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The Modern Middle East Flashcards

The student will analyze continuity and change in Southwest Asia (Middle East) leading to the 21st century. b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious connection to the lend, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and Zionism in Europe. c. Describe how land and religion are reasons for continuing conflicts in Southwest Asia (Middle East). d. Explain U.S. presence and interest in Southwest Asia; include the Persian Gulf conflict and invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. SS7G5 The student will locate selected features in Southwestern Asia (Middle East). a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Euphrates River, Jordan River, Tigris River, Suez Canal, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Gaza Strip. b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the nations of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. SS7G7 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics, Distribution of natural resources and population distribution on Southwest Asia (Middle East).
a. Explain how the distribution of oil has affected the development of Southwest Asia (Middle East).
b. Describe how the deserts and rivers of Southwest Asia (Middle East) have affected the population in terms of where people live, the type of work they do, and how they travel.
SS7G8 The student will describe the diverse cultures of the people who live in Southwest Asia (Middle East).
a. Explain the differences between an ethnic group and a religious group.
b. Explain the diversity of religions within the Arabs, Persians, and Kurds.
c. Compare and contrast the prominent religions in Southwest Asia (Middle East): Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
d. Explain the reason for the division between Sunni and Shia Muslims.
e. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.

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1983903048	Jews and Arabs both claim to be the rightful owners of	Palestine	0
1983903049	Which two countries are home to majority Shia Muslims	Iran & Iraq	1
1983903050	After WWII the UN leaders decided	to divide Palestine into a Palestine state and a Jewish state	2
1983903052	Ottoman Empire was eventually	Divided by France and Great Britain after WWI	3
1983903054	What resource was France and Great Britain considering when land was divided	Oil	4
1983903055	The Taliban and Al Qaeda have what in common	they both operate under Shari Law	5
1983903056	When did Israel become a state	1948	6
1983903057	Which war began in 1991	Persian Gulf War	7
1983903058	Who is Saddam Hussein	5th president of Iraq	8
1983903060	What three religious groups began in M.E.	Islam, Christianity, Judaism	9
1983903064	West Bank Wall	Israel solution to stop Palestinian attacks	10
1983903065	The majority of Israel is	Jewish	11
1983903070	The Jewish holy text	Torah	12
1983903071	The Muslim holy text	Qur'an	13
1983903072	The ethnic group that ruled the Ottoman Empire	Turks	14
1983903073	The "Five Pillars of Islam"	Statement of faith, Pray five times a day, Give to the poor, Fasting during Ramadan, Pilgrimage to Mecca	15
1983903074	What surrounds Israel	Muslim nations	16
1983903075	The largest ethnic group in the Middle East	Arabs	17
1983903078	What is Zionism	the belief that Jews should be allowed to return to their homeland and create their own country	18
1983903079	Muhammad is the founded of	Islam	19
1983903080	Their goal is "the liberation of Palestine"	Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)	20
1983903081	Camp David Accords was an attempt at peace by	Former President Jimmy Carter	21
1983903082	Hamas	Terrorist group/political organization depending on viewpoint.	22
1983903084	Prejudice against Jews	Anti-semitism	23
1983903085	The Gaza Strip is controlled by	Hamas	24
1983903094	After WWI what three groups were placed together in Iraq	Sunni, Shia, Kurds	25
1983903096	What is the Kaaba	the Sacred point inside the Sacred Mosque	26

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Unit 3 Study Guide - The Modern Middle East Flashcards

