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New Encounters 1500-1800;

Chapter 14 (Spielvogel) pgs. 379-407

#1 On the Brink of a New World, 380-382

1. Identify & explain 3 motivations for overseas exploration. (3pts)

2. Identify four things that made overseas exploration possible. (portolani, astrolabe)

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#2 New Horizons: The Portuguese and Spanish Empires, 382-390

1. Why was Portugal able to take the lead in European Exploration? (Henry the Navigator)

2. Where did they go?

3. For each of the following explorers, identify the country they sailed for and their major achievements. (9pts)

a. Bartholomeu Dias:

b. Vasco da Gama

c. Alfonso de Albequerque

d. Christopher Columbus

e. John Cabot

f. Pedro Cabral

g. Amerigo Vespucci

h. Vasco Nunez de Balboa

i. Ferdinand Magellan

4. What is a conquistador?

5. How did they differ from other explorers?

6. Who were the Aztecs?

What was ultimately the downfall of the Aztecs?

7. Using Cortes’s Description of Tinochtitlan (document on page 388), explain what Cortes thinks of the Aztec civilization he conquered.

What does he indicate made him feel justified in destroying it?

8. Who were the Incans?

How was the Incan Empire conquered? (Pizarro)

9. What was the New World administered by the Spanish? (encomienda)

Why was it ultimately abolished?

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#3 New Rivals on the World Stage, 390-401

1. Explain the triangular trade.

2. What were the social, economic, & political effects of the slave trade? (3pts)

Social:

Economic:

Political:

3. How did the British take complete control of India? (Robert Clive, British East India Company, 7 Year’s War) (2pts)

4. How did China deal with Europeans wanting to trade?

5. Why did Japan kick out most Europeans?

Where is the one place they were allowed?

6. How did France lose its North American Empire?

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#4 Toward a World Economy, 401-403

1. What are two possible explanations for the gradual increase in prices in the sixteenth century? (price revolution)

2. How did joint-stock companies work?

3. What change was made in banking?

4. How much did peasant life improve?

5. Explain the economic theory of mercantilism. (3pts)

Explain how mercantilism would increase a country's wealth. (2pts)

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#5 Impact of European Expansion, 403-406

1. Write a paragraph (5-8 sentences) that explains how European expansion changed the lives of the conquered. (5pts)

2. Write a paragraph (5-8 sentences) that explains how European expansion changed the lives of the conquerors. (Columbian Exchange) (5pts)

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