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What is an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north?
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A Compass.
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What is it called when a colonists only export raw materials to Spain and buy only Spanish manufactured goods?
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Mercantilism.
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What is a sickness caused by lack of Vitamin C?
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Scurvy.
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Who set out for spain, across the Atlantic to South America, and founded the Pacific Ocean?
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Ferdinand Magellan.
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Who sailed westward across the Atlantic, landed on an island, named it San Salvador, then planted the Spanish flag?
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Christopher Columbus.
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Who did trade for slaves, gold, and ivory?
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Prince Henry.
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Who was Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico?
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Hernan Cortez.
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Who was a spanish conqueror of Peru that conquered the Inca capital?
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Francisco Pizarro.
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Who had a spark interest in Asian spices, perfumes & silks?
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Marco Polo.
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Who found the route to the Indian Ocean?
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Bartelemeou Dias.
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Who sailed westward across the Indian Ocean, then made a second voyage & came back with valuable goods?
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Vasco Da Gama.
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What is trade between Latin America and Europe?
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Cultural Diffusion.
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What is an adventurer or conqueror, esp one of the Spanish conquerors of the New World in the 16th century?
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A Conquistador.
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Who was best known for their large stone heads?
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The Olmecs.
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Who founded Tenochtitlan around 1325 (modern day Mexico City)?
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The Aztecs.
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Who had the largest empire in the Americas?
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The Incas.
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Who invented the Mayan calendar, and had a complex civilization with a series of city-states?
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The Mayans.
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Who were the African and European descent?
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Mulatos.
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Who were called Indians?
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Native Americans.
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What do you call people who are born in Spain?
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Peninsulares
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Who are Native American and European descent?
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Mestizos.
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Who are American Born descendents of Spanish settlers?
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Criollos.
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What is a name for the Americas, especially during the time of first exploration and colonization of the Americas by Europeans?
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New World.
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What is that part of the world that was known before the discovery of the Americas, comprising Europe, Asia, and Africa; the eastern hemisphere?
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Old World.
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What is a historical movement, during which crops, livestock, people and other necessities were moved between America and Western?
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Columbian Exchange.
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What is the trade between Europe, Africa, and the Latin America (dealing with slaves)?
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Triangle Trade.
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What is the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the W coast of Africa to the Caribbean: the longest part of the journey of the slave ships sailing to the Caribbean or the Americas?
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Middle Passage.
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What was the trading, primarily of African people, to the colonies of the New World that occurred in and around the Atlantic Ocean?
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TransAtlantic Slave Trade.
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