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What is the definition of barter
to trade without money
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Who sailed for Spain in search of a route to Asia going west and ended up in the West Indies?
Christopher Columbus
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What is the effect of diseases from Europeans and forced labor causing many Native Americans to die?
Africans were imported as slaves to the Americas.
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What are the three G's of exploration?
Gold, Glory and G-d
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Who was Bartolome de Las Casas? How did he feel about the treatment of Natives?
Conquistador → priest.
Wrote to Spain about the mistreatment of the Natives and horrors of the encomienda system, He suggested to import slaves from Africa (he later regrets the decision) |
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What is the definition of circumnavigate
to go around the world
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Who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
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What is the effect of advances in learning and navigational technology?
Exploration
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Which two European countries began sea voyages of exploration during the 15th century?
Spain and Portugal
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What is the social structure of the Spanish encomienda system?
from top to bottom:
peninsulares creoles mestizos Native Americans slaves |
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What is the definition of conquistador
Spanish conquerors who came to the New World in search of gold and other riches
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Who stimulated interest in other cultures?
Marco Polo
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What is the effect of Portugal's attempt to participate directly in global spice trade and looking for a water route to Asia?
The Age of Exlporation
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Why is it relevant that Spain and Portugal are located on a peninsula?
easy access to the sea
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Which situation was an unintended consequence of Spain’s colonization of the Americas?
transmission of disease
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What is the definition of peninsula
land surrounded by water on three sides
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Who sailed around Africa to get to India?
Vasco da Gama
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What is the effect of Catholic Spanish setting up colonies in Latin America?
Latin America is mostly Catholic
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What was a result of the efforts of the explorers?
The European view of the physical world was transformed. They didn’t know North & South America were there.
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What was the Encounter? It occurred as a result of crossing which Ocean?
When the Europeans landed in Latin America and met the Natives. They at first thought they were in India, that is why they were called Indians
Atlantic Ocean |
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What is the definition of Encomienda System
a system of forced labor created by the Spanish in the Americas
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Who explored for France the east coast of North America?
Giovanni de Verrazano
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What is the effect of Cartier looking for the Northwest passage?
He founded present day Montreal.
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How did the astrolabe and the printing press contribute to exploration?
astrolabe helped navigate the seas by determining latitude and the printing press helped spread ideas and information about far away places.
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What three things are true about French exploration in North America?
They set up Catholic missions
They were fur traders They got along with the Native Americans |
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