Age of Exploration
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ArabItalian : In the 1400s, _______ and __________ merchants controlled most trade between Europe and Asia.
VascodaGama : Portuguese navigator who led four ships around the Cape of Good Horn
ChristopherColumbus : An Italian navigator from Genoa who explored the New World
LineofDemarcation : Line set by the Treaty of Tordesillas dividing the non-European world into two zones, one controlled by Spain and the other one by Portugal
TreatyofTordesillas : Treaty signed between Spain and Portugal in 1494 which divided the non-European world between them
FerdinandMagellan : A minor Portuguese nobleman who set out from Spain with five ships to reach the Pacific
MombasaMalindi : ____________ and ____________ were Eastern African coastal cities, which were popular international trade hubs.
Plantations : Europeans bought large numbers of slaves to perform labor on their plantations- large estates run by an owner or an owner's overseer- in the Americas and elsewhere.
Affonso : Ruler of Kongo in west-central Africa, who was against slave trade
Missionaries : People sent to promote religious conversion in a territory or foreign country; common use of religious conversion during this time period
AsanteKingdom : Kingdom that emerged in the 1700s in present-day Ghana and was active in slave trade
OseiTutu : Military leader who won control of the trading city of Kumasi and became king of the Asante Kingdom
Monopoly : The Asante Kingdom managed to have a ____________ - the exclusive control of a business or industry- on gold mining and slave trade.
GoldSlaves : The Asante traded with Europeans on the coast, exchanging _______ and _________ for firearms.
Boers : In the 17th century, Dutch farmers known as _________ settled around Cape Town, which was the first permanent European settlement to supply ships to or from the East Indies.
MughalEmpire : Muslim empire that ruled most of northern India from the 1500s to the mid 1700s
Goa : In 1510, the Portuguese seized the island of _______ off the coast of India, making it their major military and commercial base.
Malacca : A state and coastal city in southwest Malaysia, was an early center of the spice trade
Outposts : In the mid 1500s, the Portuguese had built a trading empire with military and merchant ___________, or distant areas under their control, rimming the southern seas.
DutchEastIndiaCompany : A trading company established by the Netherlands in 1602 to protect and expand its trade in Asia; it had full sovereign powers
Philippines : While the Portuguese and the Dutch set up bases on the fringes of Asia, Spain took over the ______________, which was a country in southeastern Asia. MatteoRicci : Jesuit priest who made a particularly strong impression on the Chinese
Manchus : People originally from Manchuria, north of China, who conquered the Ming Dynasty and ruled China as the Qing Dynasty
Qing : Dynasty established by the Manchus in the mid 1600s and lasted until the early 1900s; China's last dynasty
LordMacartney: In 1793, _________________ arrived in China at the head of a British diplomatic mission.
Age of Exploration
Across:2. | Treaty signed between Spain and Portugal in 1494 which divided the non-European world between them | 3. | Muslim empire that ruled most of northern India from the 1500s to the mid 1700s | 5. | In the mid 1500s, the Portuguese had built a trading empire with military and merchant ___________, or distant areas under their control, rimming the southern seas. | 14. | A trading company established by the Netherlands in 1602 to protect and expand its trade in Asia; it had full sovereign powers | 17. | In the 1400s, _______ and __________ merchants controlled most trade between Europe and Asia. | 18. | Dynasty established by the Manchus in the mid 1600s and lasted until the early 1900s; China's last dynasty | 19. | In 1793, _________________ arrived in China at the head of a British diplomatic mission. | 20. | A state and coastal city in southwest Malaysia, was an early center of the spice trade |
| | Down:1. | People sent to promote religious conversion in a territory or foreign country; common use of religious conversion during this time period | 4. | The Asante traded with Europeans on the coast, exchanging _______ and _________ for firearms. | 6. | Military leader who won control of the trading city of Kumasi and became king of the Asante Kingdom | 7. | While the Portuguese and the Dutch set up bases on the fringes of Asia, Spain took over the ______________, which was a country in southeastern Asia. MatteoRicci : Jesuit priest who made a particularly strong impression on the Chinese | 8. | Europeans bought large numbers of slaves to perform labor on their plantations- large estates run by an owner or an owner's overseer- in the Americas and elsewhere. | 9. | The Asante Kingdom managed to have a ____________ - the exclusive control of a business or industry- on gold mining and slave trade. | 10. | Kingdom that emerged in the 1700s in present-day Ghana and was active in slave trade | 11. | Portuguese navigator who led four ships around the Cape of Good Horn | 12. | In 1510, the Portuguese seized the island of _______ off the coast of India, making it their major military and commercial base. | 13. | In the 17th century, Dutch farmers known as _________ settled around Cape Town, which was the first permanent European settlement to supply ships to or from the East Indies. | 15. | Ruler of Kongo in west-central Africa, who was against slave trade | 16. | People originally from Manchuria, north of China, who conquered the Ming Dynasty and ruled China as the Qing Dynasty |
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Age of Exploration
Across:2. | Treaty signed between Spain and Portugal in 1494 which divided the non-European world between them | 3. | Muslim empire that ruled most of northern India from the 1500s to the mid 1700s | 5. | In the mid 1500s, the Portuguese had built a trading empire with military and merchant ___________, or distant areas under their control, rimming the southern seas. | 14. | A trading company established by the Netherlands in 1602 to protect and expand its trade in Asia; it had full sovereign powers | 17. | In the 1400s, _______ and __________ merchants controlled most trade between Europe and Asia. | 18. | Dynasty established by the Manchus in the mid 1600s and lasted until the early 1900s; China's last dynasty | 19. | In 1793, _________________ arrived in China at the head of a British diplomatic mission. | 20. | A state and coastal city in southwest Malaysia, was an early center of the spice trade |
| | Down:1. | People sent to promote religious conversion in a territory or foreign country; common use of religious conversion during this time period | 4. | The Asante traded with Europeans on the coast, exchanging _______ and _________ for firearms. | 6. | Military leader who won control of the trading city of Kumasi and became king of the Asante Kingdom | 7. | While the Portuguese and the Dutch set up bases on the fringes of Asia, Spain took over the ______________, which was a country in southeastern Asia. MatteoRicci : Jesuit priest who made a particularly strong impression on the Chinese | 8. | Europeans bought large numbers of slaves to perform labor on their plantations- large estates run by an owner or an owner's overseer- in the Americas and elsewhere. | 9. | The Asante Kingdom managed to have a ____________ - the exclusive control of a business or industry- on gold mining and slave trade. | 10. | Kingdom that emerged in the 1700s in present-day Ghana and was active in slave trade | 11. | Portuguese navigator who led four ships around the Cape of Good Horn | 12. | In 1510, the Portuguese seized the island of _______ off the coast of India, making it their major military and commercial base. | 13. | In the 17th century, Dutch farmers known as _________ settled around Cape Town, which was the first permanent European settlement to supply ships to or from the East Indies. | 15. | Ruler of Kongo in west-central Africa, who was against slave trade | 16. | People originally from Manchuria, north of China, who conquered the Ming Dynasty and ruled China as the Qing Dynasty |
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