Age of Exploration Flashcard

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The exchange of goods, people, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is the ________________?

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Columbian Exchange

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What was the primary reason that European explorers had for wanting to explore new land?

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They were searching for an all-water route to Asia to acquire silks and spices.

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As a result of the Colombian Exchange and contact with Europeans, millions of Native Americans died as a result of what?

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New diseases for which the Native Americans had no natural immunity.

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How was Ferdinand Magellan able to prove the Earth was round?

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He circumnavigated the Earth by ship from Spain and back again.

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This famous Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec civilization.

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Hernan Cortez

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This Spanish conquistador conquered the Inca civilization.

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Francisco Pizarro

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The country that launched the Age of Discovery was: Spain, England, Portugal, France

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Portugal

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Who was the Portuguese explorer that FIRST sailed around Africa in order to make it to Asia by water?

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Vasco de Gama

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Who was Prince Henry the Navigator?

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a Portuguese prince; He helped start schools to teach about exploration and navigation; He sent several explorers on expeditions to sail around the west coast of Africa in attempts to find a route to India.

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Bartholomew Dias

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Rounded the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa, but failed to find a sea route to Asia.