U13: The Age of Exploration

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What were early Portuguese explorers trying to find? Options: a passage to India by land, a way to the South Pole, a new trade route to India by sea, a new school in Portugal

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a new trade route to India by sea

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What is Mercantilism?

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An economic principle of exporting goods more than importing goods

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What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?

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The transportation of enslaved African people to the Americas during the 16th to 19th centuries.

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What is colonialism?

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Colonialism is when one country takes control over other land, occupying and exploiting it.

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What were the "three G's" during the Age of Exploration?

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Gold, Glory, and God

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Large Dutch corporation during the Age of Exploration, aided in trade of goods from the new world as well as ship building

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Dutch East India Company

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The trade between the Americas and Europe during the Age of Exploration

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Columbian Exchange

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A fast ship developed by the son of the Portuguese king around the year of 1450, allowing for faster navigation of the oceans

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Caravel

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What was the Encomienda System?

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A labor system in colonial Spain granting settlers rights to indigenous labor in exchange for protection and conversion to Christianity.

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What did the Treaty of Tordesillas do?

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It divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal.