Age of Exploration

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What are the 3 Gs of Exploration?

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God, Gold, Glory

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What is a Caravel?

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A ship created by the Spanish and Portuguese for long voyages. It also had could sail into the wind.

Answer explanation

A Caravel is a type of ship used by the Portuguese in the Age of Discovery. It was a small, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in the 15th century. The correct answer is not explicitly provided in the options, but it is implied in the context of the question.

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True or False: Christopher Columbus landed in the United States?

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False

Answer explanation

False. Although Christopher Columbus is often credited with discovering America, he never actually set foot on the mainland. Instead, he landed on various Caribbean islands and explored parts of Central and South America. The first European to land in America was likely Norse explorer Leif Erikson, around 500 years before Columbus.

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Which of the following was a positive of the Columbian Exchange?

• People in the New World got diseases
• People got new animal live stock like horses, cattle, and pigs
• The demand for new products lead to an increase in slavery to meet the needs of labor
• Some Indigenous people's tribes and civilizations were wiped out.

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People got new animal live stock like horses, cattle, and pigs

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Which of the following could be considered a negative of the Columbian Exchange?

• Diseases were unknowingly spread from the Old World to the New World
• Horses were brought to the Americas and Natives adopted them into their culture
• People spent more time hunting and sailing than growing new foods
• In Europe, the addition of the potato helped their population grow

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Diseases were unknowingly spread from the Old World to the New World

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What was the Columbian Exchange?

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the exchange of goods and people between the Old World and the New World during the Age of Exploration

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What is Triangle Trade?

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a pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa, and Asia, and the American continents

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What was the Slave Trade?

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was an oceanic trade in African men, women, and children.

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The route that forcibly took slaves from Africa to the New World

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Middle Passage

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Who was Olaudah Equiano?

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Wrote about the brutal experience of the Slave Trade and worked to abolish slavery