SS7H2 The student will analyze continuity and change in Southwest Asia (Middle East) leading to the 21st century. b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948; include the Jewish religious connection to the lend, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and Zionism in Europe. c. Describe how land and religion are reasons for continuing conflicts in Southwest Asia (Middle East). d. Explain U.S. presence and interest in Southwest Asia; include the Persian Gulf conflict and invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. SS7G5 The student will locate selected features in Southwestern Asia (Middle East). a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Euphrates River, Jordan River, Tigris River, Suez Canal, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Gaza Strip. b. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map the nations of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. SS7G7 The student will explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics, Distribution of natural resources and population distribution on Southwest Asia (Middle East).
a. Explain how the distribution of oil has affected the development of Southwest Asia (Middle East).
b. Describe how the deserts and rivers of Southwest Asia (Middle East) have affected the population in terms of where people live, the type of work they do, and how they travel.
SS7G8 The student will describe the diverse cultures of the people who live in Southwest Asia (Middle East).
a. Explain the differences between an ethnic group and a religious group.
b. Explain the diversity of religions within the Arabs, Persians, and Kurds.
c. Compare and contrast the prominent religions in Southwest Asia (Middle East): Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
d. Explain the reason for the division between Sunni and Shia Muslims.
e. Evaluate how the literacy rate affects the standard of living.

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1901249714	Jews and Arabs both claim to be the rightful owners of	Palestine	0
1901249715	Which two countries are home to majority Shia Muslims	Iran & Iraq	1
1901249716	After WWII the UN leaders decided	to divide Palestine into a Palestine state and a Jewish state	2
1901249717	The Holocaust was led by	Adolf Hitler, the leader of the Nazi Party	3
1901249718	Ottoman Empire was eventually	Divided by France and Great Britain after WWI	4
1901249719	When dividing land what two things should be considered	Religious and Ethnic differences	5
1901249720	What resource was France and Great Britain considering when land was divided	Oil	6
1901249721	When did Israel become a state	1948	7
1901249722	Which war began in 1991	Persian Gulf War	8
1901249723	Who is Saddam Hussein	5th president of Iraq	9
1901249724	A group that share physical features, ancestral, homeland etc.	Ethnic Group	10
1901249725	What three religious groups began in M.E.	Islam, Christianity, Judaism	11
1901249726	Ethnic and religious groups are NOT	limited by political borders	12
1901249727	Group of people who share the same belief system	Religious Group	13
1901249728	The majority of Israel is	Jewish	14
1901249729	Music, videos, non-Islamic names, execution of anyone who coverted, no education for women/girls, any western traditions, use of internet	banned by the Taliban in Afghanistan	15
1901249730	To establish peace between the two groups	The goal of the U.S. during the Arab-Israeli conflict	16
1901249731	All three religions are	Monotheistic - belief in one God	17
1901249732	The Jewish holy text	Torah	18
1901249733	The Muslim holy text	Qur'an	19
1901249734	The ethnic group that ruled the Ottoman Empire	Turks	20
1901249735	The "Five Pillars of Islam"	Statement of faith, Pray five times a day, Give to the poor, Fasting during Ramadan, Pilgrimage to Mecca	21
1901249736	What surrounds Israel	Muslim nations	22
1901249737	The largest ethnic group in the Middle East	Arabs	23
1901249738	Who should be the leader	Sunni and Shia Muslims are in conflict over	24
1901249739	Why did the U.S. help in the Persian Gulf War	To stop Sadam Hussein from controlling Kuwait's oil.	25
1901249740	What is Zionism	the belief that Jews should be allowed to return to their homeland and create their own country	26
1901249741	Muhammad is the founded of	Islam	27
1901249742	Their goal is "the liberation of Palestine"	Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)	28
1901249743	Prejudice against Jews	Anti-semitism	29
1901249744	Why did the U.S. invade Afghanistan	The Taliban allowed Al-Qaeda to hide out there.	30
1901249745	Taliban	Establish a strict Islamic government in Afghanistan.	31
1901249746	After the Afghanistan War	the Taliban was removed from power and a new government was established	32
1901249747	Iraq accepted a truce and agreed to withdraw from Kuwait	What ended the Persian Gulf War	33
1901249748	Who took responsibility for events of September 11th	Al-Qaeda	34
1901249749	European powers wanted	control the natural resources and the raw materials	35
1901249750	The al-Qaeda leader	Osama Bin Ladin	36
1901249751	What is the Kaaba	the Sacred point inside the Sacred Mosque	37
1901249752	European involvement in SW Asia (Middle East)	led to many conflicts	38
1901249753	What are your thoughts on this photo? What is the atmosphere like? Pro-Israeli or Pro-Palestinian? What is the artist trying to express to us? How would you feel if you were Israel?		39

