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CH 19.1
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Europeans explored during the ______________beginning in 1100.
______________ reached Kublai Khan and the Chinese empire in 1275.
The main reason for new exploration was to seek for new sources of __________
Why could merchants demand higher prices for spices?
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_______________ sold Asian goods to the Italian merchants.
Italian merchants sold the items at _________________prices throughout Europe.
Why did European merchants want to find a direct sea route to Asia?
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The desire to spread ____________________ also fueled European exploration.
What was the motto of European exploration? ____________________________
The Caravel
10. What two technological advances improved sea navigation?
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11. Using the rings to sight the stars, a sea captain could tell how far north or south of
the ____________ he was.
12. Explorers were also able to more accurately track their direction by using a
magnetic _________________ invented by the Chinese
13. What important thing did Prince Henry the Navigator do?
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14. Which country led the way in European exploration? _______________________
15. Where did Portugal begin trading? _____________________________________
16. Which explorer was the first one to round the tip of southern Africa?
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17. Which explorer was the first one to reach India? __________________________
18. What items did da Gama and his sailors bring back to Portugal?
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19. Vasco da Gama was given a _____________ welcome.
20. His remarkable voyage of ____________ miles had given Portugal a direct sea
route to India.
21. Spain was jealous of Portugal’s increasing wealth. True False
22. Which country financed Columbus’s voyages across the Atlantic? ____________
23. His voyage opened the way for European ___________________ of the
American continents – a process that would forever ___________the world.
24. The immediate effect increased _______________ between Spain and Portugal.
25. Believing him to be right, Portugal suspected that Columbus had claimed lands
that Portuguese ____________might have reached ___________.
Line of Demarcation
Treaty of Tordesillas
26. According to the Line of Demarcation and Treaty of Tordesillas, the land in the
East went to _______________________, and the land in the west went to
_______________.
27. Who was Pope Alexander VI? _________________________________________
28. Where did Portugal build a trading empire? ______________________________
29. The following year, the Portuguese captured __________, a city on India’s west
coast.
30. Then they sailed farther east to ______________, also known as the East Indies.
31. In 1511, a Portuguese fleet attacked the city of Malacca on the west coast of the
____________ Peninsula.
32. These were islands so rich in __________ that they later became known as the
Spice ______________.
33. Portuguese merchants brought back goods from Asia at about _________ of the
price of what they paid Italian and Muslim merchants.
34. Portuguese merchants sold Asian goods at a higher price than Italian and Muslim
merchants.
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35. In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan arrived in the __________________.
36. Which countries challenged Portugal’s dominance over the Indian Ocean?
37. By 1600, the Dutch owned the _____________ fleet of ships in the world –
______________ vessels.
38. The two nations then battled each other for ________________.
39. Which company won control over the Indian Ocean trade?
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40. The _____________also took Malacca and the valuable Spice Islands.
41. Where is the Cape of Good Hope? ___________________________________
42. What was the original name of the Cape of Good Hope? __________________
43. What monuments are there?_________________________________________
44. English East India Company built successful business in trading fine __________
45. The French India Company made a huge profit.
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