Flashcards Age of Exploration

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Age of Exploration

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A period of time in the 15-17th century where countries explored the world looking for new trade routes and lands.

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Social

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Interactions between people/groups of people in society (not the government).

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Economic

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Having to do with money.

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Political

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All things having to do with the government and laws.

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Columbian Exchange

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The trade/exchange of ideas, plants, animals, and diseases between the "New World" (North America) and the "Old World" (Europe, Africa, and Asia).

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Colony

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A group of people from one country who build a settlement in another territory or land. They claim the new land for the original country, and the original country keeps some control.

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Colonist

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A person who settles in a colony.

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Export

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Products produced and sent to other countries to be sold.

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Import

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Products brought into a country to be sold.

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Cash Crop

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Crops sold for a profit, not for food (example: cotton).