Alaska by crossing the Bering land bridge and after that entered the rest of North and South America. The first European to discover Brazil was Pedro Alvares Cabral on April 22‚ 1500. British was a colony of Portugal from the 16th to 19th century before it declared its independence from Portugal on the 7th of September 1822. Brazil became a constitutional monarchy‚ called the Empire of Brazil. In 1889‚ the military coup established a republican government in 1889. The country has been nominally a democratic
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Chapter 16 Study Guide 1. After 1450 the West controlled a growing volume of international trade. 2. The initiative for Western exploration and conquest came from the kingdom of Portugal. 3. Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope and eventually sailed to India. 4. The first Portuguese fleet to reach India sailed there in 1498. 5. The Portuguese trading port and fortress established in India was Goa. 6. Why did the initiative in early conquest and exploration pass to northern European
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government to find Jose Dolores and his army‚ which are disturbing England’s economic interest in producing sugar. His army is killed‚ and he is captured and then hanged (Burn!). The director argues that once Queimada obtains its independence from Portugal‚ Jose Dolores struggles to rebuild the government and there was little change. I agree with the director’s argument. He does a good job presenting his argument and then backing it up with examples. In order for a revolution to start there has to
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Abstract Europe’s sovereign debt crisis has captured the attention of people all over the world. The crisis is the result of several structural problems in the European Union‚ as well as the individual mistakes of some countries. The several effects of the crisis are varied and go from a European bank’s crisis‚ to potential default contagion to other countries‚ and the possibility of the separation of the European Union. European leaders seemed unable to act quickly and agree in a plan of action
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1. How did Beringia form? - The Beringia land bridge was a land bridge created by the lowering of sea levels during the last glacial maximum. 2. What were 3 reasons why Portugal led Europe in 15th century exploration? (Why did they have advantages over their neighbors?) -Portuguese navigators mapped the prevailing winds and currents over the globe. -They learned how to mount heavy cannons on the decks of their ships. -Portuguese captains used the compass and adopted the astrolabe.
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In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries‚ the Spanish and Portuguese would begin a wave of European overseas expansion that would shape the modern world. This expansion was aimed toward the Western Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean instead of towards the East as most European expansion had been in the past. There were numerous reasons for this expansion and for when it took place. The initial reason was that the economy in Western Europe at the end of the fifteenth century was doing well. When
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Vasco da Gama Vasco da Gama (1460 or 1469 – 24 December 1524)‚ 1st Count of Vidigueira‚ was a Portuguese explorer‚ one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. He is one of the most famous and celebrated explorers from the Discovery Ages‚ being the first European to reach India through sea. This discovery was very significant and paved the way for the Portuguese to establish a long lasting colonial empire in Asia
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European debt crisis and ways European Union and other countries try to fix it. I The outlook of the European debt crisis. A PIIGS countries (Portugal‚ Italy‚ Ireland‚ Greece‚ Spain). 1 They have the highest and least sustainable debt in the EU. 2 EU members with stronger economies need to provide help to them. a) Countries like Germany and France offer bailout funds to PIIGS countries. b) It’s a form of a “payback” for how they benefitted from switching their currencies to €. II European
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is about 125. France‚ with approximately 18 million people‚ had a density of about 34‚ England and wales with 4 and 5 million‚ ha slightly lees. Elsewhere the population was spread more thinly; 28 per square kilometer in Germany‚ 17 in spain and Portugal. 14 in eastern Europe exclusive of Russia‚ and only about 1.5 or 2 in Russia and the Scandinavian countries. These figures
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1. What were the major patterns of Native American life in North America before the Europeans arrived? Before the Europeans arrived‚ the hemisphere contained cities‚ roads‚ irrigation systems‚ extensive trade networks‚ and large structures. They had not developed the scale‚ grandeur or centralized organization of the Aztec and Inca societies. They lacked the technologies that Europe had such as metal tools‚ machines and gun powder. Societies north of Mexico were illiterate. They became a central
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