SS Unit 4 test Renaissance and the age of exploration
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Johannes Gutenberg
1455
Invented printing press
Germany
Made literature accessible
Important Because
Invented printing press
Germany
Made literature accessible
Important Because
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Smallpox
1500s (16th century)
Brought from Europe by african slave
Killed 90% of American population (Aztecs+Incas)
Why
Important Because
Brought from Europe by african slave
Killed 90% of American population (Aztecs+Incas)
Why
Important Because
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Columbian Exchange
1492-1800s
Exchange of plants, animals, disease
Trade between New, Old World
Why
Important Because
Exchange of plants, animals, disease
Trade between New, Old World
Why
Important Because
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Line of Demarcation
1493
Created in Treaty of Tordesillas
Split made by the Pope of the New World between Spain and Portugal
Portugal for Brazil, Spain got the rest
Why
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Created in Treaty of Tordesillas
Split made by the Pope of the New World between Spain and Portugal
Portugal for Brazil, Spain got the rest
Why
Important Because
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The Renaissance
1300-1650
Rebirth of Europe
Northern Italy, spread
Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, Da Vinci
Why
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Rebirth of Europe
Northern Italy, spread
Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, Da Vinci
Why
Important Because
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Francisco Pizarro
1478-1541
Spanish conquistador
Interested in Inca (Peru)
Why
Important Because
Spanish conquistador
Interested in Inca (Peru)
Why
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Triangular Trade
16th-19th century
Trade in Atlantic
1st leg-Europe to Africa, guns, cloth, cash from europe traded for slaves
2nd leg-African slaves brought to Americas
3rd leg- raw goods from America brought to Europe to be traded and sold
Why
Important Because
Trade in Atlantic
1st leg-Europe to Africa, guns, cloth, cash from europe traded for slaves
2nd leg-African slaves brought to Americas
3rd leg- raw goods from America brought to Europe to be traded and sold
Why
Important Because
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Atahualpa
1501-1533
Leader of Inca Empire, Peru
refused to convert to christianity-killed by spanish
Important Because
Leader of Inca Empire, Peru
refused to convert to christianity-killed by spanish
Important Because
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Christopher Columbus
Voyages between 1492-1503
Spanish explorer
Sustained contact between new and old world
how
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Spanish explorer
Sustained contact between new and old world
how
Important Because
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