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Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and African Kingdom Flashcards

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155687329	What country came in contact with the African slave trade first?	Portugal	0
155687330	Where did the Portuguese begin to develop plantations?	fin Azores, Cape Verde Islands, and Brazil	1
157038815	How did the existing slave trade in Africa change with European arrivals?	-African kings and elite sought to profit from selling their neighbors as demands gew -adopted new military techniques	2
157038816	What military techniques did the African kings adopt in order to capture more slaves?	cavalry firearms	3
157038817	How were most slaves caught?	prisoners of war	4
157038818	What were the two cash crops that required the most slaves?	tobacco and sugar	5
157038819	What two countries were the most involved with tobacco?	Britain and France	6
157038820	Where was Tobacco first grown, and where was it grown later?	in the Caribbean, then in Virgina	7
157038821	What crop replaced tobacco in the Caribbean?	sugar	8
157038822	Chartered Companies	Groups of private investors who paid an annual fee to France and England in exchange for a monopoly over trade to the West Indies colonies.	9
157038823	What place was the #1 sugar producer in the 1700s?	Caribbean	10
157038824	what place was the #1 sugar produer in 1600?	Brazil	11
157038825	What happened to the British planters as a result of the growing sugar production?	became rich and politically powerful	12
157038826	1620	Dutch involvement with Sugar production in Brazil	13
157038827	Dutch West India Company	Trading company chartered by the Dutch government to conduct its merchants' trade in the Americas and Africa. goal: acheive independence from Spain and hassle Spanish commerse overseas	14
157042509	Where was sugar originally produced?	Middle East	15
157042510	Sugar	considered a luxury good rising middle class wanted it used to sweeten new beverages prices declined with new production	16
157042511	what was the effect of the industrial revolution on sugar production?	created more demand because the workers needed the calories and the warmth on jobs in factories	17
157042512	What happened to indentured servants?	price of land rose up so much that they no longer existed	18
157042513	why use slaves?	-no indentured servants -ultimately became cheaper	19
157042514	cons of using slaves?	-high mortality/low birth rates -changes of rebellions	20
157042515	Atlantic Circuit	Europe to Africa Africa to America Americas to Europe technically, could make a profit on every leg, but in practice very risky	21
157042516	What was brought from Europe to Africa	manufactured goods (guns), cotton textules (from India)	22
157042517	What was brought from Africa to the Americas?	slaves Middle Passage	23
157042518	What was brought from the Americas to Europe?	export crops, mining products, plantation goods	24
157042519	Triangular Trade	A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Aferica sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa	25
157042520	In the Triangular trade, what did N. England merchants sell to Africa, the Caribbeans, and to N. America?	Africa: rum, metalware, gin, firearms Caribbeans: slaves N. America: molasses, rum	26
157042521	Middle Passage	The part of the Atlantic Circuit involving the transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas.	27
157042522	Why did so many slaves die during the Middle Passage?	slaves were packed into boats as tightly as possible bad hygiene chained disease	28
157042523	what happened as a result of the Middle Passage?	because so many slaves died, conditions on the boats were improved so there wouldn't be as much financial loss	29
157042524	Who controlled the slave trade?	1. British 2. Portuguese 3. French 4. Dutch 5. N. Americans chartered trading companies	30

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Slave trade and early slavery in the American colonies. Flashcards

