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27 Cards in this Set
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What is a Compass?
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Navigational instrument created in the 1300s that uses a magnetized peice of metal that points to the north.
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What is Mercantilism?
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Economic theory stating that there is a fixed amount of wealth in the world,and in order to receive a larger share, one country has to take some wealth away from another country.
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What is scurvy?
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A disease on ships for a lack of vitamins
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Who was Magellan?
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First crew to circumnavigate the earth
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Who was Christopher Columbus?
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He founded Central america and thought he was in india
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Who was Prince Henry?
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He created a school of navigation, and came up with many advances.
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Who was Hernan Cortez?
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defeated the aztecs
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Who was Francico Pizzaro?
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defeated the Incas
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Who was Marco Polo?
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brought stories back from asia and spices
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Who was Bartlomeu Diaz?
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First one to reach the southern tip of Africa or Cape of Good Hope
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Who was Vasco da Gama?
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First one to go around Africa and reached India.
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What is Cultural Diffusion?
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Exchanging different ideas between cultures and their religion
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Conquistador
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Spanish explorers or conquerers
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olmec
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Earliest known mexican Civilization
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aztec
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Founded Mordern day Mexico
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Maya
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Hieroglyphic Writing
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Mulatos
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African and European Descent
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Native Americans
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Slaves
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Peninsulares
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Born in Spain
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Mestizos
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Native American and European Descent
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Criollos
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American born Descendents of Spanish settlers
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New world
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Europeans founded more land and it was new
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Old World
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All the land Europeans al ready knew about
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Columbian Exchange
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Massive Exchange of goods, plants,animals between west and east
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Triangular trade
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trade between africa , america, and Europe
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Middle pasage
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Passage between Europe and The americans for handing over slaves
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Transatlantic slave trade
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Slave trade between africa,America, and Europe
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