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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True or False: The population of cities during the Modern Age decreased
False; cities and the urban population continued growing
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Why did the European population increase during the Modern Age?
Fewer wars, increased agricultural population, less famine, more resistant to disease
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What groups did the Catholic Monarchs persecute to produce religious unification?
Jewish people (Sephardic Jews were expelled) and Muslims in Christian territory (Mudejars)
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How did the upper bourgeoisie try to join the nobility (gain a noble title)?
Marriage unions, buying noble titles, performing special services for a monarch
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What is the domestic system?
The means of production (tools and materials) are given to families in the villages, outside the control of the guilds
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How did the upper bourgeoisie reach economic and political power?
They became very rich and joined magistrates
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What was the name for Jews who converted to Christianity?
Conversos
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What was the Tribunal of the Inquisition? What did it do?
A religious court that persecuted people who opposed the official beliefs of the church and false converts
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Which explorer discovered the Pacific Ocean?
Vasco Nรบรฑez de Balboa in 1513
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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
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What were the technological causes for the beginning of the Age of Exploration?
Technological advances made it possible to sail across the oceans (compass, caravels, navegation)
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What 2 events started the Modern Age?
The fall of Constantinople and the arrival of Columbus in America