Vocabulary

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958565290	The Enlighenment	Period in the history of western thought and culture, stretching roughly from the mid-decades of the seventeenth century through the eighteenth century, characterized by dramatic revolutions in science, philosophy, society and politics; these revolutions swept away the medieval world-view and ushered in our modern western world.	0
958565291	Jonathan Edwards	American theologian whose sermons and writings stimulated a period of renewed interest in religion in America (1703-1758)	1
958565292	George Whitefield	(1739) Stressed that God was all powerful and would save only those who openly professed faith in Christ Jesus. Taught that with sincere faith, ordinary people could understand scripture without ministers	2
958565293	The Great Awakening	This was a major religious revival in the colonies, which began in the 1730's with its leader being Jonathan Edwards.	3
958565294	Old Lights	Orthodox clergymen who were deeply skeptical of the emotionalism and the antics of the Great Awakening.	4
958565295	New Lights	Clergymen who defended the Great Awakening for reinvigorating American religion	5
958565296	Slave codes	Slave codes were laws in each US state.	6
958565297	The French and Indian War	A war with the French and Indians versus the British and other Indian tribes over the Ohio River Valley.	7
958565298	Marquis Duquesne	a French Governor of New France.served from 1752 through 1755, and is best known for his role in the French and Indian War.	8
958565299	The Proclamation of 1763	Forbade settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.	9
958565300	Deism	18th Century (1700's) concept which held that God created the world according to rational laws and that he was like a clockmaker who would not interfere in the natural order of things.	10
958565301	Huguenots	Calvin's followers in France	11
958565302	John Locke and Sir Issac Newton	Enlightenment philosophers.	12
958565303	Fort Duquesne	French fort that was site of first major battle of French and Indian War; General Washington led unsuccessful attack on French troops and was then defeated at Fort Necessity, marking beginning of conflict.	13
958565304	Elmina	established 1492; a town situated In Africa it was the First of the slave factories, built by the portuguese. this defended African trade against the British, Dutch, And French African slaves went here before they were transported to the new world.	14
958565305	Salem witch trials	The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693.	15
958565306	Religious pluralism	Accepting all religions as having an equal right to co-exist	16
958565307	Indentured servants	Indentured servitude was a form of debt bondage, established in the early years of the American colonies and elsewhere.	17
958565308	Half-Way Covenant	A Puritan church document; In 1662, the Halfway Covenant allowed partial membership rights to persons not yet converted into the Puritan church; It lessened the difference between the	18
958565309	Nathaniel Bacon	Planter who led a rebellion in 1676 against the governor of the Virginia Colony	19

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Modern World History - The Atlantic Slave Trade Flashcards

This is a study guide for chapter 3 section 4.

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1748545427	Olaudah Equiano	(1745-1797) African who was sold into slavery and later bought his way out. He was kidnapped as a boy (age 11) from his home he was sold into slavery and sold amongst slave traders many times-he served in the Seven Years' War as a captain's boy. He was then sold to a slave trader where he went to the Caribbean-from there a white colonist bought him and he eventually bought his way out of slavery-he went to England to live and published a book about slavery and his experiences-his message was widespread and helped to inspire the abolition of slavery.	0
1748545430	triangular trade	A three way system of international trade during 1600-1800s. Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa (More Detail on page 125 in history textbook)	1
1748545431	middle passage	A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies, which was known as the second leg of the trading process.	2
1748545432	mutiny	Open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers) or revolts by the captives	3
1748545433	how did triangular trade affect colonial economics?	(answers will vary), it went from Europe africa to Americas Europe made guns, Africa had gold and slaves, Americas traded raw materials	4
1748545434	what were slaves exchanges for in the west indies?	guns, cloth, lead & cash	5
1748545435	why are there so few first-person slave narratives?	Protestants in England destroyed most of them, claiming them to be offensive. France's records remain largely intact.	6
1748545436	commodity	Anything bought or sold	7
1748545437	restrain	to keep under control; to keep from action	8
1748545438	how did enslaved africans resist captivity?	by trying to escape, overcoming their captors, or killing themselves	9
1748545439	how did the slave trade affect africans?	Decreased population, Families were split apart, African culture suffered, White Europeans colonized parts of Africa, War, Population stopped growing, No one left to farm or produce babies	10

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New Worlds: The Americas And Oceania Flashcards

