Exploration Vocab Review

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Term for the transfer of plants, animals, culture, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds.

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Columbian Exchange

Front

Term for Spain's retaking from the Moors?

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Reconquista

Front

French explorer who built ties with Native Americans?

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Voyageurs

Front

Sea journey of slave ships from West Africa to the Americas?

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Middle Passage

Front

Term for going all the way around the world in a ship.

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Circumnavigation

Front

Ship used by the Portuguese (15th-17th centuries)

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Caravel

Front

Term for a Spanish explorer who conquered Native Americans?

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Conquistador

Front

Term for a business owned by many people with shares?

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Joint-Stock Company

Front

Economic theory that trade generates wealth through resource control.

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Mercantilism

Front

Route between Europe and Asia through Arctic in North America?

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Northwest Passage