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28 Cards in this Set
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What type of instrument tells you what direction your going in?
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Compass
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What is a country's efforts to be richer than a rival country called?
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Mercantilism
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What disease was most common when sailing for long periods of time?
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Scurvy
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What famous spanish conquistador died during a exploration mission in which his crew had sailed all the way around the world?
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Magelion
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What spanish person first believed that the earth was round not flat?
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Christopher Columbus
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Who hired the best navigators of his time to plan a expedition westward?
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Prince Henry
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What spanish conquistador conquerd the aztecs?
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Hernan Cortez
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Who conquerd the incas?
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Fracisco Pizarro
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What famous blind explorer is a game named after?
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Marco Polo
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Who sailed around the cape of good hope?
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Bartolomeu Dias
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Who sailed across the indian ocean and landed in india?
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Vasco Da Gama
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What is a spread of ideas between 2 or more different cultures?
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Cultural Diffusion
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What is a Conquistador?
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A Conquerer
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What ancient civilization is known for giant stone heads?
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Olmec
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What ancient civilization founded modern day mexico city?
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Aztecs
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What early civilization built 10,000 miles of roads?
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Inca
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What ancient civilization disapeared of the face of the earth in 1400 AD?
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Maya
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What was a African and European born child considered in the social structure of the new world?
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Mulatos
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Who was dying of diseases because of no immunity to european diseases?
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Native Americans
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Who were the people born in spain but lived in the new world considered in the social structure?
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Peninsulares
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Who were spanish decent born in the new world?
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Mestios
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Who was a spanish and african decent?
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Criollos
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What was the new world?
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The new world was the americas north and south.
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What was the old world?
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The old world was europe, india, and spain.
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What was the columbian exvhange?
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The trade route founded by christopher columbus.
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What was the triangle trade?
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The triangle trade was a trade route between the americas africa and spain(euoropeean coutries)
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What was the middle passage?
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The sea route betwwen the americas and europe.
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what was the trans atlantic Slave trade?
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the trans atlantic slave trade also known as the atlantic slave trade was a slave trade route for african slaves.
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