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AP Euro: 15 Exploration
European Exploration and Conquest, 1450-1650
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10th Grade
12/29/2011

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What event leads directly to a long struggle between the Spanish and Incans until the 1570's?
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The Spanish capture Atahualpa, take an enormous ransom, and then kill him.
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What are the consequences of the Spanish Armada's defeat in 1588 in the Battle of the Channel? (5)
Definition
1) Spain rebuilds navy
2) War b/t Spain and England
3) Religious unity not achieved by force
4) Borders of Netherlands become permanent
5) English national sentiment, and morale rise
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Who is the explorer who lands in Peru and began the conquest of the Inca Empire?
Definition
Francisco Pizarro
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What did the encomienda system do?
Definition
Legalized the enslaving of the Amerindians, mostly to work on sugar plantations
Term
What were major reasons for the decline of the Amerindian population? (2)
Definition
1) New Western diseases
2) Overworking
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What caused more slaves from Africa to be in demand after 1453? (3)
Definition
Capture of Constantinople blocks slave trade to Black Sea and Balkans
Sugar plantations in Atlantic need labor
Term
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Definition
Biosocial exchange of crops, people, animals, etc. between the Old World and New World
Term
What did the Spanish discover at Potasi in Bolivia in 1545 that led to a temporary boost in economy, but also population increase and economic inflation?
Definition
Silver
Term
Who actually drove the world silver trade in the late 16th c.?
Definition
China
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What was Philip II's primary religious objective?
Definition
reimpose Catholicism on all of Northern Europe
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Why didn't Philip II achieve his religious goals?
Definition
He was preoccupied with Ottomans and other parts of his gigantic empire
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What were technological advances that made overseas exploration possible? (5)
Definition
1) Lightweight easier-to-sail caravel ( > galley)
2) Development of ship-based cannons
3) Maps in the style of Ptolemy's Geography that include longitude and latitude
4) Magnetic Compass
5) Astrolabe- device that determines position based on sun and stars
Term
What date did Columbus make landfall in the Bahamas?
Definition
October 12th, 1492
Term
Where does Columbus go after San Salvador? Does he find gold?
Definition
Cuba
no
Term
What did Columbus do in his second voyage?
Definition
He attempts to subjugate Hispaniola and enslave its peoples- Hispaniola was taken from him and put under Spanish royal control
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What was the purpose of the Spanish Armada?
Definition
Reach England, cut off trade routes of the Netherlands
Pope Sixtus V promises Philip II $1 mil gold ducats when he lands in England because of political ties to Mary, Elizabeth's heir, who was Catholic
Term
What is skepticism?
Definition
Doubt that total certainty or definite knowledge is ever attainable
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Who was the Portuguese Prince who sponsored annual expeditions of West Africa in the early 15th c.?
Definition
Prince Henry "the Navigator"
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What does Michel de Montaigne's Essays argue?
Definition
All cultures are equal, no culture is superior to another
Term
During the reigns of which two rulers was the "Golden Age of English Literature?"
Definition
Elizabeth and Jacob
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Who led a series of highly successful naval expeditions in China in the early 15th c.?
Definition
Admiral Zheng He
Term
Where is the Pre-Columbian trade world centered?
Definition
Indian Ocean
Term
What event marked the beginning of Portuguese exploration in 1415?
Definition
Conquest of Ceuta (Arab city in Northern Morocco)
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By 1500, what natural resource does Portugal exclusively gain control over and sell to other Europeans?
Definition
Gold
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Who rounds the Cape of Good Hope in 1487?
Definition
Bartholomew Diaz
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Which European is credited with discovering the voyage to India via the Cape of Good Hope route in 1497?
Definition
Vasco Da Gama
Term
Under which commander and which king do the Portuguese send another voyage to India in 1500-1501, that sparks inspiration for them to send a voyage annually?
Definition
King Manuel
Pedro Alvares Cabral
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What did Columbus do before he was an explorer?
Definition
Mapmaker, drew maps and writing up portolans- written descriptions of courses where ships sailed
Term
What document declared Columbus the victor over and all discovered territory and 1/10 of the profits?
Definition
Santa Fe Capitulations
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What is an entrepot?
