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The Renaissance
Chapter 15
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6th Grade
03/19/2010

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Commerce
Definition
buying and selling of a large quantity of goods
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Renaissance
Definition
intellectual and economic movement
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Florence
Definition
Birthplace of the Renaissance
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Petrarch
Definition
A poet and scholar
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Da Vinci
Definition
famous painter, sculptor, and inventor
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Copernicus
Definition
thought that the sun was the center of the universe
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Galileo
Definition
used the telescope to study the sky
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Gutenburg
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invented the movable type printing press
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Protestantism
Definition
religion formed by those who protested the church
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Martin Luther
Definition
vocal critic of the church
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Dias
Definition
Sailed around the cape of good hope
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Da Gama
Definition
Sailed all the way around the Cape of Good Hope to India
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Magellan
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His crew sailed all the way around the world
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Circumnavigate
Definition
to sail completely around the world
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Columbus
Definition
went west to Asia and landed in the West Indies
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Wes Indies
Definition
Islands that Columbus landed on
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Conquistadors
Definition
Spanish conquerors
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Colombian Exchange
Definition
Exchanging goods between Europe and the new world
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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divided the the Americas between Portugal and Spain
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Armata
Definition
Fleet of about 130 Spanish war ships
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James Cook
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Landed in the Sandwhich Islands
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Colonies
Definition
European settlements that were physically separate from Europe
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Merchantilism
Definition
uses colonies to obtain raw materials for the mother country
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Brazil
Definition
first colony settled in South America
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Encomienda
Definition
System in which natives were forced to work the land
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Jamestown
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First English settlement in the new world
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New South Whales
Definition
English settlement in Australia that was for criminals
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Jaques Carter
Definition
French Explorer who landed in Newfoundland
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Quebec
Definition
French settlement in Southern Canada
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Louisiana
Definition
French settlement in the southern United States
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