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Exploration: Europe & Asia

Chapter 16. Exploration: Europe & Asia. As Europe was emerging from the Middle Ages, Europeans were growing more interested in _____________________. . far away lands. They wanted to expand ___________ and _____________and look for power and glory for themselves and their god.

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Exploration: Europe & Asia

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  1. Chapter 16 Exploration: Europe & Asia

  2. As Europe was emerging from the Middle Ages, Europeans were growing more interested in _____________________. far away lands

  3. They wanted to expand ___________ and _____________and look for power and glory for themselves and their god. Trade and wealth

  4. Europe looked to the East for exploration for two reasons: 1. The journey of Marco Polo2. The Crusades

  5. The ___________controlled trade when the Renaissance began, but other Europeans were also interested in expanding trade. Italians

  6. _______________________– he traveled Africa’s southern tip and named it the Cape of Storms, but it was later changed to the Cape of Good Hope Bartolomeu Dias

  7. ____________________– sailed into the port of Calicut in India. He was celebrated as a hero at home. Vasco de Gama

  8. __________________ - His ships sailed the south coast of Africa. • These journeys began the terrible practice of the European trade in slaves. Prince Henry of Portugal

  9. ___________________ believed if he sailed far enough west, a sailor eventually would arrive to lands of the East. Christopher Columbus

  10. List Christopher Columbus’ three ships. Nina, the Pinta, the Santa Maria

  11. Most people thought the Earth was____________, but many scholars knew it was round. flat

  12. _____________________– America is named after this Italian trader. Aerigo Vespucci

  13. ___________________– discovered the Pacific Ocean Balboa

  14. _______________ - he and three ships reached the Pacific, but he was killed by natives in the Philippines. His crew continued sailing the first circumnavigation. Magellan

  15. ____________________– going completely around the earth, especially by water Circumnavigation

  16. _______________– a narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land. Isthmus

  17. Europeans sought a shortcut through North America referred to as the _________________________. Northwest passage.

  18. _____________ - A business or organization enterprise

  19. _______________________ left Spain with a crew of more than 250 men on five ships. Only one ship carrying 18 men returned with a different commander. Ferdinand Magellan

  20. ______________________reached the trading center of Calicut, India in Asia, but the traders did not want the cloth, honey, and other goods he was offering. Vasco de Gama

  21. _______________________landed in Brazil and made it to Calicut, India where his trading began slowly, but his voyage was considered a great success. Pedro Alvarez Cabral

  22. ____________________sent more ships and armed forces to trading centers between the east coast of Africa and the west coast of India. Portugal

  23. ___________________– led a mission to Malacca, and helped establish a spice trade. Afonso de Albuquerque

  24. _______________– complete control of the trade in a market or product. Monopoly

  25. ____________was famed for its porcelain, jade, and silk. China

  26. ________________– a territory ruled over by a faraway country. Colony

  27. _______________ - a learned person scholars

  28. _________________(people from the Netherlands) challenged Portugal in their role in the East. They defeated Portugal’s trading posts. The Dutch

  29. ______________replaced the trading posts of the Portuguese in the East Indies. Eventually, India became a colony of Great Britain. England

  30. _______________ - Resourceful; clever ingenious

  31. _________________– threatening or hurting someone because of his or her religion, race, or political beliefs. Persecution

  32. ____________used silver mined in Mexico to pay for fine silks and other goods from China. Spain

  33. ____________ - full of love and goodwill toward others charitable

  34. ________________later returned to Japan to trade and spread Christianity. Europeans

  35. _____________ - one who is sent to do religious or charitable work in a foreign country. missionary

  36. _____________ - not proud or haughty Humble

  37. The missionaries and Japanese Christians were ___________________. persecuted

  38. _______________ - to come forth emerged

  39. ______________ - supremacy over another domination

  40. ______________ - A journey undertaken for a specific purpose expedition

  41. The British, Portuguese, Dutch, and the Spanish all sought greater trade in __________, but were rejected. China

  42. _______________ - hard, fine-grained, white ceramic ware porcelain

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