Exploring Historical Concepts and Terms

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A sailing route that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean through Canada. Europeans were seeking a shorter route to the Far East.

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Northwest Passage

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The practice of forced labor and restricted liberty.

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slavery

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Something or someone native to a specific region or environment.

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Indigenous

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A Spanish military fort

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Presidios

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The process by which plants, animals, people, religion, ideas and diseases have been introduced from Europe, Asia and Africa to the Americas and vice versa.

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Columbian Exchange

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Anything good or beneficial that you get from something.

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Advantage:

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Territory at or near the border. Geographical area of land

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Borderlands

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A group of people sent to a location to establish relations or religious work.

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Missions

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A three-legged route that made up the Atlantic Slave trade

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Triangular Trade Route

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Was the transport of millions of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas from Africa?

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Transatlantic Slave Trade