Exploration and Conquest Study Set

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Purpose of Columbus's 1492 voyage:

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Find a western route to Asia

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Conqueror of the Aztec and Inca empires in the 16th century.

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the Spanish

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Conquistadors in the 1500s explored the American Southwest seeking:

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cities of gold from Native American legends

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Northwest Passage: a supposed water route to Asia through the Western Hemisphere

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a supposed water route to Asia through the Western Hemisphere

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Country that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588:

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England

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Labor on Spanish haciendas and plantations in the Americas was provided by:

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unpaid Native Americans and enslaved Africans

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Negative effect of the Columbian Exchange:

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Millions of Native Americans died from European diseases.

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Positive effect of the Columbian Exchange:

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New foods introduced to Europe and the Americas.

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Middle Passage

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voyage of ships carrying enslaved Africans to the Americas

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Initial use of enslaved Africans in the Americas:

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sugar plantations in the Caribbean