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35 Cards in this Set
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what is a colony ?
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group of people who settle in a distant land but are still ruled by the government of there native land
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what is circumnavitagtion?
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travel all the way around the world and back
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what is Columbian exchange?
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the global exchange of goods and ideas resulting from the encounter between the peoples of the Eastern & the Western hemisphere
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TRUE OR FALSE;
Vikings left behind most detailed records. |
True, yo!
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Many archaeologists believed that Viking settlement of ________ was located in Newfoundland.
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Vinland
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Why didn't the Vikings stay long?
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Because of the battles with the Skraelings. *Inuits
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Some suggest that ______ continued to cross the Bering Sea into North America after the last ice age ended
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Asians
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When did Columbus sail the ocean blueee?
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august, 1492 ♥
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How many ships did Columbus take?
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O3!
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what were the ships names?
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Santa Maria, Nina & Pinta (:
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how many sailors were there?
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9O!
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where did they stop briefly?
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Canary Islands
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Why did columbus change course on oct. 7th?
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they saw flocks of birds flying west
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Columbus was convinced he was really..
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in the east indies in asia
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He had really reached..
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islands off the coast of north america & south america
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Columbus presented who with gifts
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The king& queen
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Columbus made 3 more voyages name them
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colonizing Hispaniola Haiti & Dominican Republic
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Columbus also explored..
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Jamaica and Cuba
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Columbus died in
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15O6. ♥
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Columbus was accused of harsh rule therefore he was..
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sent back to Spain in chainsss.
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the queen pardoned Columbus but..
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He never regained the honers he had won ealier
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in ___ Vasco Nunez plunged into the jungles of ____
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1513 & Panama
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Native Americans told Nunez about what?
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a large body of water that lay to the west
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how many days later was it until he claimed the Pacific Ocean for Spain
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25
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Who sailed the Pacific
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Megellan
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how many ships left spain in 1519 ?
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5 ships
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How many months was it until Megallans ship reached the tip of south america ?
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15
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How was Megallan killed?
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in battle
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5 ships with 25O sailors left Spain who all returned to Spain after sailing around the whole world?
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1 ship, 18 sailors
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what is a conquistador?
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name for the spanish explorers who claimed the lands in the americas for spain
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whats a mission?
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religious settlement ran by catholic priests and frairs
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what is a creole?
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people born in the americas to spanish parents
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whats a mestizo?
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a person mixed with a spanish and indian background
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what is a plantation?
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large estate formed by many workers
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what are encomiendas?
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land grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from native americans
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