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- 4. Balance of Trade-an economic situation in which a country sells more goods abroad than it buys from abroad
- 5. person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry.
- 10. da Gama-Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route.
- 12. dynasty between 1368-1644. Economy flourished and the government even explored the Indian Ocean through many expeditions led by Zheng He. Ultimately they were taken over by the Manchurians from the North in 1644.
- 14. Slave Trade-Lasted from 16th century until the 19th century. Trade of African peoples from Western Africa to the Americas. One part of a three-part economical system known as the Middle Passage of the Triangular Trade.
- 15. economic system based on private ownership of capital.
- 19. Columbus-Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
- 20. Henry-Portuguese prince who started a school for sailors and sponsored early voyages of exploration
- 21. of Tordesillas-A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain, declaring that newly discovered lands to the west of an imaginary line in the Atlantic Ocean would belong to Spain and newly discovered lands to the east of the line would belong to Portugal.
- 22. Spanish conqueror of the Americas
- 23. series of rulers from the same family.
- 24. grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it
- 26. to a certain area.
- 27. company-A company made up of a group of shareholders. Each shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company's profits and debts.
- 29. East India Company-government-chartered joint-stock company that controlled the spice trade in the East Indies.
- 30. Magellan-Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world.
- 31. ruling Inca emperor of Peru. He was executed by the Spanish.
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- 1. Dias- Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean.
- 2. person of mixed African and European ancestry.
- 3. economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought.
- 6. He-(1371-1433?) Chinese naval explorer who sailed along most of the coast of Asia, Japan, and halfway down the east coast of Africa before his death.
- 7. Post Empire-Form of imperial dominance based on control of trade rather than on control of subject peoples.
- 8. sail around the world.
- 9. of Spanish-born but born in Latin America; resented inferior social, political, and economic status.
- 11. Paintings-paintings from New Spain showing people of mixed races.
- 13. Slavery-A system of bondage in which a slave has the legal status of property and so can be bought and sold like property.
- 15. person who makes maps
- 16. national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs.
- 17. Passage-A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies
- 18. East India Company-A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political, social, and economic life in India for more than 200 years.
- 19. Exchange-The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest.
- 25. trade-A three way systems of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa
- 28. Shogunate-Japanese ruling dynasty that strove to isolate it from foreign influences.