Topic 5: Age of Exploration

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exchange of plants, animals, and people between Europe, Asia, and the Americas

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Columbian Exchange

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forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas

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Atlantic Slave Trade

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The conquistadors' main advantage over the Aztec and Inca empires was their

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types of weaponry

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A settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties to the homeland?

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Colony

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How did the Columbian Exchange have a negative effect on the native people of the Americas?

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Many natives died due to exposure to European diseases

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Why did European nations begin colonizing other lands? (Options: God, Power, Gold, Resources, Fame, Glory, Money)

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God, Glory, Gold

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A grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area

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Encomienda

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The exchange of foods, goods, and ideas between the Old World and the New World in the 1500s is called the _________.

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Colombian Exchange

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Which of the following was NOT a reason the early explorers began to make voyages? Options: To search for gold and riches, To make friends with the Native Americans, To spread their religion, The explorers want to become famous.

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To make friends with the Native Americans

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Which of the following is a good that was obtained from China during the Age of Exploration? Options: silk, iron, copper, precious gems

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silk