Age of Exploration and Colonization

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Why did Europeans begin to use tools such as the astrolabe and compass?

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to find safe water routes to faraway places

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What does it mean to circumnavigate the globe?

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to sail all the way around the world

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Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange? Options: the exploration of new lands in Africa and the Americas by Europeans, the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between Europe and the Americas, the poor treatment of American Indians by European explorers and colonists, the new trading routes to the Americas established by Columbus

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the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between Europe and the Americas

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Which religion did European missionaries attempt to spread to the New World?

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Christianity

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Which of the following groups received poor treatment as a result of the Columbian Exchange?
European citizens,
American Indians,
Spanish colonists,
African kings

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American Indians

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This explorer was the 1st to circumnavigate the world, and later died in the Philippines on his voyage.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Most slaves survived the Middle Passage.

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False

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What were the 3 major motivating factors for Explorers?

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God, Glory, Gold

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The New World Is the ______________(s)

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The Americas

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Who were the "conquistadors?"

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Spanish explorers