Scientific Revolution and Exploration

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heliocentric

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belief that the sun was the center of the universe

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geocentric

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belief that the Earth is the center of the universe, taught by the church

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Columbian Exchange

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Exchange of goods and ideas between the Old World (Europe) and the New World (Americas)

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Mercantilism

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belief that a country's wealth was based on gold and silver and that a country needed to export more than it imported

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encomiendas

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right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans in a particular area

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Dias

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Portuguese explorer who explored the tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)

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De Gama

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Portuguese explorer who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope to India

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Copernicus

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came up with the heliocentric theory

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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agreement between Spain and Portugal that divided the non-European world into two zones with Spain getting the lands west including the Americas

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Middle Passage

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name of dangerous portion of slave trade between Africa and Americas