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What are the four reasons for European exploration? |
ECONOMIC, RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL, & GEOGRAPHY |
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Why did Europeans want to find a direct sea route to Asia? Who controlled land route? |
TO TRADE MORE QUICKLY WITH ASIA. MUSLIM OR ARAB TRADERS HAD CONTROLLED MOST OF THE LAND ROUTES AS WELL AS SEA PORTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND EAST AFRICAN COAST. |
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What were the three motivations for European Exploration? |
3GS: GOD, GOLD, & GLORY |
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What was the Treaty of Tordesillas? |
1494 TREATY DIVIDING THE WORLD INTO EAST AND WEST TO SETTLE DISPUTE BETWEEN PORTUGAL AND SPAIN |
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Define Catholic: |
CHRISTIAN FOLLOWERS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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Define Protestant: |
CHRISTIAN GROUP THAT BROKE AWAY FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH |
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What was the Columbian Exchange? |
THE TRANSFER OF PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND DISEASES BETWEEN THE WESTERN AND EASTERN HEMISPHERES |
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What was the Middle Passage? |
THE MIDDLE LEG OF THE TRIANGULAR TRADE ROUTE THAT BROUGHT CAPTURED AFRICANS OF THE AMERICANS TO SERVE AS SLAVES |
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Define conquistador: |
SPANISH SOLDIER THAT EXPLORED THE AMERICANS AND CLAIMED LAND FOR SPAIN |
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Define missionary: |
A PERSON SENT BY THE CHURCH TO CONVERT NATIVE AMERICANS TO CHRISTIANITY |
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Define migrate: |
TO MOVE FROM ONE REGION TO ANOTHER |
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Henry the Navigator |
STARTED A SCHOOL OF NAVIGATION. PAID FOR SAILING EXPEDITIONS. DEVELOPED A SHIP CALLED THE CARAVEL. |
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Vasco de Gama |
SAILED EAST AROUND AFRICA TO REACH INDIA. FOUND THE ALL-WATER ROUTE TO ASIA. |
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Christopher Columbus |
SAILED WEST IN SEARCH OF A ROUTE TO ASIA. ARRIVED IN THE AMERICAS IN 1492. |
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Amerigo Vespucci |
REALIZED THE NEW WORLD WAS NOT ASIA. MAPPED THE NEW WORLD. NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA ARE NAMED AFTER HIM. |
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Vasco Nunez de Balboa |
CROSSED PANAMA TO REACH THE PACIFIC OCEAN. |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
SAILED WEST AROUND SOUTH AMERICA TRYING TO REACH ASIA. HE DIED ON VOYAGE. HIS CREW WERE THE FIRST TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD. |
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Hernando Cortes |
A SPANISH CONQUISTADOR WHO CONQUERED THE AZTEC POPULATION. |
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Francisco Pizarro |
A SPANISH CONQUISTADOR WHO CONQUERED THE INCA POPULATION. |
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Giovanni da Verrazzano |
SEARCHED FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE. FIRST EUROPEAN TO VISIT THE NC COASTLINE. |
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Which country was the early leader in exploration? |
PORTUGAL |
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Which country had the largest and wealthiest colonies? |
SPAIN |
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What two countries competed against each other in search of the Northwest Passage? |
ENGLAND AND FRANCE |
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This country was friendly with the Native Americans? |
FRANCE |
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What two countries traded for furs with Native Americans to sell in Europe? |
FRANCE AND NETHERLANDS |
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What country explored Canada? |
FRANCE
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This country took a cautious approach to exploration? |
ENGLAND |
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What two countries were part of the Treaty of Tordesillas? |
PORTUGAL AND SPAIN |
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What was the Columbian Exchange? |
THE TRANSFER OF PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND DISEASES BETWEEN THE WESTERN AND EASTERN HEMISPHERES. |
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What was the cause of the Columbian Exchange? |
EUROPEANS CROSSING THE ATLANTIC TO CREATE NEW COMMUNITIES IN THE AMERICAS. |
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True or False: European Diseases kill millions of Native Americans |
TRUE |
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True or False: Europeans brought livestock back to Europe |
FALSE |
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True or False: New foods help fuel rapid population growth in Europe |
TRUE |
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Give two ways Europe was impacted by European Exploration |
-WEALTH FROM THE RICHES OF AMERICA -CORN AND POTATOES FROM NEW WORLD FUEL POPULATION GROWTH -COLONIES ARE ESTABLISHED IN THE NEW WORLD |
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Give two ways that the Americas was impacted by European Exploration |
-LIVESTOCK ANIMALS ARE INTRODUCED -SOME NATIVE AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS ARE WIPED OUT AS A RESULT OF CONQUEST -MANY NATIVE AMERICANS ARE ENSLAVED -MILLIONS OF AMERICANS DIE FROM EUROPEAN DISEASES |
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Give two ways that Africa was impacted by European Exploration |
-AS NATIVE AMERICANS DIE FROM MANY FACTORS, EUROPEANS TURN TO ENSLAVING AFRICANS -ENSLAVED AFRICANS ARE FORCED TO MIGRATE TO THE AMERICAS VIA THE MIDDLE PASSAGE |
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Define immunity: |
THE BODY'S ABILITY TO RESIST A PARTICULAR DISEASE. |