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what did the europeans call the land they found in the americas?
new world
Africa, Antartica, and asia where all part of?
old world
what is the exchange of plants animals and ect. from the east and west hemisphere?
culombian exchage
what is the trade tat is between three places and is formed in a triangle?
triagle trade
a passage way for a quicker rout to get through africa?
middle pasage
what is the name of the trade that shipped slaves over from afrca to the americas?
transatlantic slave trade
what is the name of the object that sailers would use to find there way?
compass
a goernments efforts to gain more wealth than other rivals?
mercantilism
what is the name of illness you would get from being out at sea for a long period of time?
scurvy
he sat sail to spain/ he also named the pacific ocean?
magellan
went to find a shorter route to asia by sailing west?
christopher columbus
who had his explorers claim the azore for portugal?
prince henry
who landed in mexico in 1519 with 600 men, 6 horses and a few cannons in search of gold and silver?
hernan cortez
who set out to couer the inca in 1530 and defeated a much larger force of inca worriors with a handful of men?
francisco pizarro
who sailed around the cap of good hope at the southern tip of afrca?
bartelemeou dias
who sailed eastward across the indian ocean?
vasco da gama
what it is called when two or more cultures share ideas?
cultral diffusion
what is a place known for haveing large stone heads and had no cities but instead had ceremonial centers?
olmec
compass
A compass is a navigational instrument for determining direction relative to the Earth's magnetic poles
mercantilism
Mercantilism is an economic theory which holds that the prosperity of a state is dependent upon its supply of the things there
scurvy
Scurvy is a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen in humans
magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese Spanish explorer
christopher colombus
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian explorer who realized that the world was round
prince henery
Although he was called Prince Henry the Navigator by the English, Prince Henry never actually sailed on any of the voyages
fransisco pizarro
Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima
marco polo
Marco Polo was a Christian merchant from the Venetian Republic whose travels are recorded in Il Milione,
bartholemu dias
Bartolomeu Dias a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488
vasco da gama
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira c. 1460 or 1469 – 24 December 1524) was a Portuguese explorer
hernan cortez
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec
cultural diffusion
cultural diffusion Cultural diffusion is the spreading of ideas or products
conquistador
Conquistador meaning "conqueror" in the Spanish and Portuguese languages)
olmec
The Olmec were a Pre-Columbian civilization living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico,
aztec
The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language
inca
The Inca civilization (or Inka) began as a tribe in the Cuzco area,
maya
The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas
native americans
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States
peninsulares
a peninsular was a Spanish-born Spaniard or mainland
mestizos
Mestizo is a term traditionally used in Latin America and Spain for people of mixed European and Native American heritage or descent
criollos
The Criollos (singular: Criollo) were a social class in the caste system of the overseas colonies established by Spain in the 16th century
new world
The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas and sometimes Australia
old world
The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to classical antiquity and the European Middle Ages.
colombian exchange
The Columbian Exchange was a dramatically widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations (including slaves), communicable diseases,
middle passage
The Middle Passage was the stage of the triangular trade in which millions of people from Africa were taken to the New World, as part of the Atlantic slave trade
trans atlantic slave trade
transatlantic slave trade, refers to the trade in slaves that took place across the Atlantic ocean