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| Who started the Portuguese in their quest to explore Africa for gold? |
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| Why did the Europeans want spices? |
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| Because they had to eat lots of vegetables and bread for food |
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Who opened the Portuguese Empire in the East?
Who brought back gold and controlled the Indian Ocean? |
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1)Bartholomeu Dias
2)Vasco da Gama |
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Why were the Spanish crossing the Atlantic Ocean?
What was the benefit of going this way? (what got discovered) |
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1)Trying to find a shortcut to the spices
2)Discovered the Americas |
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| Where did Columbus think he landed? |
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| What were the 2 parts of the first millenium BCE? |
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1)Mesoamerica
2)Andean region of South America |
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Who was the earliest civilization in Mesoamerica?
In Andean region? |
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1)olmecs 1200 BCE
2)Chavín |
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When the Spanish came to Central/South Americas:
Who was in control of Mesoamerica?
Of Andean region? |
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Who was emperor of the Aztecs?
Of the Inca Empire? |
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Who conquered the Aztecs?
Who conquered the Inca empire? |
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1)Hernan Cortés
2)Francisco Pizarro |
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Who did Cortés befriend in order to capture the Aztecs?
Tenochtítlan became what city after the Spanish captured it? |
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Which Indians greeted Columbus?
What language did they speak? |
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What was the Black Legend?
Who made it? |
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| 1)Was a statement made by Bartolomé de Las Casas that criticized all the people being hurtful to the Native Americans |
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| What were the 3 components in Latin American economy? |
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1)Mining
2)Agriculture
3)Shipping |
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What was an estate owned by people of Spanish decent that dealth with rural/agricultural institution?
What were the two main products of it?
In New Spain these were called? |
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1)Hacienda
2)foodstuffs for mining, urban and leather goods for machinery
3)Plantations *sugar made from slaves |
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What was an Encomienda?
A Repartimiento?
The Debt Peonage? |
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1)right to labor of a specific # of Indians
2)adult males devote certain # of days to annual labor to Spanish
3)required free natives to buy goods |
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| 8% of population (Indians) was decreased from 25 million to 2 million because the Natives were VERY susceptible to? |
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Where did the wealth in New Spain go to?
This caused what to the prices in Spain? |
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| Why were the Medicis and Fuggers boastful in Hapsburg? |
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| They payed 500,00 florins to make Charles I of spain HRE |
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Gold from Guinea entered Europe from where instead of trade routes?
What was the financial center of Europe? |
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1)by Portuguese ships at Lisbon and Antwerp
2)Antwerp |
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