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13 Cards in this Set
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Who is Diaz? |
Found eastern route to India in 1487 |
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Who is Columbus |
Sent out to find a western route to Asia in 1492 |
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What did Columbus think the Americas was |
Asia - China |
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Motives for going? |
Gold, God and Glory |
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Who is da Gama |
Wanted to sail around Africa's southern tip on to India |
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European consequences - good and bad |
Good - minerals - bigger empire - trading - wealth - new products
Bad - wars - disease |
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Indigenous consequences - good and bad |
Good - education - new weapons
Bad - disease - almost 26 million people died - enslaved - loss of culture - loss of religion - new languages |
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What prompted explores |
Stories, old explores and gold, God and glory |
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Reactions? |
European - poor - stupid - vulnerable - no religion - weak
Indigenous - scary - ambitious - gods - strange |
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Where did the Europeans (Spain and Portugal) explore |
Africa 1446 America 1492 |
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Crew members reasons for not going |
Fear of unknown Disease Monsters |
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Who is Cortez |
Took part in the conquest of Cuba |
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Where and when did Cortez travel |
1519 |