Unit 2.1 Review: Exploration, Monarchs, & Enlightenment

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Define: Culture Exchange

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Trading ideas, technologies, and ways of life.

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I want to leave my country because it was overcrowded is what type of factor: PUSH or PULL

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Push Factor

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I want to go to a new country because it has a better climate. This is a PUSH or PULL factor?

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Pull Factor

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Define: Cultural Diffusion

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Spreading of cultural beliefs across different groups.

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What was the main reason Europeans first began to explore water routes after they no longer wanted to use the silk road?

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They wanted a faster and cheaper route to Asia.

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Why did the Native Americans population decrease between 1500 and 1620?

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Diseases like Small Pox

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The European nations gained wealth by using the colonies in the New World to import raw materials. These were then turned into manufactured goods which were then exported back to the colonies. What is this known as:

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Mercantilism

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Why was the development of the Caravel ship an important advancement in ship technology?

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It was lighter, faster, and able to hug the coastline better

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What leg of the Triangle Trade Route was the sea voyage that brought Africans to the America's to be sold into slavery?

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Middle Passage

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Why did Europeans explore?

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They wanted to expand territories, gather riches, and spread religion.