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The Age of Exploration and Conquest

Over the test items on the Industrial Revolution. 
Horizontales
In Africa, many _______ lost their fittest members and families were torn apart by the slave trade.
This animal was NOT native to the New World
Group that experienced a significant increase in economic power with the rise of capitalist economies
This increased the worlds money supply and products to buy
South American Empire taken over by Spanish in 1532.
The trip that brought Africans to the new world was called the .....
it led to new sources of food, improvement in peoples' diet, and caused a population increase
This colony had the highest number of enslaved
These kinds of companies funded the new colonies in America by using lots of investors to fund them
Example of a crop that was native in the new world and thrived in the old
A favorable balance of trade means you have more ______ than imports
Italian sea captain who discovered new world
Enslaved Africans were wanted in the Americas because they were experienced _________ and their skin color was not native to the region.
Technology on European ships that made exploration possible by determining what latitude you were at.
Smaill farmers in ______ were LEAST likely to benefit from the trans atlantic slave trade (besides the enslaved)
Verticales
This old world crop became a major money maker in the New World.
When the Europeans (Spanish) took over colonies they felt that they had the right to demand labor from the natives. So, they put in the ________ system.
Member of the Portuguese Royal family who sponsored the study of exploration
Inflation happens when there is too much ______ in circulation so prices become higher
The Portuguese ______, or govt, made a big deal about investing money in maps, sailing, and navigation tech.
Technology that helped the Portuguese first, then other European countries sail long distances any direction.
Africans became desired as slave labor in the Americas because of their _____ to European diseases.
This economic practice was based on the thought that real economic wealth was large reserves of gold and silver
First Portuguese explorer to make it to India by sailing around Africa
The _____ Trade caused disruption in African communities
New wealth from the Americas and the growth of overseas trade brought more ___________ to Europe
Product Europeans wanted from the East Indies
One reason many Europeans wanted to learn new sailing routes was to bypass land based trade and the _______ and Muslim middlemen who controlled that trade.
The _______ were ablle to conquer the Aztecs despite not having larger forces
Capitalism is a market economy based on _______ ownership of wealth and investment in the economy