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28 Cards in this Set
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what is a compass?
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something that points you north,northwest,west,southwest,southeast,east,and notheast
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What is mecantilism?
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A goverment efforts to gain more wealth than other rival nations.
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What is scurvy
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scurvy is a gum dieases from not gettin enough vitamin C.
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Who is Magellan?
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He was the first man to attemp going around the world but he died and his crew made it.
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who is Christopher Columbus?
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He found Central America when he thought he was in India
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Who is Prince Henry?
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He made the first navigation school.
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Who is Hernan Cortez?
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he was Spanish conquistador who lead the fall to the Aztecs.
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What did Francisco Pizarro do?
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set out to conquer the Inca in 1530.
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What did Marco Polo do?
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Told storys of the Far East.
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What did Bartolomeu Dias do?
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First to reach the southern tip of Africa.
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What did Vasco Da Gama do?
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Travled around Arica and reached India.
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What is Cultural Diffusion?
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Spreading of ideas and products from one culture to another.
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What did the conquistador do?
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They conquered the native poeple,siezed there gold and silver, brought new diseases, and converted native people to Christianity. they conquered the greatest Native Empires of that time (the Aztec and the Inca).
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When,Where,and what was the Olmecs most famous for?
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When:1400-500BC
Where:Mexican Gulf Coast The Earliest Known Mexican civilization. Known for there large stone heads. |
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When,Where, and what was the Aztecs Most famous for?
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When:1300-1535 A.D.
Where:Central Mexico Found Tenochtitlan around 1325(modern day Mexico city). CEline as a Result of the Spanish arrival. |
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When,Where, and what were the Incas most famous for?
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when:1200-1535A.D.
Where:Andes Mountains Built large network of roads Used agricaltural terracing & irrigation systems. no writing system used quigu instead. |
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When,Where, and what were the Maya most famous for?
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When:250B.C.-1400A.D.
Where:Yucatan/Southern Mexico Complex civilization with series of city-states. Complex Mathematics & science (365 day Caldendar). |
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What were Mualtos in the Colonial Class Structure?
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African and European Descent.
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What were Native Americans in the Colonial Class Structure?
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African Slaves
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What were Peninsulares in the Colonial Class Structure?
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People born in spain.
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What were Mestizos in the Colonial Class Structure?
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Native American and European Descent.
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What were Criollos in the Colonial Class Structure?
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American born dsecendents of Spanish settlers.
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The New World?
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Columbus found the new world.
Western Hemisphere |
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The Old World?
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Africa,Asia, and Europe.
Eastern Hemisphere |
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What is the Columbian Exchange?
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The Transfer of plants,animals,ideas,and diseases between the Americas and Europe.
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What is the Triangle Trade?
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the trade between Africa,Europe, and America.
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What is the Middle Passage?
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The export and Imports between Europe and Central America.
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TransAtlantic Slave trade?
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The Spanish took native americans from africa to America and Europe to be slaves.
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