Age of Exploration and its Effects

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The Exchange of plants and animals from the New World to the Old world:

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Columbian Exchange

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What led to the loss of 90% of the Native population?

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Disease

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What was the disease that caused the majority of the Native population to decline? Options: Chicken Pox, Ebola, Influenza, Small Pox

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Small Pox

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The Ottoman empire conquering the Byzantine empire led the Europeans to....

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Find new trade routes to Asia

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Trade between Africa, Europe, and North/South America that included raw materials (Cotton/lumber), Manufactured goods, and slaves.

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Triangular Trade

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Out of the choices below, which is a negative effect of the Triangular trade? The Americas received new items they did not have before. Disease spread to Africa. The Disruption of African Kingdoms. Everyone made a profit.

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The Disruption of African Kingdoms

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What effect did the technologies like the compass, caravel and astrolabe have on Exploration?

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They explore and found the new world

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An economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports of a nation. The goal was to gather as much gold and silver as one could so they can be wealthy.

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Mercantilism

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What helped the Spanish conquer both the Aztec and Inca?

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Better weapons/Military as well as the spread of disease

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the brutal sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the Americas

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Middle Passage