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    Chapter 16 Study Guide 1. After 1450 the West controlled a growing volume of international trade. 2. The initiative for Western exploration and conquest came from the kingdom of Portugal. 3. Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope and eventually sailed to India. 4. The first Portuguese fleet to reach India sailed there in 1498. 5. The Portuguese trading port and fortress established in India was Goa. 6. Why did the initiative in early conquest and exploration pass to northern European

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    Alaska by crossing the Bering land bridge and after that entered the rest of North and South America. The first European to discover Brazil was Pedro Alvares Cabral on April 22‚ 1500. British was a colony of Portugal from the 16th to 19th century before it declared its independence from Portugal on the 7th of September 1822. Brazil became a constitutional monarchy‚ called the Empire of Brazil. In 1889‚ the military coup established a republican government in 1889. The country has been nominally a democratic

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    Movie Review: Burn

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    government to find Jose Dolores and his army‚ which are disturbing England’s economic interest in producing sugar. His army is killed‚ and he is captured and then hanged (Burn!). The director argues that once Queimada obtains its independence from Portugal‚ Jose Dolores struggles to rebuild the government and there was little change. I agree with the director’s argument. He does a good job presenting his argument and then backing it up with examples. In order for a revolution to start there has to

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    The Beringia Land Bridge

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    1. How did Beringia form? - The Beringia land bridge was a land bridge created by the lowering of sea levels during the last glacial maximum.  2. What were 3 reasons why Portugal led Europe in 15th century exploration? (Why did they have advantages over their neighbors?)   -Portuguese navigators mapped the prevailing winds and currents over the globe. -They learned how to mount heavy cannons on the decks of their ships. -Portuguese captains used the compass and adopted the astrolabe.  

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    Vasco Da Gama

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    Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama  (1460 or 1469 – 24 December 1524)‚ 1st Count of Vidigueira‚ was a Portuguese explorer‚ one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. He is one of the most famous and celebrated explorers from the Discovery Ages‚ being the first European to reach India through sea. This discovery was very significant and paved the way for the Portuguese to establish a long lasting colonial empire in Asia

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    Advent of Europeans

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    Mediterranian sea route. So the Europeans had to discover a new sea route to Eastern Countries. Dicoveries of 15th and the 16th centuries paved the way ior the Europeans to have trade relations with the Eastern countries‚ particularly with lndia. Portugal and Spain encouraged their navigators to undertake sea voyages. Coming of the Portuguese: The Portugltese were first among the Europeans to discover a sea route to India. The king of Portrgal‚ Henry- the navigator encouraged the sailors to undertake

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    Jose Rizal Reaction Paper

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    JOSE RIZAL The movie tells the life story of Jose Rizal‚ the national hero of the Philippines. It covers his life from his childhood to his execution at the hands of the Spanish forces occupying the Philippines in the late 19th century. We are also thrown into the world of Rizal’s novels. So we get a glimpse of how he viewed Filipino society under the Spanish heal. One note‚ this movie is not for the faint of heart. There are graphic depictions of violence and even torture. The opening few

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    MAP DISTORTION: Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)  A treaty between Spain and Portugal to divide up all the land of the earth outside of Europe (nonChristian land) Treaty led by Pope Alexander VI   Preceded by Inter Caetera Papal Bull‚ issued on May 4‚ 1493. He drew imaginary line and gave Spain the land to the west Cape Verde Islands and Portugal the land to the east of it.  – all lands discovered west of a meridian 100 leagues (one league is 3 miles or 4.8 km) west of the Cape

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    Pedro I (1798-1834) was the first Emperor of Brazil and was also Dom Pedro IV‚ King of Portugal. He is best remembered as the man who declared Brazil independent from Portugal in 1822. He set himself up as Emperor of Brazil but returned to Portugal to claim the crown there after his father died‚ abdicating Brazil in favor of his young son Pedro II. He died young in 1834 at the age of 35. PEDRO I’S CHILDHOOD IN PORTUGAL Pedro de Alcântara Francisco António João Carlos Xavier de Paula Miguel Rafael Joaquim

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