Age of Exploration Flashcard

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What statement BEST describes the Triangular Trade?

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The exchange of slaves and other goods between Europe, Africa, & the Americas

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What was the main cause of the population change shown on the chart above?

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the introduction of disease by contact with Europeans

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What statement BEST describes the Columbian Exchange?

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The exchange of plants, animals, goods and slaves between Europe & Americas

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Which of these best completes the concept web? spread disease, build more ships, find better trade routes, share scientific knowledge

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find better trade routes

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This Portuguese explorer's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the world. Who was he?

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Ferdinand Magellan

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In the 1400s, the first Portuguese explorers sailed along the coast of Africa. What was the main purpose of their voyages?

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finding a water route to India’s spices

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Who was the Portuguese explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa in order to make it to Asia by water?

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Vasco de Gama

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Which crop was brought to Europe from the Americas?

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corn

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Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?

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A Portuguese prince who helped start schools to teach about exploration and navigation and sent several explorers on expeditions to sail around the west coast of Africa in attempts to find a route to India.

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What was an effect of Spanish exploration on both the Incan and the Aztec civilizations?

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great losses in population