Age of Exploration Vocab & Review

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Study and practice of map making

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Cartography

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Small, light and fast ships created by the Portuguese that started exploration in the 1400s

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Caravel

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Describes the exchange of products, diseases and crops exchanged from the Western and Eastern Hemispheres

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Columbian Exchange

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Spread of cultural elements from one area or group of people to another by contact

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Cultural Diffusion

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The horrific journey of enslaved Africans to the Americas as part of the slave trade

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Middle Passage

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Spanish explorers sent to take over lands in the Americas

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Conquistador

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One of the most deadly diseases on the planet that lead to 90% of Native American population to die after European arrival

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Smallpox

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Atlantic economic system between Europe, Africa and North America where products, raw materials and slaves were traded between continents

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Triangular Trade

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System of forced labor in the Spanish colonies of Latin America

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Encomienda System

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Large companies backed by private investors that were sponsored by European empires to explore and conquer territories. Ex. British East India Company, Dutch East India Company

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Joint-Stock Company