Columbian Exchange

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Why did people from Europe set out to explore new routes to Asia?

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Because the Ottomans shut down the Silk Road

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The transfer of plants, animals, gold, African slaves and diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres is known as the

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Columbian Exchange

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Since cheap labor was sought out by Europeans after Feudalism had ended, many ____ were taken as slaves by the Portuguese, Spanish, English and French.

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Africans

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True or False: Africans had held other Africans in "slavery" (or indentured servitude) due to them having debts or being taken as prisoners of war.

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True

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The dangerous journey Africans were taken on by Europeans colonizing the New World, often lasting 2-3 months in crowded, unsanitary conditions was called

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The Middle Passage