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Olmecs
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1st American civilization in southern Mexico 1200 BC 1st people to use rubber
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Olmecs
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1st American civilization in southern Mexico 1200 BC 1st people to use rubber
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Maya
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Location = Central America.
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Maya
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Location
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Central America.
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Step pyramids
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were used for sacrifices and worship
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Step pyramids
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were used for sacrifices and worship
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Ball courts
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for religious ball games
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Ball courts
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for religious ball games
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Aztecs
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Ruled central Mexico.
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Aztecs
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Ruled central Mexico.
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Quetzalcoatl
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Feathered serpant god
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Quetzalcoatl
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Feathered serpant god
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Flower Wars
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Wars fought to gain victims
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Flower Wars
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Wars fought to gain victims
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Chinapas
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Floating gardens
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Chinapas
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Floating gardens
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Incas
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Ruled western South America
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Incas
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Ruled western South America
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Cuzco
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Incan capital city
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Cuzco
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Incan capital city
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Potato crops
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were 1st harvested by Incas
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Potato crops
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were 1st harvested by Incas
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Terrace Farming
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Cut steps in mountains to farm
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Terrace Farming
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Cut steps in mountains to farm
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Bartolomieu Dias
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Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southern tip of Africa in 1487
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Bartolomieu Dias
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Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southern tip of Africa in 1487
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Vasco Da Gama
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1st European to sail from Europe to East Asia.
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Vasco Da Gama
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1st European to sail from Europe to East Asia.
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Christopher Colombus
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Sailed the ocean blues in 1492
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Christopher Colombus
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Sailed the ocean blues in 1492
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Amerigo Vespucci
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America named after him
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Amerigo Vespucci
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America named after him
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Ferdino Magellan
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First man to lead a voyage
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Ferdino Magellan
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First man to lead a voyage
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Hernan Cortez
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Itatlian explorer who mapped the coast of America for England
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Hernan Cortez
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Itatlian explorer who mapped the coast of America for England
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Samuel De Champlain
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Explored Eastern Canada and the Great Lakes
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Samuel De Champlain
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Explored Eastern Canada and the Great Lakes
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Henry Hudson
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Searched for a “Norht West Passage”
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Henry Hudson
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Searched for a “Norht West Passage”
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Mercantilism
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An economic theory that become popular in the Reinassance
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Mercantilism
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An economic theory that become popular in the Reinassance
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Joint Stock Companies
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Ran like a modern corporation on the basis of shares of stock
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Joint Stock Companies
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Ran like a modern corporation on the basis of shares of stock
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Investors
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bought shares of companies; they become part owner according to their shares
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Investors
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bought shares of companies; they become part owner according to their shares
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European
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African slavery existed since ancient times
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European
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African slavery existed since ancient times
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