Definition
Intermediary trade city
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Why was India so important in trade before and during the Age of Exploration? (2)
Definition
1) Ties to Persian Gulf area/Mesopotamia and China
2) Valuable exports
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Why was Africa so important as a trade center before and during the Age of Exploration? (3)
Definition
1) Large empires, academic centers like Cairo
2) Gold, slaves, ivory
3) Links to Muslim World (Mansa Musa)
Term
Who was Prester John?
Definition
Legendary mythical African King- encouraged European exploration
Term
What two Islamic Empires took control of the Middle East in the 15th and 16th centuries?
Definition
Ottoman Turks, Persian Safavids
Term
What role did Ottoman Expansion play in European discoveries?
Definition
Ottoman expansion and domination leads Europeans to look for new trade routes
Term
Who aligned with the Ottomans in the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1615-1618?
Definition
Portugal
Term
Which explorer discovered modern day Venezuela and was the first to claim that he had found a "New World?"
Definition
Amerigo Vespucci
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Who controlled the spice trade before Spanish and Portuguese voyages?
Definition
Venice and Genoa
Term
What did Venice and Genoa do after losing control of the spice trade?
Definition
Venice- shipping industry, firearms, slave trade
Genoa- finances/banking, slave trade
Term
What were the causes of European exploration and expansion? (6)
Definition
1) Demand for luxury goods, esp. spices
2) Religious fervor, desire to convert
3) Renaissance curiosity
4) Lack of opportunity at home
5) Spanish political consolidation and economic stability
6) Books like Oviedo's General History of the Indies (1547)
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What document gave Spain everything east of an imaginary line down the Atlantic and Portugal everything to the east in 1494?
Definition
Treaty of Tordesillas
Term
Who was the first European to discover the Pacific Ocean and sail around the world?
Definition
Ferdinand Magellan
Term
What company/who dominated the Spice trade in India in the early 17th c.?
Definition
Dutch East India Co.
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Were English and French exploration as successful as the Spanish and Portuguese?
Definition
no
Term
Which adventurer crossed to mainland Mexico in 1519 and entered Tenochtitlan?
Definition
Hernando Cortes
Term
Why were the Aztecs defeated so quickly by the Spanish? (5)
Definition
1) Internal weakness caused by the resentment of recently subjugated tribes
2) Preoccupation with harvest time
3) Bad omens demoralized Aztec tribes
4) Tactical mistakes- not "Dividing and conquering"
5) Inferior weaponry
Term
What did the Incans originally believe about the Spanish?
Definition
They were sent by their creator-god Virocha
Term
Even before the Spanish arrive, what event weakens Aztec authority?
Definition
5 year civil war between sons of Huayna Capac for the throne. Atahualpa wins but is damaged and exhausted by war
Term
Aden and Cairo were _____ cities in the 15th c., and Hormuz and Baghdad were _____ cities.
Definition
Ottoman
Persian Safavid
Term
How did Indian Ocean port cities differ from European cities in the 15th c.?
Definition
Multi-cultural and cosmopolitan- bigger/better
Women had much more rights
Term
Gujurat and Calicut were _____ cities.
Definition
Indian
Term
Who was Shah Abbas I?
Definition
considered the greatest Persian Safavid ruler, ruled in late 16th/early 17th c., expanded Persian empire
Term
Who brought Christianity to Malacca, Calicut, Hormuz, and Goa?
Definition
Afonso de Albuquerque
Term
Prince Henry's explorers claimed the ______ for Portugal.
Definition
Atlantic Islands, Ceuta, and Arguim (Mauritania)
Term
How religious was Columbus?
Definition
Very religious
Term
What drove later exploration after the Treaty of Tordesillas?
Definition
Search for profit
Term
Who sponsored Diaz and da Gama's explorations?
Definition
King John
Term
Who sponsored Cabral and Albuquerque's explorations?
Definition
King Manual
Term
In the early 16th c., the Ottomans conquered _____.
Definition
North Africa and Baghdad
Term
The Ottomans were _____ Muslim and the Persians were _____ Muslim.
Definition
Sunni
Shia
Term
What foods were exchanged between the Old World and New world during the Age of Exploration?
Definition
Wheat, grapes, olives (from Europe)
Maize and potatoes (from New World)
Term
What disease of significance was transferred to the New World from the Europeans?
Definition
Smallpox
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What animals were introduced to the New World from Europe?
Definition
Cattle, pigs, horses, sheep
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