What was the name for Jews who converted to Christianity?
Conversos
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What islands became the naval base for the voyages to the Americas?
The Canary Islands
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What was the Treaty of Alรงacovas (1479)?
Castilla recognized Portugal's monopoly over its area of expansion in the Atlantic, with the exception of the Canary Islands
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What were the political causes for the beginning of the Age of Exploration?
Territorial and commercial expansion after the Reconquista in Castilla and Portugal
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What groups were a part of the privileged estates? Why were they privileged?
The nobility and clergy. They didn't pay taxes and they were judged by their equals, owned most of the land, and had access to high political positions
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Which explorers succeeded in circumnavigating the world for the first time?
Fernando de Magallanes and Juan Sebastiรกn Elcano
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What is the definition of a dynastic union?
Each kingdom kept its own institutions, laws, language, currency (moneda) and boundaries (fronteras)
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Why did the Catholic Monarchs want control the North African ports?
To weaken the powerful Muslim states and prevent invasions
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How was the fall of Constantinople and Europeans' arrival in the Americas connected?
The Ottoman Turks' conquest of the Byzantine Empire made trade with Asia difficult. The Catholic Monarchs' desire to reach Asia led them to finance Columbus
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What event was the end of the Modern Age?
The French Revolution
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Why did Aragรณn have control over Italy?
Gonzalo Fernรกndez de Cรณrdoba defeated the French, giving Aragรณn control of Naples, Sicily, and Sardinia
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What were the economic causes for the beginning of the Age of Exploration?
Closing of trade routes to Asia (after the fall of the Byzantine Empire) led to the increase in the price of luxury products