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Which crop was exchanged from the New World to the Old World during the Columbian Exchange? Wheat, Rice, Potatoes, Barley

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Potatoes

Front

Approximately how many people were enslaved during the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

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12 million

Front

What was a primary reason for the development of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

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Demand for agricultural cash crops

Front

What is the term for the exclusive right to trade in an area granted by joint stock companies or governments?

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Monopolies

Front

What was the primary economic activity in the Spanish colonies in the New World?

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Mining

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Which European country was the first to establish a sea route to India?

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Portugal

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Primogeniture laws encouraged ____

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the younger sons of landowners to seek their fortune across the sea.

Front

All of these were new ship designs which improved long-distance, sea-based trade EXCEPT: camel saddle, carrack, fluyt, caravel

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camel saddle

Front

Which political figure encouraged his nation to explore new routes along the African coast?

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Prince Henry the Navigator

Front

Europeans faced competition from Middle Eastern traders based in kingdoms such as Oman. For example, the Portuguese set up forts in Oman but were repeatedly challenged by attempts to remove them.

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Omani-European Rivalry