
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Vasco De Gama
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Who was the explorer that discoverd and explored the Caribbean Islands (Bahamas)?
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Christopher Columbus
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Which two countries were the leaders in exploration?
Definition
Spain and Portugal.
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Which two countries dominated trade in China and Japan?
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England and the Netherlands (Dutch)
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What name was given to the tip of South Africa because it opened the sea route to Asia?
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Cape of Good Hope
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What was the name of the treaty between Portugal and Spain in 1494?
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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Who was Zhen He?
Definition
Chinese Muslim admiral who sailed from Southeast Asia to eastern Africa.
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Who conquered the Aztecs in Mexico?
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Hernando Cortez
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Who conquered the Incas in Peru?
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Francisco Pizzaro
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What is tribute?
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A payment by one country to another to acknowledge its submission.
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What is a Shogun?
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A Japanese ruler.
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What is the form of Japanese poetry called that is 5-7-5 syllables and has a 3 line verse?
Definition
haiku
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What is a diamyo?
Definition
A Japanese warrior chieftain.
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What is Kabuki?
Definition
Japanese theater
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Who was the first Chinese explorer that lead seven overseas voyages (before Portugal and Spain)?
Definition
Zheng He
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Joint stock companies in the 1500's to 1600's did what?
Definition
Funded the colonies in the Americas.
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What was the policy of merchantilism?
Definition
Countries increase wealth by selling more goods to other countries.
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What was the Tokugawa Shogunate?
Definition
A Chinese military government.
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What three factors helped the Spanish conquistadores to conquer the Aztecs?
Definition
Superior weapons, disease, and native enemies of the Aztecs.
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What was the encomienda system?
Definition
System where the Spanish had the Native Americans work for them.
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What did Hongwe do to help the Chinese?
Definition
Overthrew the Mongols and established the Ming Dynasy.
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In the 1500's, what countries did the China trade with?
Definition
Only Japan and other Asian countries.
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What was the name of the policy that Japan created to control foreign ideas?
Definition
A Closed Country policy.
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