Age of Exploration Review

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What did all of these inventions do for travel?

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Made navigation easier

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People explored the seas for the goals of "glory, god, and..."

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gold

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What country paid Christopher Columbus to explore the continents to the west?

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Spain

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The Spanish Empire in the Americas started when Cortes enslaved the...

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Aztecs

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Under the Encomienda system, political power and wealth belonged to...

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Spanish born citizens

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The exchange of goods between the Americas and Europe/Africa was called...

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the Columbian Exchange

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In triangular trade, what was taken from Africa across the Middle passage to the Americas?

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Enslaved humans

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When Queen Elizabeth I hired ships to attack Spain for political reasons, the crews of these ships became known as...

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privateers

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Exporting more than you import between mother country and colonies is an economic principal called...

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Mercantilism

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Why were Africans brought to the Americas as slave labor?

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To produce more raw materials (trade) and to replace the Native Americans dying of disease.