Age of Exploration

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This explorer who was searching for a faster path to Asia and landed in the islands in the America’s. He is credited for finding the new world:

• Henry Hudson
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Christopher Colombus
• Amerigo Vespucci

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Christopher Colombus

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A horrible disease that was spread by Europeans and killed millions of Native Americans:

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Small Pox

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The cargo brought from Africa to the Americas in the middle passage.

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Slaves

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An invention during the Renaissance period whose purpose was to reproduce or make copies of books, such as the bible.

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Printing Press

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The original place that explorers were trying to get to for spices, silk and other goods:

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Asia

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The period of time in which there was a surge of interest in art, literature, and science was called

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The Renaissance Period

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The path explorers were trying to find through North America to get to Asia (That didn’t exist) was called:

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The Northwest Passage

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The transporting of raw materials, goods and enslaved Africans between Europe, the America’s and Africa was called:

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The Triangular Trade

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What best describes the Renaissance Period?

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A period of time of growth of ideas, arts and science

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When Columbus discovered the West Indie Islands, what part of the world did he think he discovered?

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Asia