Age of Exploration

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Which country funded Christopher Columbus' voyage to the "New World"?

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Spain

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Who was the first person to circumnavigate the world?

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Magellan

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This country DID NOT send explorers to the New World: Netherlands, Italy, England, France

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Italy

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What does circumnavigate mean?

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To travel completely around the earth

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What early explorers were most interested in finding? Options: Water routes to the New World, Water routes to Africa's west coast, Water routes to Asia, Water routes to the Middle East

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Water routes to Asia

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These were all reasons that Europeans set out to explore EXCEPT: curiosity, adventure, glory for their country, to help native Americans

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to help native Americans

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How were the Spanish conquistadors able to conquer the New World? Options: They prayed for the Native Americans., They became friends and traded goods with the Native Americans., They used advanced weapons to take control of the Native Americans., They paid them gold to work building colonies for them.

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They used advanced weapons to take control of the Native Americans.

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The exchange of goods, people, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is the ________________?

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Columbian Exchange

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As a result of the Colombian Exchange and contact with Europeans, millions of Native Americans died as a result of what?

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New diseases for which the Native Americans had no natural immunity.

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Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.

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Glory