Connecting The Columbian Exchange And Trans Atlantic Slave Trade

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Compass

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A tool that made seafaring and keeping direction much easier

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Mercantilism

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A country's desire to become the wealthiest

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Scurvy

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A disease caused by lack of vitamin C

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Magellan

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Set out on a voyage all the way around the world. He died halfway through, but his crew finished the voyage.

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Christopher Columbus

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Discovered America, but believed he was in India

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Prince Henry

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Nicknamed "The Navigator"

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Hernan Cortez

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Overthrew the Aztec Empire

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Fransisco Pizarro

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Conqueror of the Inca Empire

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Marco Polo

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He was a trader and explorer that traveled back and forth from Europe to Asia

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Bartolomeu Dias

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First person to sail around the Cape of Good Hope

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Conquistador

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A Spanish conqueror

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Vasco da Gama

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Explorer; led voyages across the Indian Ocean

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Cultural Diffusion

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Two or more cultures that split, combine, or change in

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Conquistador

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A Spanish conqueror

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Olmec

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Most famous for their giant stone heads

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Aztec

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Capital city is Tenochtitlan Conquered by Hernan Cortes

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Maya

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Most famous for their calendar

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Mulatos

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A person with one white parent and one black parent

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Native Americans

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Refers to those native to the Americas, including but not limited to; the Aztec, the Inca, the Maya, & the Olmec.

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Peninsulares

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Full blood Spanish, born in Spain

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Mestizos

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Mixed Native American and European descent

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Criollos

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Pure blood Spanish, born in Americas

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New World

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the Americas

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Old World

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Europe, Asia, Africa

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Columbian Exchange

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Widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, and ideas between the East and West Hemispheres. (Old World & New World)

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Triangle Trade

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The three passages between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Weapons -> Africa
Slaves -> the Americas
Food & crops -> Europe

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Middle Passage

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The route from Africa to the Americas. Slaves were transported to the Americas in overcrowded ships on this passage.

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Trans Atlantic Slave Trade

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Refers to the trade in slaves that took place across the Atlantic Ocean.