Sugarcane

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Sugarcane

• Europeans enslaved millions of Africans to plant
  and harvest this crop

2
Christopher Columbus

• Believed he could reach Asia by sailing west
  across the Atlantic Ocean

3
Representative government

• System in which people elect delegates to conduct
  government

4
Hernan Cortes

• Destroyed the Aztec empire

5
Marco Polo

• Spent 17 years in China working for Kublai Khan

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astrolabe

• Measured the position of the stars

7
Thomas Hobbes

• Argued absolute monarchy was the best form of
  government

8
Thomas Aquinas

• Believed reason should be used to explore
  questions of faith

9
Mercantilism

• Theory that a nation becomes powerful by building
  up a supply of gold and silver

10
Capitalism

• System in which money is invested in business to
  make more money

11
Martin Luther

• Criticized Catholic teachings and practices

12
Vasco da Gama

• Portuguese explorer who completed the eastern sea
  route to Asia

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circumnavigate

• Sail around the world

14
Scientific method

• An orderly way of collecting and analyzing
  evidence

15
Crusades

• Series of holy wars that increased trade

16
Joint-stock companies

• Organizations of stockholders formed to share
  profits and risks of ventures

17
Missions

• Religious communities that included a town,
  farmland, and a church

18
Charles de Montesquieu

• Argued governments needed separation of powers

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Columbian Exchange

• Global exchange of people, goods, technology,
  ideas, and diseases

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Ten Commandments

• Influenced the moral laws of many nations