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38 Cards in this Set
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Vasco da Gama was the first Portuguese explorer to make it to
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India
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What happened to the Spanish colonists that left on the first voyage to the Americas?
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They were killed by natives because of how badly they treated them
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Which early explorer believed that the Europeans had discovered new lands versus the belief that the Europeans had reached Asia?
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Who was the first European to have an expedition to sail completely around the world?
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Ferdinand Magellan
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How were the Aztecs conquered and by who?
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Conquered by Cortez with better technology and the Aztec's enemies
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__ of the native population died because of ____
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80%; diseases brought over by Europeans
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navigational instrument created in the 1300s that uses a magnetized piece of metal that points North
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compass
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economic theory stating that there is a fixed amouth of wealth the the world and that in order to receive a larger share, one country has to take wealth away from another country
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mercantilism
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situation that exists when a country sells more goods than it buys
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balance of trade
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import taxes on foreign goods
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tariff
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system of trade involving 3 stages, one of which was the transatlantic slave trade
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triangular trade
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wanted gold for Portuga, hoped to reach the Indies, and wanted to spread Christianity, navigator
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Prince Henry
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sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, had to turn back, but he had found a route to the Indian Ocean
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Bartolomeu Dias
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massive trading of goods, plants, animals, and diseases that took place in the western and eastern hemispheres following Columbus's voyages
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Columbian Exchange
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agreement between Spain and Portugal that moved west the line determing the land each country could claim in the Atlantic
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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the shipment of slaves across the Atlantic to the Americas
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Middle Passage
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Iron tools and domesticated animals
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were introduced to the new world
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tea, china, sugar, corn, potatoes
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introduced to Europe
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What was traded for African slave?
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Guns and textiles
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During exploration, what happened to the area of present day Mexico?
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Dropped 80% over 100 years
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Europe sent __ to Africa
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Manufactured goods
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Africa sent __ and __ to Europe
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gold and slaves
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Africa sent __ to the New World
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slaves
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The New World sent ___ to Europe
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new natural resources
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Europe sent ___ to the New World
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slaves
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As europeans migrated to the new world, overseas territorial claims ___
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expanded
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What 3 empires were overthrown?
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Incan, Mayan, Aztec
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Many __ were forced to migrate because of ___
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Africans; slavery
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Colonies in the New World imitated the culture and social patterns of their ___ country
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parent
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European trading posts appeared along the ___ coast
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African
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W. Hemisphere produces like ___, ____, and ___ changed european lifestyle
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corn, tobacco, potatoes
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European ___ and ___ changed the lifestyles of the American ____
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horses and cattle; indians
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European diseases like ___ killed many native americans
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smallpox
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Slavery was based on ___
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race
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European ___ system in the Caribbean and Americas destroyed indigenous economies and damaged the environment
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plantation
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What was trraded from New England to Africa
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run, iron, gunpowder, cloth, tools
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What was the motto for exploration?
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God, Glory, and Gold
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adventurers from Span who came to the americas seeking riches and pwer for themselves and wealth and glory for Spain
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conquistador
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