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20 Cards in this Set
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What is a Compass?
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An instrument used to determine direction.
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What is Mercantilism?
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The governments effort to gain more wealth.
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What is scury?
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A diseased caused by not getting enough Vitamin C.
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Who was Ferdinand Magellan?
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Sailing for Spain; he sailed to South America and The Phillipines. But he died there from "scurvy" or islanders killed him.
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Who was Christopher Columbus?
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He sailed for Spain. He made it to American Islands. He took three voyages there and back to Spain. He thought the Indians (Native Americans) would make great servants and become Christians.
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Who was Prince Henry?
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Azores for Portugual. In Africa, they began trading for slaves, gold, and ivory. Founded schools for navigators.
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Who was Hernan Cortez?
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Is a Spanish explorer. He conqured the Aztec Empire.
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Who was Francisco Pizarro?
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Spanish conquistador conqured Peru's Inca Empire.
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Who was Marco Polo?
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When he came back from China he told everyone stories of China and their riches.
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Who was Bartholomeu/Bartolomeu Dies?
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First European who explored and sailed around the Western tip of Africa.
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Who was Vasco Da Gama?
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He made it to India and brought back valuable goods.
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What is Cultural Diffusion?
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The combination of different cultures around a region.
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What is a Conquistador?
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One of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.
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What are the Olmec's most known for?
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Larged stone carved heads.
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What are the Aztec's most known for?
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For the trade and medication advances they made.
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What are the Inca's most known for?
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For there four layered pyramids.
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What are the Mayan's most known for?
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They were the first one to develope a writing system.
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What is Mulatos?
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Chili Peppers.
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When Christopher Columbus thought he was in India, he called the people Indians. But who were they, really?
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Native Americans.
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What is a penninsula?
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A body of land surronded by three bodies of water.
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