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The Viking name given to the territories they settled in Greenland and North America was __________.
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A Portuguese prince, __________, directed a series of expeditions along the African coast and outward to islands such as the Azores.
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In the 15th century, Portuguese sailors ventured around the __________ planning to find India and to reach the African eastern coast.
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The fleet of __________ reached India in 1497 with the aid of a Hindu pilot picked up in East Africa.
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The Portuguese established fortresses at Mozambique in Africa and __________ in India to control their trading empire.
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In 1492 the Italian navigator __________, sailing in the name of Ferdinand and Isabella, reached the Americas.
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A Spanish expedition under __________ set sail westward in 1519 and eventually sailed around the world.
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Portugal emerged from the first round of exploration with coastal holdings in various parts of Africa and the Indian port of Goa, as well as a lease on the Chinese port of __________.
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The Dutch and British __________ were semiprivate companies, formed by pooling merchant capital and amassing great fortunes in commerce in Asia.
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The cultural interaction that took place with often disastrous consequences following the discovery of the Americas by Europeans is called the "__________."
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A Spanish-directed fleet inflicted a decisive defeat on the navy of the Ottoman Empire in the battle of __________ in 1571.
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Even in Japan, where a firm isolationist policy was launched after 1600, Dutch traders secured special access to the port of __________
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Nations, usually European, that enjoyed profit from the world economy, controlled international banking and commercial services, and exported manufactured goods were called __________ nations.
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The doctrine of __________ urged that a nation-state export as widely as possible in its own ships and not import goods from outside.
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In the Americas for many Indians and __________, people of mixed European and Indian blood, systems of estate management developed that exacted large amounts of labor.
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The rulers of India's new __________ empire in the 16th century were interested in some contact with Western traders.
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The first Spanish settlement on the American mainland was established in 1509 under the able adventurer, __________.
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The Dutch established a settlement called __________ in 1652 at the Cape of Good Hope to provide a coastal station for the Dutch sea-borne empire.
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Only after 1770 did the expanding Dutch __________ settlements directly conflict with the Bantu farmers, opening a long battle for control of southern Africa.
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Through negotiation with local Indian princes, the British East India Company gained a station at __________ that permitted access to the Ganges River valley.
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British and French rivalry over control of India culminated in outright warfare in 1744 during the __________.
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Following the defeat of the French, the British government was committed to the administration of the region called __________, which stretched inland from Calcutta.
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The British gained the island of __________ off the mainland of India from the Dutch.
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The __________ colonies of Britain in North America differed from other settlements in that they operated their own assemblies and developed internal trade.
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The first settlements in __________ were launched by the French government under Louis XIV.
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Under the terms of the __________, that in 1763 settled the Seven Years War, France lost its colonies in North America, but regained its West Indian sugar islands.
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New York began as a __________ settlement, but was taken over by the English in 1664.
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