Euro History test 2

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countries sought faster ways to reach trade markes of where?

india and china

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what lured travelers?

chinas silk and indias spices

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what year did the fall of constantinople occur?

1453

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who did the ottoman turks impose heavy taxes on?

travelers

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why did countries seek an all water route to the east

speed, safety and to save money

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what are the 3 G's?

God (christianity)

Glory ( the empire)

Gold (riches)

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who established navigation schools?

prince henry of portugal

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what did prince henry of portugal teach?

how to use the astrolabe, and how to follow the stars

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what was prince henry of portugal know as?

henry the navigator

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who became the first explorer to reach india by sailing around AFRICA?

vasco da gama

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who was an italian explorer who sailed for SPAIN?

christopher columbus

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christopher columbus believed?

the earth was round; sailing west would reach india faster than traveling around africa

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who agreed to fund christopher columbuss venture?

queen isabella and king ferdinand

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what year did christopher set sail?

1492

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what island of the bahamas did christopher land on?

san salvador

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where did christopher columbus believe he was?

india

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what did christopher call the people in san salvador mistakenly?

indians

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who was the italian explorer who set sail to further colombus' discoveries in 1497?

amerigo vespucci

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columbus didnt discover india but what?

an entire new contienent

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what did they name the new contienent columbus disovered?

americas

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amerigo vespucci became obsessed with finding the mysterious what?

fountain of youth

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what does amerigo discover instead of the fountain of youth?

florida

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which spanish explorer disocovered the mississippi river?

hernando de soto

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whos crew what the first to circumnavigate the globe?

ferdinand magellan

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ferdinand magellans crew proved the world is what?

round

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where was ferdidnand magellan killed?

a tribe in the phillipines

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who sailed for england claiming most of modern day north america for ENGLAND?

john cabot

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john cabots sailing lead to the establishment of what?

13 english colonies in the new world

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what did the 13 english colonies become?

the united states

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who spent their life looking for the NORTHWEST route to india

dutchmen henry hudson

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why does henry hudson fail in his expedition?

a northwest route to india does not exist

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what does henry hudson disocover instead?

most of canada

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what does henry hudson name after himself?

the hudson bay

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who claimed the entirety of the mississippi river for france?

sieur de la salle

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what does la salle name the area after?

lousiana after king louis xiv

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who conquered mexico and defeated the aztec empire?

hernando cortez

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who defeated the inca empire in modern day peru?

francisco pizzaro

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what is the encomienda system?

a system of labor where conquered peoples were forced to work as slaves

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who was forced into farming or mining the land?

native people

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what was the top class?

the peninsular

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who was included in the peninsular class?

european born white people living in the americas

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what did the peninsular class do?

ran all government positions and are in charge

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what is the second class?

creole

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who was included in the creole class?

white people born in the americas

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what were white people born in europe compared to born in the americas?

superior

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what was the 3rd class?

mestizos

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who was included in the mesitzos class?

people whoes parents are native american and white

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what was the 4th class?

mulattos

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who was included in the mulattos class?

a person whose parenst are black and white

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who formed the final class at the bottom?

enslaved native americans

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