Explorers And Slavery Flashcards

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New world

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North America, South America, mesoamerica, and the Caribbean

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Northwest passage

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Short cut sea route explorers searched for a way to sail across North America

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Pandemic

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Wildspread disease that affects a very high number of people

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Polytheism

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Belief in many gods

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Slavery

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System where people are brought,sold and treated as property *forced to work with’out pay

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Turning point

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Moment when a significant occurs

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Cultural diversity

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Groups with different customs, beliefs, and other ways of life living together

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Cultural exchange

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Groups who share and adopt aspects of other groups (example: food)

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Culture

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Way of life shared by members of a group (language, arts, food, dress, beliefs)dem

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Demographics

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Data about population characteristics (example: age, income)

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Indigenous population

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*people living in an area before explorers arrived *natives

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Middle passage

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*second part of triangular trade route *slaves voyage from Africa to America