AMSCO AP World History Modern- Unit 4 questions n answers graded A+

AMSCO AP World History Modern- Unit 4Primogeniture Laws - correct answers English laws that only led eldest sons inherit land, leading younger sons to search for money via things like joint-stock companies. Omani-European Rivalry - correct answers Portuguese vs the Omani over the Muslim controlled Indian ocean trade Cartography - correct answers The science of making maps Astronomical Chart - correct answers a guide to the stars to help navigation Maritime Empires - correct answers empires based on sea travel Mercantilism - correct answers An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought trading post empire - correct answers Form of imperial dominance based on control of trade rather than on control of subject peoples. Manila - correct answers Capital of the Spanish Philippines and a major multicultural trade city that already had a population of more than 40,000 by 1600. Prince Henry the Navigator - correct answers () Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire. Galleons - correct answers Large, heavily armed ships used to carry silver from New World colonies to Spain; basis for convoy system utilized by Spain for transportation of bullion.