World History Chapter 6 Practice Test – Flashcards
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Mercantilism
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The idea that a nation's power depended on its wealth in its supply of gold and silver.
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Balance of Trade
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The difference in value between what a nation imports and what it exports over time.
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Conquistador
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Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Americas.
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Vasco da Gama
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Portuguese sea captain that was first to sail to India and bring spices back to Europe.
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Christopher Columbus
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Italian explorer who sailed to the Caribbean trying to find a western route to Asia.
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Amerigo Vespucci
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A mapmaker and explorer who wrote letters about his travels to the new world. America is after him.
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Francisco Pizarro
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Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Indians in South America.
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Portuguese Explorer whose expedition was the first to sail around the world. He discovered the Philippine Islands too.
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Plantation
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An estate wherecrops are grown on a large and the land is worked by slaves.
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Triangular Trade
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A trade route that exchanged goods between the Americas, Europe, and West Africa.
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Middle Passage
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The voyage that brought captured Africans to North and South America. Many slaves died along the way.
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Afonso
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A leader that was concerned about the effects of slave trade wrote letter to the Portugal king about the slave trade.
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Ibo
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An African people that were active slave traders, and produced more slaves than anyone else.
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Mainland States
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Part of the continent of Asia that included Thailand, Burma, & Vietnam.
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Khmer
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Southeast Asian monarchy taken over by the Vietnamese.
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Dutch
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The people of the Netherlands that took over the spice trade from the Portuguese.
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Bureaucracy
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Government officials or people that work for a government.
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Portugal
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The first European nation to gain wealth through the spice and slave trade.
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Spain
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European country that payed for Columbus' voyages. One of the first two countries to lay claim to lands in the Americas.
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God
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It was one of the three reasons (3Gs) for exploration and was about salvation.
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Glory
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It was one of the three reasons (3Gs) for exploration and was about fame.
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Gold
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It was one of the three reasons (3Gs) for exploration and was about wealth.
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Catholicism
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It was the religion that the Spanish Conquistadors brought with them to the Americas.
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Islam
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Muslim traders brought this religion to the peoples of the Spice Islands.
