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This Italian sailor convinced Queen Isabella of Spain he would be able to reach India by

sailing west.

Early maps of the New World were

based on his journals, hence the name “America”.

The fleet of this Spanish explorer completed a trip around the world, even though he

did not.

This Portuguese sailor was the first European to sail

around the southern tip of

Africa.

This Portuguese sailor was the first European to sail to

India.

Columbus explored the islands of the Caribbean Sea in

this year.

The title given to the Spanish

explorers of the New World.

This line, as a result of the Treaty

of Tordesillas, divided non-

Christian lands among Spain and

Portugal.

Hernando Cortez was able to conquer this

Native American civilization, located

in modern-day Mexico.

Francisco de Coronado searched

what is now the Southwest U.S in search of these.

This term refers to the “exchange” of plants and animals between the Old

World and the New World.

The shift from mining to

agriculture in the New World lead to

the creation of these large farms.

Name of the journey from Africa to America within

the colonial system of triangular trade.

According to this economic theory, a nation’s power was

based on that nation’s supply of gold and silver.

Process where competing African

tribes would capture and sell fellow Africans to

slave traders.

The of idea remove oneself from direct

contact with others.

Japanese rulers banned all

missionaries after Jesuits destroyed

these cultural artifacts.

The Moluccas Islands of

Southeast Asia were better known by Europeans by

this name.

Traders from this European nation were the first to arrive at almost

every port in Asia.

Around 200BC, the Han Dynasty extended the Great Wall west into the Gobi Desert to

protect travelers along this famous trade route

The oldest of the world’s major monotheistic

religions

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The name of the influential Chinese philosopher who

stressed honor and the concept of filial

piety.

This document, signed in 1215, was the first to legally limit the power of a king.

Name of the sect within Islam that

believes that Caliphs must be descendants

of Mohammed

The writer is considered the father

of the Humanism movement of the

Renaissance

This Renaissance artist is buried in the Pantheon, the most

complete ruin of ancient Roman

civilization.

TRADE AND CHINA

China first welcomed, then

banned European traders from most

of their ports under this dynasty.