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28 Cards in this Set
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What is a Compass?
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A compass is something that helped navigatore navgate directions. North South East and West.
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What is Mercantilism?
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Countries would basically try to get as much money into thier contry as they could.
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What is Scurvy?
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Scurvy is a disease you get when you lack vitiman C.
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Who is Magellan?
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First to cross the Pacific Ocean.
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Who is Christopher Columbus?
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In 1492 he sailed the ocean blue, found north america thought it was asia.
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Who is Prince Henry?
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A navigator.
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Who is Hernan Cortez?
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Conquered Aztec empire.
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Who is Francisco Pizarro?
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Spanish conquistador, conquered Inca empire.
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Who is Marco Polo?
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One of the first europeans to travel to Mangolia and China.
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Who is Bartholomew Dias?
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Cape of Good Hope, Africa.
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Who is Vasco Da Gama?
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Explorer, Sailed from Europe to India.
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What is Cultural Diffusion?
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A spread of a culture or life style.
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What is a Conquistador?
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Means conquerer in Spanish, someone who conquers.
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What is an Olmec?
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An early civilization, big heads.
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What is an Aztec?
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An empire in Mexico that was conquered by Cortes in 1519
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What is an Inca?
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An empire in Cuzco.
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What is a Maya?
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An early civilization who created the calender and also dissapeared.
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Mulatos
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A mixture of Indian and African American people.
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Native Americans
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A person who was born in american and has lived there all their life.
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Peninsulares
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Spanish born Spaniard
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Mestizos
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European and Native American mixed.
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Criollos
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Spanish American of pure European decent.
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New world
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Christopher Columbus found the "New World" which is North America.
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Old world
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Europe.
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Columbian Exchange
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A trade route between eastern and western hemispheres.
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Triangle Trade
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A trade route between 3 different places in a triangular form.
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Middle Passage
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Atlantic slave trade.
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TransAtlantic Slave trade
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Slave trade in and around the Atlantic Ocean
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