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144353015Zheng HeChinese Muslim with ancestral connections to the Persian Gulf0
144353016ArawakAmerindians who moved up from the small islands of the Lesser Antilles into the Greater Antilles and Bahamas; also called Taino1
144353017Henry the NavigatorPrince of Portugal who devoted his life to promoting exploration of the South Atlantic; led the attack on Ceuta2
144353018caravela small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic3
144353019Gold Coastregion of the Atlantic coast of West Africa occupied by modern Ghana; named for its gold exports to Europe from the 1470s onward4
144353020Bartolomeu Diasin 1488, was the first Portuguese explorer to round the southern tip of Africa and enter the Indian Ocean5
144353021Vasco de GamaPortuguese explorer who sailed around Africa and reached India in 1497-986
144353022Christopher Columbusleader of the Spanish overseas mission who led voyages between 1492 and 1502 that established the existence of a vast new world across the Atlantic, whose existence few in Eurasia and Africa ("old world") had ever expected7
144353023Ferdinand Magellanled expedition in 1519 to complete Columbus' interrupted westward voyage by sailing around the Americas and across the Pacific, whose vast size no European then guessed8
144353024conquistadorsearly sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru9
144353025Hernan CortesSpanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain10
144353026Moctezuma IIAztec emperor who attempted to use diplomacy and accepted the Spaniards11
144353027Francisco PizzaroSpanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca empire of Peru in 1531-3312
144353028Atahualpalast ruling Inca emperor of Peru; was executed by the Spanish13
145464045Magellan's voyage around the worldWhat did not occur during the 15th century?14
145464046The Moors were driven out of Iberia and SpainAs a result of the Battle of Grenada15
145464047ecomiendaRight of Spanish to demand taxes/services from natives is...16
145464048a belief that one's race is superior to anotherethnocentrism is...17
145464049hoarding as much bullion as possiblewhat is an example of mercantilist policy?18
145464050an increase in importation of slaves from Africa to offset native lossesa decline in native population due to disease caused...19
145464051were of European descent and were granted rights in the new worldPeninsularies and Creoles20
145464052Portugalwho was the first to establish the slave trade?21
145464053PortugalPrince Henry the Navigator founded a maritime academy in...22
145464054the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from the Iberian Peninsulathe reconquista of the Iberian peninsula resulted in...23
145464055Brazilsilver deposits in the Americas were located in...24
145464056the journey for slaves from Africa to the Americaswhat was the Middle Passage?25
145464057Spain and PortugalThe Treaty of Tordesillas divided the discovered world among...26
145464058was the first explorer to round the tip of south Africa and voyage into the Indian OceanVasco da Gama27
145464059Englandthe Stuart family ruled...28
145464060Francethe Valois ruled...29
145464061FranceThe Bourbons ruled...30
145464062Englandthe Tudors ruled...31
145464063Spain and the Holy Roman Empirethe Hapsburgs ruled...32
145464064Spain and the HRECharles V ruled...33
145464065Elizabeth IWho was the ruler of England when it defeated Phillip II and his Spanish Armada?34
145464066were the legislative body of France used to issue taxes on behalf of the kingThe Estates General35
145464067It remained divided between Catholics and Protestants as German princes had the autonomy to determine their own faithWhich of the following was TRUE about the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th century?36
145464068James Iwho was the first Stuart king of England?37
145464069the consent of the peopleAccording to John Locke who did rulers derive their power to rule from?38

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