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1213794630	Atahualpa	Inca ruler	0
1213794631	Audiencias	Court system of lawyers that heard appeals against viceroys	1
1213794632	Chamorro	Indigenous peoples of the Mariana islands	2
1213794633	Conquistadores	Spanish adventurers who conquered Central and South America in the sixteenth century	3
1213794634	Criollos	Term for Spaniards born in Americas during the Spanish colonial period	4
1213794635	Cuzco	A town in the Andes, former capital of Inca empire	5
1213794636	Doña Marina	Congolese prophet and leader of Christian movement	6
1213794637	Encomienda	System that gave the Spanish settlers the right to compel the indigenous peoples of the Americas to work in the fields	7
1213794638	Engenho	Portuguese term for a sugar mill	8
1213794640	Fransico Pizarro	Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca empire	9
1213794641	Fur trade	North American fur trade from 17th c - 19th c	10
1213794642	Guaraní	Indigenous people/language of modern Paraguay and Bolivia	11
1213794643	Hacienda	Large Latin American estates	12
1213794644	Hernán Cortés	Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico	13
1213794645	Indentured labor	Poor people who would sell 7 years of their working loves	14
1213794646	Malintzin	Woman that acted as interpreter/guide for Cortés	15
1213794648	Mestizo/métis	Latin American term for children of SPanish and native parentage	16
1213794649	Mita system	Spanish colonial system in which colonized subjects had to work a prescribed number of days for overlords	17
1213794650	Motecuzoma II	Aztec emperor, overthrown by Cortéz	18
1213794651	Mulattoes	Person with mixed European and African ancestry	19
1213794652	Potosí	Spanish discovered silver in 1545 here	20
1213794653	Quechua	South American ethnic group of Peru, once ruled Inca empire	21
1213794654	Quiché	Mayan ethnic group of south-central Guatemala	22
1213794656	Taino	Caribbean people, first to come into contact with Christopher Columbus	23
1213794658	Viceroy	A ruler of a colony who exercises authority on behalf of a monarch	24
1213794659	Virgin of Guadalupe	Iconic image of the Virgin Mary	25
1213794661	Zambos	Individuals born of indigenous and African parents	26

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25 new worlds: the Americas and Oceania and 26: Africa and the Atlantic world Flashcards

