Exploration

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Columbian Exchange

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The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.

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Great Convergence

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meeting of Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans beginning in the late 1400s.

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Latitude

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Distance north or south of the equator. Lines run horizontal.

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Longitude

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Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian. Lines run vertical.

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Equator

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0 degrees latitude, divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

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Prime Meridian

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0 degrees longitude, divides the earth in Eastern and Western Hemispheres

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3 G's of Exploration

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God, Gold, Glory

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Christopher Columbus

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He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India.

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continent

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one of the seven large landmasses on the earth

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Atlantic Ocean

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The body of water between North/South America and Europe/Africa.