Flashcard #1_The Explorers and Spice Trade

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What was the impact on the spice trade of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453?

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One of the principal land routes for spices into Europe was lost.

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Spice Trade

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How does this quote support the European idea that by dealing directly with Asian spice traders that they could save money and get wealthy?

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By dealing directly, they cut out the places in the spice supply chain where prices increased.

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Spice Trade

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How did the Portuguese establish control of the Spice trade?

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Used force and coercion to get favorable trade deals

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Portugal has how many regions?

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7

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How many straights are there in the Straights of Magellan?

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4

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Cape of Good Hope has how many distinct species of flora?

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5

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The Spice Islands: How many are there? Options: 2, 4, 5, 11, 12

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12

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Besides Islam, what other religion existed in the Mughal Empire? Options: Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism

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Hinduism

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Used canons, gunpowder and armed soldiers to build an empire.

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All of them

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Where was Sikhism founded?

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Punjab