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Gnass AP European History

Unit Two: Exploration, Conquest, and State Building (16th and 17th century) (Spielvogel chapters 14 and 15)

Chapter 14: Identify and explain the historical significance of each of the following. (In other words, describe what it is or who it is and explain why it matters.)
 * Europe and the World: New Encounters (1500-1800)**
 * Key Terms and Essays**

Hernan Cortes* “God, glory, and gold” Portolani Ptolemy Lateen sails
 * On the Brink of a New World**

Prince Henry the Navigator* Bartholomeu Diaz Vasco da Gama Alfonso de Albuquerque Reasons for Potuguese success Christopher Columbus Pedro Cabral Amerigo Vespucci Vasco de Balboa Ferdinand Magellan conquistadors the Maya the Aztec Tenochtitlan Moctezuma the Inca Francisco Pizzaro encomienda viceroy
 * New Horizons: The Portuguese and Spanish Empires**

The Dutch East India Company, the slave trade triangular trade the Middle Passage, the Mughal Empire, British East India Company Ming and Qing Dynasties, Tokugawas, British North America West Indies, French North America
 * New Rivals on the World Stage**

Latin America, mestizo/mulatto, missionaries Columbian Exchange, Gerardus Mercator
 * The Impact of European Expansion**

price revolution, joint-stock company, mercantilism, commercial capitalism
 * Toward a World Economy**

Short Answer Questions (SAQ Essays): Write a Short Answer Question in class, something similar to one of the following (my choice):

1)Explain 2 motives of European expansion to the New World/Asia and 1 consequence. 2) Compare the effects of European expansion on Americans and the Europeans themselves. (Think Columbian exchange, etc) 3) Explain 3 reasons for European success in dominating the peoples of Central and South America. 4) Describe 3 features of the new commercial capitalism of the 16th and early 17th centuries. 5) How did European colonial expansion affect the way Europeans viewed non-European peoples? Give 3 cause/effects.

PS It is likely that I will not give you one of these exact questions, but your question might be something like one of these. I could include a document, too!