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28 Cards in this Set
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What was a new technology in the New World that helped the sailors navigate better?
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Compass
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What is a government's efforts to gain more wealth than other rival countries?
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Merchantilism
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What was a common disease among sailors caused by the lack of vitamin C?
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Scurvy
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Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the Earth?
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Magellan
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What did Christopher Columbus do?
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He found Central America, thinking it was India.
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What did Prince Henry the Navigator do?
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He started a school for navigation
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Which man conquered the Aztecs?
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Hernan Cortez
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Which man conquered the Inca?
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Francisco Pizarro
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What did Marco Polo bring back from Asia?
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Stories about the wealthy
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Who was the first to reach the southern tip of Africa?
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Bartholomew Dias
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Who was the first to go around Africa and reach India?
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Vasco Da Gama
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What is the spread of ideas/cultures by migration, war, or trade?
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Cultural Diffusion
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What is a Conquistador?
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A Spanish explorer
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Which early MesoAmerican Empire is well known for their large, stone heads?
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Olmecs
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Which early MesoAmerican Empire founded Tenochtitlan (modern day Mexico City)?
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Aztecs
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Which early MesoAmerican Empire used agricultural terracing and irrigation systems?
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Inca
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What are the Mayans known for?
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Their complex civilization of city-states and complex mathematics and science
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What are Mulattos?
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African and European descendants
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Who were first used as slaves fo the Spanish before the African Americans?
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Native Americans
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Who are people born in Spain?
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Peninsularies
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Who are Native American and European decendants?
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Mestizos
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Who are the Criollos?
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American born decendants of Spanish settlers
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What is the age when exploration became very popular?
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New World
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What is the Old World?
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The time of the Middle Ages
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What is the Columbian Exchange?
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The exchange of goods between the Americas and Europe
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What happened in the Triangle Trade?
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The transfer of plants/animals/ideas/diseases between Europe, the Americas, and Africa
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What was the Middle Passage?
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The part of the Triangle Trade involving Africa and the Americas
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What was the TransAtlantic Slave Trade?
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The transport of African Americans from Africa to Americas
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