8717256468 | Causes of the age of exploration | Technologies from the Islamic world and China, The building of ships and the drive to get spices, new ideas from the renaissance | 0 | |
8717256469 | Portugal's role in the age of exploration | Explores from Portugal explored the coast of Africa and went around the tip first to make it to India by Sea | 1 | |
8717256470 | Importance of Vasco de Gama | Let the trip around the southern most point of Africa he was the one who made it to India (Dias tried but failed) | 2 | |
8717256471 | Caravel Ship | (Portugal) key invention leading to trading. Multiple sails and faster. A deep ocean vessel | 3 | |
8717256472 | Commercial Revolution | A change of business. expansion of trade and business. Included elements of capitalism or when trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit | 4 | |
8717256473 | Mercantilism | belief in the benefits of profitable trading. A system where colonies of the mother country provide cheap labor and raw materials to the mother. mother than gives manufactured goods back | 5 | |
8717256474 | Columbus voyage, details | 1492, miscalculations. Columbus was a religious man believed he was doing it for God. brought on the Columbian exchange | 6 | |
8717256475 | Spanish government in the New World | Had absolute ruling conquistadors they will rule over land and use the encomienda system | 7 | |
8717256476 | cash crops in the Americas | The three main were sugar cane, tobacco and cotton, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit. | 8 | |
8717256477 | Encomienda System | the right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans in a particular area. The Spanish king allowed this | 9 | |
8717256478 | Genocide in the Americas | 50-90% of native population was wiped out due to new diseases like smallpox also natives were overworked due to the encomienda | 10 | |
8717256479 | Bartolome de Las Casas | Spaniard who fought for Native American rights. He ended the encomienda system | 11 | |
8717256480 | Effects of slave trade on Africa | Strongest tribes in Africa did not become enslaved. Tribes fought against each other, there were long-term negative effects and decentralization. Cultures lost their fittest members and families were torn apart. | 12 | |
8717256481 | Colonization of North America, when and where | British on the East Coast (later), Dutch in the New York area, Spanish in the Caribbean, Florida and west coast | 13 | |
8717256482 | Boers | Dutch settlers in South Africa become racist and dominant | 14 | |
8717256483 | Distribution of slaves in the New World | Went to Caribbean Puerto Rico and mainly Brazil | 15 | |
8717256484 | Changes in the Ming Dynasty | Were isolated, Chinese merchants smuggled goods on to European ships Chinese manufacturing increases | 16 | |
8717256485 | Yonglo | Ming emperor, son of Hongwu; continued many of his father's policies, although he moved the royal court to Beijing. Very curious about world, responsible for Zheng He's voyages | 17 | |
8717256486 | Zheng He | A Chinese admiral and diplomat during Ming who voyaged overseas to promote trade and collect tribute. Had 7 expeditions | 18 | |
8717256487 | Reason for decision to end voyages | To preserve traditional Chinese ideas of isolation and Confucianism | 19 | |
8717256488 | Matteo Ricci | Italian Jesuit who wanted to convert China to Christianity during the Ming dynasty. Was liked by Chinese because he could speak and write the language he worked in the Ming Court | 20 | |
8717256489 | Qing Dynasty how it differs from Ming | the last imperial dynasty of China, started by a group that was not Chinese, the Manchus. Confucian beliefs were not used in the beginning, social structure changed. Manchus were better rulers then actual Chinese | 21 | |
8717256490 | Kangxi | Powerful Manchu emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Gave Chinese intellectuals government positions he also employed Jesuits | 22 | |
8717256491 | Qianlong | Under him China reached its peak. He took care of problems, helped to secure Qing borders from nomads, removed the Christian missionaries, and the European merchants | 23 | |
8717256492 | Qing policy on foreign trade | Continue the policy of isolation, accepted the dutch as their trading partner because they performed the kowtow. three ports were open to trade | 24 | |
8717256493 | Arts in the Ming/Qing | There were arts of writing, "dream of the red chamber". They painted and traditional styles. Drama was the most popular form of entertainment. | 25 | |
8717256494 | 3 unifiers of Japan | Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu | 26 | |
8717256495 | Kabuki Theater | a popular drama of Japan characterized by elaborate costuming and rhythmic dialogue. | 27 | |
8717256496 | Noh Drama | Religious drama. Masks, Formal language, mime | 28 | |
8717256497 | Urbanization in Edo Period | Because of isolation, they urbanize. The "Alternate attendance policy" of daimyo. | 29 | |
8717256498 | Francis Xavier | Jesuit missionary to Japan. Convert people to Christianity | 30 | |
8717256499 | Changes under the Tokugawa period | Closed to trade. Rejected Christianity had to persecute Christians | 31 | |
8717256500 | Closed court policy | Only one port was open for foreign traders Japan develop self sufficiently for 200 years | 32 | |
8717256501 | New urban culture, examples | Commercial centers, job opportunity for women, population more than 1 million | 33 | |
8717256502 | Philippines | Southeast Asia | 34 | |
8717256503 | Gao | In Africa, Portugal base | 35 | |
8717256504 | Macao | a Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea | 36 | |
8717256505 | Dutch East India Company | Government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies. Create monopolies of Asia and other rich parts of the world | 37 | |
8717256506 | British East India Company | A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. Create monopolies of Asia and other rich parts of the world | 38 |
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