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1818978282	Chapter 24: Dona Marina was	a woman Who Aided Cortes in his conquest of the Aztecs	0
1818978283	Christopher Columbus is first plan was to	To build forts and trading posts	1
1818978284	encomenderos were	Spanish settlers	2
1818978285	First people of the Americas to come into contact with the Spain Worthen	Tainos	3
1818978286	Hernan Cortes was responsible for the conquest of	Aztecs	4
1818978287	The conquistador who conquered that in because was	Francisco Pizarro	5
1818978288	The conquistadors	Eventually lost control and were replaced by formal rules by the Spanish crown	6
1818978289	The chief Spanish Royal administrators in the Americas where the	The viceroys	7
1818978290	The Treaty of Tordesillas	Split Central and South America between Spain and Portugal	8
1818978291	The Portuguese began to show much more interest in Brazil after	After the establishment of profitable sugar plantations	9
1818978292	which of the following sites in North America was originally a Dutch colony	New York/new Amsterdam	10
1818978293	The following was not a difference between the Spanish approach to colonization and that of each English and French	The English and French viewed the indigenous population as their equals	11
1818978294	Which of the following is not true of the native Americans that the English and French came into contact with	The Indians Garrard did their claims to private ownership of land even more jealousy then Europeans did	12
1818978295	Population in what is now United States stood at 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 in 1492 and at _______ in 1800	600,000	13
1818978296	Spanish Migrants who were born in Europe were known as	Peninsulares	14
1818978297	For the Spanish, the greatest attraction of the Americas was	Silver	15
1818978298	To provide labor for their sugar plantations, the Portuguese	Relied on important African slaves in laborers	16
1818978299	In North America, the Europeans initially found a profitable commodity when they bartered for	Fur	17
1818978300	Plantations created a high demand for	Cheap labor	18
1818978301	The Virgin of Guadalupe especially became a national symbol for	Mexico	19
1818978302	The first record of European sightings in Australia was made by the	Dutch	20
1818978303	The British intentionally made use of Australia	They used it as a panel colony	21
1818978304	In the 1670s and 1680s, the Spanish were interested in consolidating control in which area because it lay directly on the route from Acapulco to Manila	Guam	22
1818978305	Chapter 25: Thomas peters was	Central in promoting the establishment of a colony for ex-slaves in Sierra Leon	23
1818978306	The Rise in Maritime trade in the early modern era in Africa	Resulted in regional kingdoms replacing the Imperial State of west Africa	24
1818978307	the most Important early city in the Songhay empire was	Gao	25
1818978308	Sunni Ali built a powerful Imperial Navy to patrol the	Niger river	26
1818978309	All Songhay empires were	Islamic	27
1818978310	1505 all the Swahili city-states were subdude by the	Portuguese	28
1818978311	the Ruler of the kingdom of Kongo, Alfonso I, converted to what religion and encouraged his subjects to convert as well	Christianity	29
1818978312	An alliance with Portugal brought wealth and foreign recognition to kongo, as well as	The eventual destruction of the kingdoms	30
1818978313	The portuguese referred to Ndongo as Angola Because of the word ngola, which meant	King	31
1818978314	The first European colony in sub-Saharan Africa was	Queen Nzinga	32
1818978315	What was the massive fortified city in southern Africa that dominated the gold trade in its region of the continent until the late fifteenth century	Great Zimbabwe	33
1818978316	The center of the islamic learning in west Africa was	Timbuctu	34
1818978317	Islam and Christianity usually spread into sub-Saharan Africa	As syncretic versions of the originals	35
1818978318	part 2: Which of the following was not an accomplishment of the Fulani	Part two: they eliminated the traditional elements of syncretic Islam	36
1818978319	The founder of the religion that stressed that Jesus Christ had been a black man that Kongo was the true holy land was	Dona Beatriz	37
1818978320	During the early modern period in Africa, the basis of social organized continued to be	Kinship groups	38
1818978321	By 1800, the population of sub-Saharan Arica stood at	60 million	39
1818978322	Throughout most of history, the majority of slaves came from	Africa	40
1818978323	The arrival of the Europeans	Caused the slave trade to expand dramatically	41
1818978324	As part of the triangular slave trade, the Europeans usually picked up slaves in Africa in return for	Horses and manufactured goods	42
1818978325	Over the course of the entire period of trans-Atlantic slavery, the mortality rate for the middle passage was ______ percent	50% and then decline 5% per voyage	43
1818978326	How many Africans were forcefully brought to the Americas as part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade	12 million	44
1818978327	the only place where a slave bolts actually brought about an end slavery was	Hiti	45
1818978328	The following is not associated with the syncretic religions of the Africans in the Americas	Saramaka	46

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Age of Exploration Flashcards

A time where people were eager to make new discoveries. A time where many explorers made new discoveries and new achievements.

