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Triangular trade

________: when Europe shipped goods to W Africa for enslaved people, enslaved people shipped to West Indies, exchanged for goods like sugar /rum /tobacco /etc back to Britain.

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Sextant

________: a measuring instrument with sighting capabilities and a graduated arc of 60 deg.

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Safavid empire

________: an Islamic dynasty that ruled over what is now Iran.

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Twelver Shiism

They established ________, a branch of Islam separate from Sunni and Shia.

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Bartolomeu de las Casas

________: an early spanish historian and missionary who revealed the abuse of indigenous peoples and showed compassion to them.

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Columbian exchange

________: the transfer of plants, animals and food to Europe from Colombia.

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Christopher Columbus

________: Italian explorer who sailed in the name of spain over 12ish years;"Found "the New World; Opened it to exploitation, colonization, etc.

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Caravel

________: a Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship that was small and fast.

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Encomienda

________ system: a legal system where the Spanish government tried to get free labor from indigenous peoples in exchange for military protection and the chance to be converted to Christianity.

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Navigation

________ arts: the art or science of determining position and direction of a vehicle and controlling its movement towards that destination.

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Commercial revolution

________: a European creation where the economy was based on trade.

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Indigenous

________: native to a location; also originating in the place.

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Taj Mahal

________: a famous mausoleum on the river Yamuna in India, commissioned to be built in 1632 by Shah Jahan.

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Treaty of Tordesillas

___________: an agreement between Spain and Portugal to determine how they claimed lands outside of Europe.

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Zheng He

________: famous Chinese explorer who led 7 great expeditions in the name of the chinese king, but whose records of travel were destroyed after China became isolationist.

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Jizya

________: tax on non- Muslims paid to their Muslim rulers.

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Conquistador

________: a Spanish person who conquered kingdoms (incan /aztec) in south america.

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Cartography

________: the science or practice of drawing maps.

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Compass

________: a magnetized device that shows magnetic north and south directions.

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Jacques Cartier

________: First European to navigate the St. Lawrence River; Credited for naming Canada- Traveled through North America.

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Mercantilism

________: where a government exported more than they imported.

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Creoles

________: someone of both European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean.

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Inflation

________: the decrease of purchase value of money and the increase of prices of goods.

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Mestizos

________: a man of mixed race, usually of spanish and indigenous descent.

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Sir Francis Drake

________: English admiral who circumnavigated the globe and who helps defeat the Spanish Armada.

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North America New World

Jamestown: the second English colony after Roanoke in ________ and the first permanent one.

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Samuel de Champlain

________: French explorer who founded Quebec, Canada- Consolidated French colonies- Best known for his exploration and furthering of New France.

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Assimilate

________: where an outsider to a culture or group acquires the basic customs and learns the culture of the new group.

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Hernando Cortez

________: Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs; claimed Mexico in the name of Spain.

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Mulattos

________: a bi racial person with both white and black parents.

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Astrolabe

________: an instrument used to look at and measure the stars, planetary bodies, and longitude /latitude.

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Circumnavigation

________: the process of traveling /sailing the entirety around something, in this case the entire world.

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Peninsulares

________: any Spanish- born (born in Spain) colonist who lived in a Latin American colony.

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Philippines

________: Spanish colony named after King Phillip II of Spain.

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Middle Kingdom

: "China was called the ", "implying it was the center of civilization /the world /etc.

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Cash crops

________: a crop like tobacco produced for profit rather than to eat or consume.

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Middle Passage

________: the journey enslaved people underwent from Africa to the West Indies.

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Vasco da Gama

________: Portuguese navigator who was first to sail around Africas Cape of Good Hope to India; Landed in India May 20, 1498- Opened sea route to Asia from Europe DA FIRST.

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Cape of Good Hope

________: the rocky southern point of Africa that Bartolomeu Dias first sailed around in 1488.

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Songhai Empire

________: empire that dominated western sudan in the 15th and 16th century; known for military and economy.

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Mughal India

________: an Muslim early- modern empire that controlled a lot of Asia and Africa during the 16th through 19th centuries.

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Francisco Pizarro

________: spanish conquistador and explorer who conquered the Incas and killed their leader; Paved the way for the colonization of Peru and South America.

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Bartolomeu Dias

________: Portuguese explorer and mariner who sailed to Cape of Good Hope and traveled up the east coast of africa; First to sail around the tip of southern Africa; Dias → Tip.

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Line of Demarcation

________: the Line of Demarcation split the world more or less in half, with Portugal taking everything to the east and Spain to the west.

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Aztec empire

________: located in Central America; last of the big Mesoamerican cultures before Europeans arrived; they built pyramid architecture and performed human sacrifice.

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Old/New World

The ------ was Europe, and when the European colonists started to explore the globe and landed in the Americas, that was the -------.

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Prince Henry the Navigator

________: Portuguese prince who Ushered in Atlantic Slave Trade and Age of Discovery; Didnt go on any actual sea voyages, just sponsored them; His ships reached Canary Islands and Madeira Islands.

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Tokugawa Japan

________: the period between 1603 and 1867 in Japan, when the shogunate organized Japanese classes and locked out foreigners.

