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The Modern Period in Europe and the Era of the Great....
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02/28/2011

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Vasco da Gama's discovery was
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profitable
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thought he discovered the westward passage to Asia, but didn't
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Christopher Columbus
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principles that dominate economic thought
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mercantilism
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first European Hudson River valley settlers
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the Dutch
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society of eastern Nigeria the produced a lot of slaves
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Ibo
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slaves were brought to the AMerica to supply labor for the
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sugarcane plantation
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Moluccas
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Spice Islands
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dominant religion in Southeast Asia
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Catholicism
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clove trade
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limiting cultivation of the crop to one island and forcing others to stop the growing and trade of spice
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the southern coast of West Africa became known as the
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Gold Coast
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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est. a line
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explored american coastline for England
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John Cabot
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mercantilists
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bullion
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journey of slaves from Africa to America
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Middle Passage
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changed due to the slave trade
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benin
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rulers and merchants were determined to gain control of the islands of SE Asia because
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the spice trade
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europeans ad less impact because
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because the states were able to unite
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difference in value
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balance of trade
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first to argue that the sun was the center of the universe
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Nicholas Copernicius
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Isaac Newton's law of gravitation
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showed how one law could be awesome
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john locke
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molded by experiences
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first country to gain diplomatic recognition to the new American state
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France
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conservative
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Political viewpoint with origins in western Europe during the 19th century; opposed revolutionary goals; advocated restoration of monarchy and defense of church.
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liberal
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Political viewpoint with origins in western Europe during the 19th century; stressed limited state interference in individual life, representation of propertied people in government; urged importance of constitutional rule and parliaments.
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The Great Dying
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In the early 1600s, thousands of Native Americans died from European diseases; fundamental to the English settlement; English assumed that God wanted this to be their territory and this was his way of opening it up for them to settle.
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diaspora
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The dispersion or spreading of something that was originally localized (as a people or language or culture).
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Spanish captain who initiated the first circumnavigation of the globe; allowed Spain to claim Philippines.
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John Cabot
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Explorer who led the English expedition that discovered the mainland of North America
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plantation complex
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Consists of a "big house", several outbuildings, slave quarters; and a mother-in-law cottage.
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demographics
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The characteristics of human populations for purposes of social studies.
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entrepôt
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Storehouse; a depository for goods.
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Humanism
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Focus on humankind as center of intellectual and artistic endeavor; method of study that emphasized the superiority of classical forms over medieval styles, in particular the study of ancient languages.
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Francisco Pizarro
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Led conquest of Inca Empire.
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Bartholomew Dias
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Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa.
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Afonso de Albuquerque
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A world conquest military genius; attempted to close all the Indian ocean naval passages to the Atlantic, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and to the Pacific, transforming it into a Portuguese mare clausum
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indentured servant
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A person that was bound for a specific time of service.
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Hernando de Soto
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Spanish explorer and conquistador
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Juan Ponce de Leon
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Spanish explorer who accompanied Columbus on his second trip; discovered Florida.
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scientific revolution
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A European intellectual movement that established the basis for modern science.
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Vasco de Balboa
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Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador.
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Panfilo de Narvaez
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Spanish conqueror in the Americas.
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bullion
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Metal formed into bars or ingots.
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Atlantic Rim
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The countries that border the Atlantic Ocean.
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Proto-industrialization
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A phase in the development of modern industrial economies that preceded, and created conditions for, the establishment of fully industrial societies.
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radical
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political viewpoint that advocated broader voting rights than liberals in some cases advocated outright democracy; urged reforms in favor of the lower classes.
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Afroeurasia
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A supercontinent that comprises Africa and Eurasia.
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Vasco da Gama
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Portuguese explorer.
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“God, Gold, and Glory”
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Phrase giving the reasons why the early Italian explorers went to the Americas.
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Jacques Cartier
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French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France.
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Jacques Cartier
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French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France.
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