Unit 2 Key Terms FE

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A new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land.

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Colony

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The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas.

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Columbian Exchange

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Spanish soldier-explorers, especially those who conquered the native peoples of Mexico and Peru.

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Conquistador

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Who was the first explorer to sail around the Cape of Good Hope to India?

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Vasco da Gama

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In the economies of the Spanish colonies, Indian labor was used in this system to support plantation-based agriculture and extract precious metals and other resources.

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encomienda

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The process of creating new settlements or places is called -

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Colonization

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Which economic reason led to French exploration of North America?

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Fur trade

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Which country sponsored Christopher Columbus' voyage to America?

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Spain

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What is the Spanish word for conqueror?

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conquistador

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The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of ____________ between the Old World and the New World.

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products, ideas, plants, animals and diseases