unit 2 world history test
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- The European empires were hoping to be ____________________ by colonizing in the new world and getting everything they needed from their colonies.
- self sufficient
- European colonial powers were able to take _______________________ from their colonies and then produce manufactured goods.
- raw materials
- ___________________ originated in China and was highly revered in Europe, where the only way they could get it was through trade with China.
- porcelain
- Prince Henry supported _________________ by sponsoring many explorers.
- navigation
- The ____________________ increased the abilities of the sailing ship by being able to take the wind in either direction.
- lateen sail
- European colonial powers were able to take raw materials or resources from the colonies, produce _____________________ and then sell them back to the colonies for a profit
- manufactured goods
- There were many __________________ advances that enable and encouraged the age of exploration in the 1500s.
- maritime
- European colonial powers practiced _____________________ in which the ultimate goal was to have greater exports than imports creating greater wealth for the mother country often times at the expense of the local economy in the colonies.
- mercantilism
- Slaves were taken on the ________________ between Africa and the Americas.
- middle passage
- Jamestown is an excellent example of a ____________________________ were a number of individuals shared the risk and the reward for setting up a new colony.
- joint stock company
- The Mayas, Aztecs and Incas were all __________________ populations in the Americas.
- indigenous
- The spread of Christianity from Spain to the Incas is an example of ______________________ where religion was spread from one culture to another.
- cultural diffusion
- With the use of the __________________ explorers could stay on course better no matter what the weather
- compass
- While the _______________ may have been helpful for determining latitude based on the position of the sun, it was not very effective on the sea.
- astrolobe
- Prince Henry the Navigator ordered the creation of the ________________ which soon became the ship of choice for explorers because of its precision.
- caravel
- Porcelain is a type of ________________ which is made from clay in a special process.
- ceramic
- Gold and salt were the main __________________ in the Songhai Empire.
- commodity
- Tokugawa Yoshinobu was the final ___________________ of the Tokugawas in Japan.
- shogun