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22 Cards in this Set
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compass
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is a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the Earth's magnetic poles.
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Mercantilism
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that a nation's power is based on its wealth (capital) compared to other nations.
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Scurvy
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is a medical condition caused by a lack of vitamin C.
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Magellan
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He Captained the first circumnavigation of the earth.
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Christiphor Columbus
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Discovered islands in the americas.
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Prince Henry
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Established the firt exploration school.
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Hernan Cortez
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the Spanish conqueror of Mexico and the Aztec Empire.
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Francisco Pizarro
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Defeated the inca empire,and claimed most of south america for spain, and deliverd the most riches to his country.
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Marco Polo
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He brought back ivory, jade, jewels, porcelain and silk.
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Bartelemeou Dias
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Discovered Brazil.
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Vasco Da Gama
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Traveled across the indian ocean landed in india, than he returned to portugal with his ships filled with valuable goods.
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Cultural Diffuision
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Cultural diffusion is the spreading of ideas or products from one culture to another.
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Conquistador
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the Spaniards who came to Mexico and Peru in the 16th century,treasure-hunting soldiers and explorers in the New World.
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Olmec
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The Olmec were a highly developed and well organized group with a complex calendar and hieroglyphic writing system. They also created unique art objects.
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Aztec
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Aztecs were a wandering Native American tribe who came to Mexico during the 13th century. There they built a great civilization including cities, pyramids, and temples. In 1519 Spanish conquistadors arrived in Mexico and defeated the Aztecs.
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Inca
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They began to expand their influence in the twelfth century and in the early sixteenth century, they exercised control over more territory than any other people had done in South American history.
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Maya
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Maya developed astronomy, calendrical systems and hieroglyphic writing. The Maya were noted as well for elaborate and highly decorated ceremonial architecture, including temple-pyramids, palaces and observatories, all built without metal tools.
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Mestizos
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Mestizo is a colonial Spanish and Portuguese (Mestiço) term that was used in the Spanish Empire and Portuguese Empire in Latin America to refer to people of mixed European and Amerindian ancestry.
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Native Americans
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The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North, Central, and South America, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples.
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Peninsulares
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They are spanish that came to the amercas to be viceroys over the natives.
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Columbian exchange
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describes the enormous widespread exchange of agricultural goods and communicable diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres that occurred after 1492.
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The triangle trade
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A trade route between three nation ports north and south america and africa.
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