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28 Cards in this Set
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What is a Compass?
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A instrument that sailors use to navigate with.
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What is Mercantilism?
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An economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
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What is Scurvy?
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A disease sailors get due to lack of vitiman C.
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Who was Megellan?
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A man who's crew was the first o circumnavigate the world.
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What did Christopher Columbus discover?
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The New World.
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What was Prince Henry famous for?
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Founded the First School of Navigation.
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Who conquered the Aztecs?
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Hernan Cortez.
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What did Francisco Pizarro do?
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Conquered the Incas.
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Who is Marco Polo?
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An explorer that brought stories back from Asia.
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What did Bartolomeu Dias do?
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Sailed around Africa.
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Who is Vasco Da Gama?
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Found a water route to Asia.
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What is Cultural Diffusion?
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When two cultures colide and share ideas and their ways with each other.
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What is a Conquistador?
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A spanish soldier that got land from America and gave it to Spain.
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What are the OLMECS known for?
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Their large stone heads.
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AZTECS did what?
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Sacraficed humans.
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What are the MAYANS known for?
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Their incredibly acurate calander.
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What are the MAYANS famous for?
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Their incredibly acurate calendar.
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Who are the MULATOS?
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African and European decent.
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Who are the Native Americans?
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The original settlers from the Americas.
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What are Peninsulares?
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People born in Spain.
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What are Mestizos?
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European and Native American decendent.
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What are Criollos?
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A Spanish American of pure European stock.
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What did Columbus discover?
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The New World.
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What is the Old World?
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Portugal.
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What is the Columbian Exchange?
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The trade route from Europe to America.
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What is the Triangle Trade?
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Trade route between Europe, America, and Africa.
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What's the Middle Passage?
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The passage for slaves from Africa to Central America.
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What's the TransAtlantic slave trade?
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Trade route in the Atlantic Ocean.
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