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1709841278	Crusades	Series of five wars fought between Christians and Muslims for control of Palestine	0
1709841279	Astrolabe	A tool that uses the stars,sun,moon,and planets to help determine location.A tool that uses the stars,sun,moon,and planets to help determine location	1
1709841280	Gridded Map	A map of vertical and horizontal lines(longitude and latitude) for locating a specific place; helped explorers find/give more exact locations	2
1709841281	Caravel	Small maneuverable Portugese ships that were fast and easy to ride over waves. It made it easier to sail faster, into difficult areas, and it handled the sea conditions.	3
1709841282	Lateen Sails	Triangular Sails that helped sailors use the wind to their advantage. Improved sailing and gave new opportunites to sailors.	4
1709841283	Compass	A tool used to show the direction of North. This helped sailors know where they were going.	5
1709841284	New France	A part of Canada colonized by the French.	6
1709841285	New Spain	The land that was colonized by Spain	7
1709841286	Leif Erickson	Voyaged to America in 1000 A.D with fellow vikings	8
1709841287	Christopher Columbus	Was trying to find the East Indies and instead discovered America	9
1709841288	Amerigo Vespucci	Realized America was not India like everyone thought it was and renamed it America	10
1709841289	Ferdinand Magellan	In 1519 he was the first to successfully sail around the world although he and most of his crew did not survive but his ship made it back to Spain in 1522	11
1709841290	Conquistador	A spanish explorer who took over American land from Natives	12
1709841291	Francisco Pizarro	Francisco Pizarro: In 1532 he captured the Incan emperor and killed him in order to take over land for Spain.	13
1709841292	Hernan Cortes	He settled in Cuba as an encomendero and gathered a force of about 600 Spaniards and enslave Africans and set sail in 1519. His army battled and defeated American Indians on the coast of Mexico.	14
1709841293	Monctezuma	The emperor of the Aztecs	15
1709841294	Aztecs	A civilization located in modern day Mexico. This civilization was over thrown by Hernan Cortes.	16
1709841295	Atahualpa	The Incan emporer who was captured and promised to fill his large prison quarters with silver and gold. The Incans fulfilled this ransom but Atahualapa was still killed.	17
1709841296	Incas	A civilization conquered by Francisco Pizarro. The Incan people were divided after the chaos of their civilization.	18
1709841297	Columbian Exchange	The transfer of goods and ideas between the Old world and the New world that was started after the discoveries of 1492	19

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Age of Discovery Flashcards

List of explorers and other for Age of Discovery AP Modern European History

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473816904	Prince Henry the Navigator	(early 15th century) [Portugal] Started the age of exploration Mercenary and religious reasons- gold, spices, slaves and to convert to Christianity Explored African coast - looking for a way around Africa	0
473816905	Bartholomew Dias	(latter 15th Century) [Portugal] Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope	1
473816906	Vasco da Gama	(latter 15th Century) [Portugal] Sailed around Africa to India and returned with spices Spices were very valuable	2
473816907	Pedro Cabral	(1500) [Portugal] Discovered Brazil	3
473816908	Christopher Columbus	(late 15th century) [sailed for Spain, but was Italian] Sailed to San Salvador, Bahamas, but thought it was Japan On his 3rd voyage he realized Cuba was not Japan	4
473816909	Amerigo Vespucci	(early 16th century) [Spain] He realized that what Columbus discovered was actually a whole new continent America is named after him	5
473816910	Magellan	(early 16th century) [Spain] Continued to look for a sea route to asia Sailed around south America across Pacific Ocean to the Philippines Was killed by the inhabitants	6
473816911	Hernan Cortez	(early 16th century) [Spain] Landed in south america w/ 500 men Emperor Moctezuma II thought Cortez was a god who had returned, so he wanted to appease him with gold Started war with Aztecs and defeated them, claimed Mexico for Spain	7
473816912	Franciso Pizarro	(early 16th century) [Spain] Wetern coast of south America Captured and killed Atahualpa, and took over Incan Empire for Spain after long and fierce resistance	8
473816913	Bartolomew de las Casas	(early to mid 16th century) [Spain] a Dominican was against conquest, but for converting, and made regulations to protect the Indians	9
473816914	Black Legend	Emerged because of las Casas Said that all Spanish treatment of the Indians was inhumane	10
473816915	Conquistadores	[Spain] "conquerors" Interested in gold and silver Spanish government received 1/5 of their mining profits	11
473816916	Hacienda	A large land estate that was owned by peninsulares or creoles Produced foodstuffs for mining, leather for mining machinery Also farming and ranching, but not as important as mining	12
473816917	Peninsulares	People born in Spain	13
473816918	Creoles	People of Spanish decent	14
473816919	Encomienda	A grant for the right to labor of a specific number of native americans for a certain amount of time The Spanish needed labor for economic activity	15
473816920	Repartimiento	Native American adult males were forced to work a certain number of days per year Were often abused and some died Also known as mita, "labor tax"	16
473816921	Alburquerque (the person)	(early 16th century) [Portugal] Portugal's first governor general of Goa in India Expanded holding in India and maintained them using force Created a commercial-colonial empire	17
473816922	John Cabot	(late 15th century) [Italian, but sailed for England] At the request of Henry VII, Cabot sailed west and landed in Canada Newfoundland Claimed land for England	18
481647175	Toscanelli	(mid 15th century) [Italian City-States] reintroduced the Greek idea of a spherical world	19

