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| Navigational instrument for determining latitude. |
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| Religion emerging from Middle East in the first century C.E. holding Jesus to be the son of God who sacrificed himself on behalf of mankind. |
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| Global proliferation of plants, crops, animals, human populations, and diseases following Columbus' voyage. |
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| Device that sailors used to determine latitude by measuring the angle of the sun or pole star above the horizon. |
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| British joint-stock company that grew to be a state within a state in India; it possessed its own armed forces. |
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| Early forerunner of the modern corporation; individuals who invested in a trading or exploring venture could make huge profits while limiting their risk. |
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| Busy port city that became the Spanish capital of the Philippines following Spanish conquest of the Philippines in 1565. |
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| Heavily armed, fast ships that brought luxury goods from China to Mexico and carried silver from Mexico to China. |
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| Powerful Islamic state of the fifteenth century in southeast Asia. |
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| Conflict (1756-1763) in which Britain fought in Europe, India, North America, and Asia and established hegemony. |
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| United East India Company (VOC) |
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| Dutch joint-stock company, founded in 1602, that operated Dutch trading posts with government support but with little government oversight. |
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| Volta do mar (VOHL-tah doh MAHR) |
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| "Return through the sea," a fifteenth-century Portuguese sea route that took advantage of the prevailing winds and currents. |
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| Prevailing wind patterns in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans north and south of the equator; their discovery made sailing much safer and quicker. |
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