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28 Cards in this Set
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what points north, south, east, west?
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compass
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what is mercantalism?
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a countrys desire to become rich
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what does scurvy mean?
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condition where you lack vitamin C
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who found and named the pacific ocean?
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magellons
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Who discovered America?
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Christopher Columbus
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who made a travels school?
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prince henry
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who is herman cortez?
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over threw aztec empire
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what did francisco pizarro do?
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conqured he incas
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who is marco polo?
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a merchant and raveled to asia
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what did bartlomew dias do?
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found a route to the indian ocean
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what did vasco da gama do?
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sailed eastward across the indian ocean
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what is cultural diffusion?
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a trade with different cultures
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what is a conquestador?
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conqurers from spain
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who are the olmecs?
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earliest know civilizations
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accomlishments of the aztecs?
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found tenochtitlan
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who are the incas?
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largest empire
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accomlishments of the maya?
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created 365 day calendar
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what is a mulatos?
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a person with one white and one black parent
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who was in america first?
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native americans
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who is a spanish born spaniard?
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Peninsulares
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what is a mestizos?
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a person of mixed racial ancesory
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what is a criollos?
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a person born in spanish america but of european usually spanish ancersory
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what is the new world?
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th america
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what is the old world?
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europe
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columbian exchnge
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trade with animals plant and spices
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triangle trade
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trade between africa america and europe
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Middle Passage
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apassage from africa to america
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Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
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a slave trade
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