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748024245	Spirit of Adventure and Curiosity	the Renaissance encouraged this; prompted Europeans to explore the world around them	0
748024246	Gold, Glory, God	the desire for these three things prompted European exploration	1
748024247	Muslims and Italians	they controlled trade from East to West	2
748024248	Caravel	a European vessel that was sturdier than earlier vessels; designed in the 1400s	3
748024249	Astrolabe	a brass circle with carefully adjusted rings marked off in degrees; used to determine sailors' location at sea	4
748024250	Compass	Chinese invention that allowed explorers to more accurately track direction	5
748024251	Prince Henry	son of the king of Portugal; Portugal's most enthusiastic supporter of exploration who helped conquer the Muslim city of Ceuta in North Africa	6
748024252	Bartolomeu Dias	Portuguese captain who explored the southern coast of Africa	7
748024253	Vasco de Gama	Portuguese explorer who started exploring the east African coast and eventually reached Calicut on the southwestern coast of India; gave Portugal a direct sea route to India	8
748024254	60 Times	Vasco de Gama's Indian cargo was worth this many times as much as the voyage	9
748024255	Christopher Columbus	Italian sea captain who convinced Spain to finance a bold plan to find a route to Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean, but instead reached the Americas and opened the way for European colonization	10
748024256	Papal Line of Demarcation	imaginary dividing line drawn by the Pope through the Atlantic Ocean that gave some land to Spain and some land to Portugal	11
748024257	Portuguese Merchants	they brought back goods from Asia at 1/5 of what they cost when purchased through the Arabs and Italians	12
748024258	Ferdinand Magellan	led a Spanish expedition to the Philippines in which Spain claimed the islands	13
748024259	Netherlands	small country situated along the North Sea in northwestern Europe; that was ruled by Spain until 1581; battled the English for dominance of Portugal	14
748024260	Dutch East India Company	trading company in the Netherlands; much richer and more powerful than England's company	15
748024261	Christopher Columbus	Genoese sea captain who made a daring voyage from Spain in 1492; never reached Asia, but stepped onto an island in the Caribbean	16
748024262	Amerigo Vespucci	an Italian in the service of Portugal who traveled along the eastern coast of South America; discovered the land was not part of Asia, but a "new" world	17
748024263	Balboa	Spanish explorer who marched through modern-day Panama and became the first European to gaze upon the Pacific Ocean	18
748024264	Magellan	Portuguese explorer who sailed around the Southern end of South America and eventually reached the Philippines, but was killed in a local war there	19
748024265	Hernando Cortes	Spaniard who landed on the shores of Mexico; marched inland to claim new lands for Spain	20
748024266	Conquistadors	name for Cortes and the many other Spanish explorers who followed him; carved out colonies in regions that would become Mexico, South America, and the United States	21
748024267	Mexico	Cortes made it here and learned of the Aztecs; he invaded the Aztec empire and tried to take Aztec gold	22
748024268	Aztecs	people living in the interior region of Mexico; Cortes conquered them	23
748024269	Montezuma	Aztec emperor who was convinced that Cortes was a god wearing armor; agreed to give Cortes a share of Aztec gold	24
748024270	Francisco Pizarro	conquistador who marched a small force into South America; conquered the Incan Empire	25
748024271	Atahualpa	Incan ruler who met Pizarro and his army of 200 near the city of Cajamarca; captured, held for ransom, and strangled by the Spanish	26
748024272	Incas	Francisco Pizarro and his army conquered this people in South America	27
748024273	Ponce de Leon	Spanish explorer who landed on the coast of modern-day Florida and claimed it for Spain	28

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