The sense of exploration and adventure is in the air. It is September 11th‚ 1525 and I have been sailing for weeks from Libson and will arrive in the town of Malindi on the East coast of Africa. I always wondered about the African cultures and life styles. Well we are to arrive at the city tomorrow and I will have a busy day on my hands. September 12th‚ 1525‚ I wake up to a humid and dry day with the sun beating down on decks of the ship. In the distance‚ I can see Malindi‚ a gleaming city out of
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Spain - Royal appointees Religion: - Missions catholic faith - Pueblo Revolt Church - Converting the Indians - Central role in government Economic Development: - Mercantilism - Livestock - Use of Indian slaves - Cash crops - Encomiendas English Settlements: Politics: - Indians - Town Meetings - British King - Plymouth Colony - “City on a hill” - Mayflower Compact
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Top of Form Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca‚ an early explorer and first historian of Texas‚ was born in 1490 in Jerez de la Frontera‚ in Andalusia‚ Spain a province in the south of Spain near Cadiz. In early 1527‚ Cabeza de Vaca departed Spain as a part of a royal expedition to occupy the mainland of North America. As treasurer‚ he was one of the chief officers on the Narváez expedition. The Narváez expedition is an expedition based on a famous conquistador Narváez was also included on the expedition
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Jake Petrillo Age of Exploration: May 29th‚ 2016 Global History-9 DBQ Essay Hill Many times throughout history‚ a nation may reap the rewards of another’s destruction. This was especially evident during the Age of Exploration‚ in which the Spanish Empire began to expand their territory in the the New World. Powered by the Italian Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution‚ new inventions and ideas about the world enabled people to travel greater distances than before‚ allowing for the European discovery
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1 International Baccalaureate History of the Americas HL Required Summer Reading Study Guide Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America By John Charles Chasteen Foreign Affairs November/December 2000 states: Born in Blood and Fire is a briskly written yet sophisticated introduction to Latin America that will be greatly welcomed by non-specialists and experts alike. Chasteen paints on a very broad canvas‚ but he succeeds in capturing with enviable conciseness the major ingredients
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9th Grade Global History Final Exam Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES Name: _________________________________________ Date: _________________________________ Part One: Multiple Choice 1. Which document is an example of a primary source? (1) a novel on the Age of Discovery (3) a diary of a Holocaust survivor (2) a textbook on Latin American history (4) an encyclopedia article on Songhai culture 2. Based on the information provided by this map‚ which statement about urban
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Chapter One Colombian Exchange: Very similar to Triangular Trade‚ the Colombian Exchange was a trade route facilitated for a majority by Europeans that traded Food‚ animals‚ ideas‚ weapons‚ plants‚ slaves‚ and among other things‚ diseases. Nation-States: A nation or state unified by one common entity or idea‚ most commonly a government but also apart from politics‚ race‚ language‚ ancestry or culture. Protestant Reformation: The break in religion between Europe and England as prompted by
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[APUSH] Review #1 1. Chapter 1 Hopewell is a large Native American society located in the Mississippi Valley. They live on hunting and growing crops (maize) with prosperous culture of mound-building and distinctive pottery. Their political system is based on chiefdom with powerful ruling class. The Iroquois Confederacy is a powerful association of 5 different Native American groups occupying the Eastern Woodlands region. The political authority is granted to councils of sachems. They live
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parts of Asia and Africa and also Brazil. Iroquois Confederacy- Composed of several tribes and nations of the natives in North America. Had extreme political and military skills that made them feared among other natives and even the colonists. Encomienda- Allowed Government to "give" Indians to colonists in hopes of Christianizing them. Was actually slavery. CHAPTER 2 Powhatan(Group or chief? Did both.)- Is a name of an Indian confederation of tribes that were located in Virginia. Chief Powhatan
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1. Commercial cities that served as meeting points between distant cultures are called: a. way stations. b. warehouses. c. entrepôts. d. shipping centers. e. nodes. 2. Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt: a. did not need to provide protection for merchants as most trade came by land rather than by sea. b. established a commercial law apart from religion so that all people could participate in trade. c. had Muslim and Jewish trading firms that worked as close partners in
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