Explorers Vocab: Fast and Curious

Explorers Vocab: Fast and Curious

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Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Economic policy to increase wealth by acquiring gold/silver and exporting more than importing.

Back

Mercantilism

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Instrument to determine latitude by star position

Back

astrolabe

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Voyage bringing enslaved Africans to North America and the West Indies

Back

Middle Passage

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain dividing newly discovered lands in the Atlantic: west to Spain, east to Portugal.

Back

Treaty of Tordesillas

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Regions known to Europeans before the Americas: Europe, Asia, Africa

Back

Old World

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Name given by Europeans to the Americas, unknown before Columbus:

Back

New World

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Massive exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people between the Old and New Worlds after Columbus's voyages.

Back

Columbian Exchange

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