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what is a compass
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a compass is a devise that uses the worlds magnetic pull to tell what direction your going.
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what is mercantilism
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mercantilism is a goverment efoert to gain more wealth than other rival nations
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what is scurvy
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Scurvy is a condition characterized by general weakness, anemia, gum disease (gingivitis), and skin hemorrhages
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who is magellan
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ferdinand magellan was a portugees explorer.
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who was christopher columbus
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christopher columbus was a explorer that sailed from spain to the new world.
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prince henry
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opened a navigator school
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hernan cortez
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Hernan Cortes is a Spanish explorer. He is commonly known for conquering the Aztec Empire and exploring much of Mexico. He explored the Pacific coast of Mexico and discovered the Baja California peninsula.
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Francisco Pizarro
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Francisco Pizarro is the Spanish conquistador known for conquering Peru's Inca Empire and founding the city of Lima in 1535
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Marco Polo
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was an Italian voyager and merchant who was one of the he was one of the first Europeans to travel across Asia through China, visiting the Kublai Khan in Beijing.
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Bartelemeou Dias
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said around africa.
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Vasco Da Gama
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sailed across the indian ocean
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Cultural Diffuision
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Cultural diffusion is the combination of different cultures across a region
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Conquistador
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a spanish army man or fighter or explorer sent to get new land and gold.
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Olmec
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the earliest known mexican civilazation.
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Aztec
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founders of modern day mexican city. and had a 360 day religious calender and a 365 day solar calender.
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Inca
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largest empire of the americas.
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Maya
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complez civilization with series of city-states.
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Mulatos
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A mulatto is a person that has one parent with black ancestry and the other parent with white ancestry
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Native Americans
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the native americans were the people living in the americas when columbus found it.
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Peninsulares
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spanish that came to the amercas to be viceroys over the natives.
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Mestizos
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Person who is part-Spanish, part-Indian
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Criollos
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person born in Spanish America but of European, usually Spanish ancestory
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New World
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the americas
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Old World
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europe
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Columbian Exchange
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the columbian exchange refers to the transfer of plants, animals, ideas, and diseases between the americas and europe.
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Triangle Trade
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the transfer of plants, animals, ideas,disease, and slaves between europe, africa, and the americas.
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Middle Passage
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The part of the Atlantic Ocean between the west coast of Africa and the West Indies: the longest part of the journey formerly made by slave ships
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TransAtlantic Slave Trade
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The Atlantic slave trade, also known as the transatlantic slave trade, refers to the trade in slaves that took place across the Atlantic ocean
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