World Civ Unit 2 Vocab

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Device for navigation, determining latitude, and studying celestial positions.

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Astrolabe

Front

Navigational tool using magnets to find north.

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Compass

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Contagious disease spread from European explorers to Native Americans.

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Smallpox

Front

Spread of plants, animals, technology, and ideas between the Old World and the New World.

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Columbian Exchange

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Trade pattern known as the Transatlantic Slave Trade

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Triangle Trade

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Italian explorer who made four Atlantic voyages, starting in 1492, leading to European exploration.

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Christopher Columbus

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Italian explorer of the first maritime expedition from Europe to India in 1498.

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Vasco da Gama

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Middle leg of the transatlantic slave trade network.

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Middle Passage

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Grown for sale and profit, not personal use.

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Cash Crops

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Conditions in a person's home country that compel emigration.

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Push Factors