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3413794734environmental determinismthe belief that social and cultural differences between human groups can ultimately be traced to differences in their physical environments0
3413815487graveyard of timepeople mainly look to the past for answers1
3413827279paleolithic era (Old Stone Age)90-95% of human existence; people organized in small kinship groups; more socially equal; humans used only simple tools2
3413858835origin of humanseastern Africa3
3413862529Mesolithic Agemore complex tools; domestication of animals; population grew; conflicts and wars emerged4
3413870764Neolithic Age (new stone age)agriculture; creation of cities5
3413884521hunting and gathering societies#1 cause of death was accidents (not disease); supported the cyclical idea of life; paleolithic6
3498132794Portuguese conquest to AsiaAround Africa; in the name of the cross; religious motivated warfare; searched for gold7
3498132795Spanish journey to AsiaWest from Europe; planned on finding islands; focused on power and conquering; economic motivation8
3498132796Brazil's relationship to to PortugalPortugal's own personal sugarcane plantation9
3498132797Portuguese territoryMostly made up of ports; creating a trading empire10
3498132798PhilippinesMakes Spain a global empire; located next to China11
3498132799SilverMainly found in Potosí and Zacatecas; mining industry driven by China's desire for silver12
3498132800Mita systemDraft labor (forced labor); mainly native Americans13
3498132801Potosí mine working conditionsVery dangerous; caves were collapsing; workers spent about 5 1/2 days in the mines; workers went about 16 miles into the mines14
3498132802Northwest passageBelieved to be a faster way to Asia; from the Hudson Bay through a river to the Pacific Ocean; didn't exist15
3498132803MercantilismImport as little as possible, export as much as possible; creates 100% self-sufficiency16
3498132804Fur tradeMain goal of France; leading to extinction of beavers17
3498132805Dutch (Netherlands) conquestFocused on east Asia; not much settlement18
3498132806Colombian exchangeGlobal diffusion of plants, animals, humans, and diseases; took place after Christopher Columbus's voyages; beneficial to some, disastrous to others19
3520891522imperial expansionwestern European empires wanted more access to territories that were separated by an ocean (maritime empires)20
3498158995Spain's maritime empiresstart in the Caribbean21
3498172231mercantilismfocused on exports; wealth is based on the amount of gold someone has22
3498180472Taino1st Native American group to encounter the Spanish; had no system for defense23
3498194403moctezuma's strategygive the Spanish things then hope they go away; didn't work24
3498337663encomiendalabor force; futile system; 1st time in history when human rights activities emerged (low-level religious leaders in Catholic churches were the 1st human rights activists)25
3498373742sugarvery important to the Portuguese empire; cash crop (only really used as an export); could be considered the 1st global assembly production26
3494513132Portuguese conquest to AsiaAround Africa; in the name of the cross; religious motivated warfare; searched for gold27
3494513133Spanish journey to AsiaWest from Europe; planned on finding islands; focused on power and conquering; economic motivation28
3494513134Brazil's relationship to to PortugalPortugal's own personal sugarcane plantation29
3494513135Portuguese territoryMostly made up of ports; creating a trading empire30
3494513136PhilippinesMakes Spain a global empire; located next to China31
3494513137SilverMainly found in Potosí and Zacatecas; mining industry driven by China's desire for silver32
3494513138Mita systemDraft labor (forced labor); mainly native Americans33
3494513139Potosí mine working conditionsVery dangerous; caves were collapsing; workers spent about 5 1/2 days in the mines; workers went about 16 miles into the mines34
3494513140Northwest passageBelieved to be a faster way to Asia; from the Hudson Bay through a river to the Pacific Ocean; didn't exist35
3494513141MercantilismImport as little as possible, export as much as possible; creates 100% self-sufficiency36
3494513142Fur tradeMain goal of France; leading to extinction of beavers37
3494513143Dutch (Netherlands) conquestFocused on east Asia; not much settlement38
3494513144Colombian exchangeGlobal diffusion of plants, animals, humans, and diseases; took place after Christopher Columbus's voyages; beneficial to some, disastrous to others39

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