Age of Exploration

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What was the name of the time period in the 1500s when European explorers started searching for new lands?

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The Age of Exploration

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The three main motives for exploration were: trade, religion, curiosity

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trade, religion, curiosity

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First to sail directly from Europe to India

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Vasco Da Gama

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He established navigation school and encouraged expeditions

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Prince Henry

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Explorer credited with the discovery of the "New World"

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Christoper Columbus

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Which technological advances allowed Europeans to explore new areas? Options: caravel, compass, astrolabe, all of the above

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all of the above

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Which conquistador conquered the Aztecs?

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Cortes

Front

The Columbian Exchange was a movement of _______ between the Eastern and Western hemispheres.

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all of the above

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As native populations decreased in the Americas from sickness and overwork, Europeans looked for new sources of labor by enslaving the ____________.

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Africans

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Which was traded from the New World to the Old World? Options: major diseases, horses, potatoes and corn, slaves

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potatoes and corn