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Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration

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Social Studies, History

9th Grade

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Nikki Brewer

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12 Slides • 12 Questions

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Age of Exploration

What happened next?

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Multiple Choice

Which term refers to when a land is controlled by another nation?

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mercantliism

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colony

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Columbian Exchange

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Multiple Choice

This term refers to the idea that countries need to make a profit by selling more than they buy

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mercantilism

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capitalism

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communism

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Multiple Choice

The exchange of plants, animals, goods, people and diseases between the Old World (Europe) and New World (the Americas)

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Market Exchange

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Ferdinand Exchange

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Triangular Exchange

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Columbian Exchange

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Portugal's Exploration

  • Sailors find a sea route around Africa to get to Asia

  • Is there a better way?

  • Can you sail West around the world?

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Multiple Choice

Spain funds whose trip to find a route West to find a new route?

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Christopher Columbus

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Ferdinand Magellan

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Multiple Choice

Spain and Portugal signed what that split the newly discovered land between them?

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Treaty of Paris

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Treaty of Versailles

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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Multiple Choice

What happened to natives after the Spanish came and settled?

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died from starvation and diseases

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helped the Spanish settle in different lands

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natives worke with Spanish to create large farms

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Multiple Choice

What were European countries hoping to find in the land?

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gold, silver and other riches

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new crops

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new religions

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Multiple Choice

The idea of ________ is based on the idea of selling more goods than you buy

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globalism

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communism

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mercantilism

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Columbian Exchange

  • Exchange of animals, plants, culture, goods, and diseases between the Old World (Europe, Africa, Asia) to the New World (Americas)

  • Positive - better diets, animals to do work, cultural diffusion

  • Negatives - diseases introduced from Europeans killed off populations, become dependent on items not natural to land, introduction of animals with no enemies

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Multiple Choice

The ________ was the exchange of plants, animals and diseases.

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Columbian Exchange

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Market Exchange

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Flea Market Echange

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Open Ended

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What was a negative impact of the Columbian Exchange?

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Open Ended

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What was a positive impact of the Columbian Exchange?

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Age of Exploration

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