Age of Exploration, Renaissance, Reformation

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What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?

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To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia

Front

The goal of mercantilism was to get as much _______________ as possible.

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Gold and silver

Front

Which phrase accurately describes the conditions aboard the slave ship? Luxurious, Accommodating, Spacious, Dark and Claustrophobic

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Dark and Claustrophobic

Front

What item from the Columbian Exchange MOST helped the Native Americans? Options: corn and potatoes, gold and silver, horses, bananas and sugar cane

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horses

Front

Regular people (not royal patronage) funding exploration by paying for portions of the costs is called what?

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joint stock companies

Front

What nation established ‘trade-post’ empires in the 1500s and charged a cartaz (tax) on others in the Indian Ocean?

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Portugal

Front

What was the main reason for French and Dutch exploration and colonization?

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Fur trapping and trading

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Northwest Passage

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water route connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific believed to exist through northern North America

Front

The majority of slaves that were brought to the American colonies were brought to...

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Work on plantations

Front

What were the new crops grown in the colonies that demanded slave labor? Options: sugar cane, cotton, tabacco, sugar, cotton, wheat, cotton, wheat, corn

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sugar cane, cotton, tabacco