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Henry Hudson

________: English explorer who tried to find a northwest passage to Asia; Funded by Dutch East India Trading Company and found the New World; Hudson River and Hudson Bay are named for him.

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Mughal India

an Muslim early-modern empire that controlled a lot of Asia and Africa during the 16th through 19th centuries

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Safavid empire

an Islamic dynasty that ruled over what is now Iran

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Ottoman empire

one of the longest lasting and largest territory wise empires in human history at 624 years; ruled over parts of Asia, Europe and East Africa

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Constantinople/Istanbul

Constantinople lasted for centuries as the capital for various empires

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Ming China

an imperial dynasty of China ruling from 1368 to 1644. last orthodox dynasty ruled by the Han people in China

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"Middle Kingdom"

China was called the "Middle Kingdom", implying it was the center of civilization/the world/etc

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Tokugawa Japan

the period between 1603 and 1867 in Japan, when the shogunate organized Japanese classes and locked out foreigners

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Songhai empire

empire that dominated western sudan in the 15th and 16th century; known for military and economy

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Incan empire

located in Andes of S America from 15th century to Spanish conquistadors in 1530s

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Aztec empire

located in Central America; last of the big Mesoamerican cultures before Europeans arrived; they built pyramid architecture and performed human sacrifice

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Zheng He

famous Chinese explorer who led 7 great expeditions in the name of the chinese king, but whose records of travel were destroyed after China became isolationist

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Jizya

tax on non-Muslims paid to their Muslim rulers

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Trans-Saharan Trade Route

a network between N Africa + the Persian Gulf and Sub-Saharan Africa

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Indian Ocean Trade Network

a network that connected Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East and East Africa circa 3rd century BCE

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Mediterranean Sea Trade

a trade route that connected Europe, N Africa and Asia by water

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navigation arts

the art or science of determining position and direction of a vehicle and controlling its movement towards that destination

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cartography

the science or practice of drawing maps

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caravel

a Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship that was small and fast

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sextant

a measuring instrument with sighting capabilities and a graduated arc of 60 deg

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astrolabe

an instrument used to look at and measure the stars, planetary bodies, and longitude/latitude

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compass

a magnetized device that shows magnetic north and south directions

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triangular and lateen sails

lateen is a triangular sail on a long pole at a 45 degree angle to the mast

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indigenous

native to a location; also originating in the place

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colony/colonization

colony is an area settled by a small group in the name of a mother country

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parent (mother) colony

a colony that is bigger than its little output colonies; daughter colony is a small outpost of a mother colony but still turns in profit to the mother

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cash crops

a crop like tobacco produced for profit rather than to eat or consume

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circumnavigation

the process of traveling/sailing the entirety around something, in this case the entire world

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conquistador

a Spanish person who conquered kingdoms (incan/aztec) in south america

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Mestizos

a man of mixed race, usually of spanish and indigenous descent

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Creoles

someone of both European and black descent, especially in the Caribbean

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Mulattos

a bi racial person with both white and black parents

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Peninsulares

any Spanish-born (born in Spain) colonist who lived in a Latin American colony

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Encomienda system

a legal system where the Spanish government tried to get free labor from indigenous peoples in exchange for military protection and the chance to be converted to Christianity

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Treaty of Tordesillas

an agreement between Spain and Portugal to determine how they claimed lands outside of Europe

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Line of Demarcation

the Line of Demarcation split the world more or less in half, with Portugal taking everything to the east and Spain to the west

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assimilate

where an outsider to a culture or group acquires the basic customs and learns the culture of the new group

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mercantilism

where a government exported more than they imported

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commercial revolution

a European creation where the economy was based on trade

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joint stock company/trading company

where the shareholders of a company equally share the stock

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inflation

the decrease of purchase value of money and the increase of prices of goods

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Dutch East India Company

established in 1602 by the Netherlands where they connected Europe and Asia to increase trade and exploration

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British East India Company

established in 1600 to exploit and explore East/SE Asia and India for the spice trade primarily

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Columbian exchange

the transfer of plants, animals and food to Europe from Colombia

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Old World/New World

The Old World was Europe, and when the European colonists started to explore the globe and landed in Africa/America/S America, that was the New World

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Triangular trade

when Europe shipped goods to W Africa for enslaved people, enslaved people shipped to West Indies, exchanged for goods like sugar/rum/tobacco/etc back to Britain

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Middle Passage

the journey enslaved people underwent from Africa to the West Indies

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Prince Henry the Navigator

Portuguese prince who Ushered in Atlantic Slave Trade and Age of Discovery; Didnt go on any actual sea voyages, just sponsored them; His ships reached Canary Islands and Madeira Islands

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Cape of Good Hope

the rocky southern point of Africa that Bartolomeu Dias first sailed around in 1488

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Bartolomeu Dias

Portuguese explorer and mariner who sailed to Cape of Good Hope and traveled up the east coast of africa; First to sail around the tip of southern Africa; Dias → Tip

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Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer who sailed in the name of spain over 12ish years; "Found" the New World; Opened it to exploitation, colonization, etc

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