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Vasco da Gama's discovery of a route tot India by sea proved to be
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very profitable, since da Gama returned with a cargo of spices and made a profit of several thousand percent.
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_______ went to his grave believing he had discovered a westward passage to Asia, when in fact he had actually discovered the Americas.
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Christopher Columbus
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What was the name of the set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century?
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mercantilism
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Who were the first European settlers of the Hudson River valley?
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the Dutch
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The ____ society of eastern Nigeria produced more slaves than practically any other in the continent.
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Ibo
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Originally, African slaves were brought to the Americas to supply labor for the
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sugarcane plantations
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In Southwest Asia, European influence
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was mostly limited to the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian Archipelago.
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_______ became the dominant religion on the Southwest Asian mainland from 1500 to 1800.
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Buddhism
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The Dutch tried to dominate the clove trade by
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limiting cultivation of the crop to one island and forcing others to stop the growing and trade of the spice.
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To Portuguese explorers, the southern coast of West Africa became known as the
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Gold Coast
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The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494
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established a line of demarcation between territories controlled by Portugal and those controlled by Spain
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______ explored the New England coastline of the Americas for England
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John Cabot
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According to mercantilists, the prosperity of a nation depended on
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a large supply of bullion, or gold or silver.
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What was the name for the journey of slaves from Africa to America?
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the Middle Passage
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The African society of ____ was changed from a brilliant society to a corrupt and brutal place by the slave trade.
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Benin
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Aggressive Dutch traders were able to
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reduce the English influence on the spice market to a single port on the southern coast of Sumatra.
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European rulers and merchants were determined to gain control of the islands of Southwest Asia because
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the spice trade there was enormously profitable.
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Europeans had less impact on the mainland states of Southwest Asia because
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the mainland states were able to unite and drive Europeans out
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The ____ is the difference in value between what a nation imports and what it exports over time.
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balance of trade
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What Native American peoples occupied the smallest area of land?
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Northwest coast
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Which Native American peoples occupied the largest area of land?
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Subarctic
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Which Native American peoples occupied land bordered by the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean
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Eastern Woodland
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Which explorer reached the Americas in 1492?
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Christopher Columbus
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When did the first African slaves make their journey to the Americas?
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1518
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Where did the English establish a permanent settlement in America in the 1500s?
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Jamestown
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Which continent was explored by the greatest number of European countries?
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North America
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Explorers from which country took the longest voyage
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Spain
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What occurred in 1550?
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Spanish gain control of Northern Mexico
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What treaty was signed in 1494
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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What did Columbus intend to do with the natives he describes in this letter
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convert them to Christianity
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With what were the lands Columbus describes filled?
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goods
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According to Vespucci, what do the natives not possess?
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private property
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The people Vespucci describes in this letter live according to what?
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nature
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How long did the October night last at the straight described in the passage
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three hours
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What deterred Europeans from coming to Batavia
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the unhealthiness of the place
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Which country established Batavia as a fort?
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the Netherlands
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How did the Spanish goals in the Americas differ from the English?
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The Spanish sought riches and treasures
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What was the difference between French and English settlements
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French settlements were temporary
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Cartier explored the region within present-day _____
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Canada
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How did Cartier select the name for the bay he found
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He named it after the saint whose feast day was celebrated on the day he entered the bay
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The chief motives for European expansion into the new world were God, glory, and ______.
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gold
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The explorer who conquered the Incan empire was ________.
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Pizarro
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Slaves were brought to the Americas in order to grow ________.
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Sugarcane
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The state of _________ on the Gold Coast was a collection of small principalities knit together by kinship ties and a king
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Ashanti
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Two areas of Africa which had a permanent European presence between 1500 and 1800 were Mozambique and __________.
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S. Africa
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_________ wrote a letter to the King of Portugal protesting the impact of the slave trade on his kingdom.
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King Afonso
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The Portuguese were pushed out of the spice trade in Southeast Asia by the _______.
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Dutch
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Burma, _______, and Vietnam had strong monarchies that resisted foreign intrusion.
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Thailand
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By 1800 the Khmer monarchy had been driven from the Mekong Delta by the __________.
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Vietnamese
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A ________ is a body of non-elective governmental officials.
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bureaucracy
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southern coast of West Africa
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Gold Coast
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established a line of demarcation between Spanish and Portuguese territories
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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Venetian seaman who explored the coastline of New England
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John Cabot
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the right of Spanish settlers to use Native Americans as laborers
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encomienda
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the journey of slaves from Africa to America
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Middle Passage
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king of Congo
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Afonso
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African society that was ruined because of slave trade
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Benin
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English influence on the spice market was reduced to a single port located here
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Sumatra
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Dutch established a fort here in 1619
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Java
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extremely profitable trade item from Southeast Asia
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spice
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sailed around the Cape of Good Hope in India
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Vasco da Gama
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discovered the Americas
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Christopher Columbus
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wrote many letters describing the voyages to the new world
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Amerigo Vespucci
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the English seized it and renamed it New York
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New Netherlands
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the pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa and Asia, and the American continents
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triangular trade
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this society produced more slaves than practically any other on the African continent
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Ibo
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known to Europeans as the spice Islands
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Moluccas
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African slaves supplied labor for them
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sugarcane plantations
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controlled Spice Islands until driven out by the Dutch
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Portuguese
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formed the East India Company and West India Company
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Dutch
