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  1. 2. a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders
  2. 5. richest person of all time
  3. 6. Important founder of Portuguese empire
  4. 7. when the value of domestic goods exported exceeds the value of foreign goods imported
  5. 9. home to the former Dahomey Kingdom from circa 1600–1900
  6. 13. a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east
  7. 14. a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty
  8. 15. a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century
  9. 16. Divided the newly discovered lands outside Europe between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire
  10. 17. led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire
  11. 21. the widespread transfer of plants, animals, precious metals, commodities, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas
  12. 22. the eighth-largest country in Africa
  13. 23. a prince and founder of the Mali Empire
  14. 24. nationalist economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy
  15. 25. known by its historiographical name, derived from its largest ethnic group and ruling elite, the _______ people
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  1. 1. first European to reach India by sea
  2. 3. traditionally been among the most skilled and productive craftsmen of Africa
  3. 4. A Portuguese mariner and explorer in 1488
  4. 7. a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire
  5. 8. Famous italian explorer known for his istoric voyages
  6. 10. an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit
  7. 11. formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region
  8. 12. a member of a people of northern Nigeria and adjacent regions
  9. 18. a Spanish labor system that rewarded conquerors with the labor of conquered non-Christian people
  10. 19. a area under control of another country
  11. 20. in Latin America, a man of mixed race