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31 Cards in this Set
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Explorer found and explored the Caribbean and island of Hispanoila. He is given credit for discovering the "new world"
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Christopher Columbus
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He was the first explorer to circumnavigate the earth
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Ferdinand Magellan
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To sail around the world
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Circumnavigate
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Spanish soldiers and adventurer who explored America
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Conquistador
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Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547) Seizes Montezuma
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Hernando Cortes
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Large estate farmed by many workers; brought to America by Spanish
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Plantation system
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An economic system for a favorable balance of trade (increase exports and decreased imports)
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Mercantilism
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this explorer gave England "claim" to present day New Foundland
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John Cabot
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An agreement between parties that benefits both parties
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Alliance
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Traveling in unknown areas
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Exploration
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A explorer who believed that Columbus' Asia was actually a new world.
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Amerigo Vespucci
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The exchange of goods between the old and new worlds
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Columbian Exchange
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a sturdy ship built to be fast with square and triangular sails; was developed by Henry the Navigator
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caravel
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Found Peru and fought with the Incas
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Fransisco Pizarro
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This explorer found Mexico and fought with the Aztecs
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Hernando Cortes
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Explored the Great Lakes region and helped establish trade with Native Americans
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Marquette and Joliet
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He found present day New York. A "bay" was named after him.
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Henry Hudson
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Explored northern America , founded Quebec and Lake Champlain
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Samuel de Champlain
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A Portuguese explorer who found a sea route from Portugual to Asia
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Vasco DaGama
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Provinces in New Spain and Peru
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Viceroyality
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to be resistant toward disease
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immunity
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to have sole economic control over something (e.g. I-pad)
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monopoly
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Pros: shared ideas, foods, crops, animals, culture (enrich both old and new worlds) |
Pros and Cons of Columbian Exchange
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Built the Caravel, created school of navigation, promoted exploration
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Henry the Navigator
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made traveling easier because they could go to far away places faster
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How did the caravel help exploration?
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cheap labor and had worked on farms before
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Why did the Spanish and Portuguese begin to enslave Africans?
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a. hard workers who knew how to farm b. immune to disease
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Why were Africans used as slaves versus Native Americans?
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a. raw materials to trade b. mines that produced gold and silver c. colonies were markets for goods made in home country
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Why was it important to have colonies?
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a. religious persecution b. spread Protestant faith c. lack of opportunity d. increase trade/gold e. mercantilism
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Why did England begin to settle in America?
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it let information be spread more quickly, sharing ideas and knowledge
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How did the printing press change the world?
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the more a country exports, the more money they can make
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Why was it important to have more exports than imports?
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