Age of Exploration Vocab

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Patron from Portugal who funded many exploration voyages

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Henry the Navigator

Front

Sail around the world

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circumnavigate

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The ____________________ was a prime example of social inequalities.

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encomienda system

Front

Exchange of plants, animals, diseases among Natives & Spanish

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Columbian Exchange

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Economic system where private businesses aim for profit

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capitalism

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Light, fast sailing ship from the age of exploration

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caravel

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Spanish explorer who mistakenly sailed to America, thinking he reached Asia.

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Christopher Columbus

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Hernan Cortes was an example of this

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conquistador

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2nd leg of triangular trade transporting Africans to the Americas

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Middle Passage

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Nations' strength is based on wealth.

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mercantilism